47375 passes Oulton Broad North station on an extra Norwich to Lowestoft trip for the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival.
An old shot from 1986. Inside the old Great Western "factory" at Old Oak Common depot with a line up of three Class 47s and three Class50s. Now, alas just a memory.
An old shot from 1980. A Class 47 zooms through Park Station, East Manchester with a Liverpool to York service. The slide, shot on Kodachrome 64, doesn't seem too bad for 28 years old. The scene h... (more)
Another shot from almost thirty years ago. 47 478 pulls into Colwyn Bay with a Holyhead to London service.
A typical summer saturday in the West of England in the late 80s. A sunny day on the sea wall and lots of loco hauled trains passing by. Not the same scene today.
Its rare to get east or southbound special workings through my local area in the morning as most work west out of London, so getting the lighting right is hard. Today we had THREE such workings fr... (more)
47802 arrives at Dumbarton with the "Stobart Pullman" on the final day of the four day "Easter West Highlander" tour.
47802 and 47501 pass Hawkhill in Northumberland with Stobart Rail Tours Easter Highlander Railtour returning south from Scotland running as 1Z51 1334 Carstairs to London Kings Cross. The tour w... (more)
47491 makes a stop at Bolton with a Glasgow to Manchester Victoria service back in 1984. Many changes today: This service is operated by 185 DMUs (not suited to services of this distance); The se... (more)
47812 has just "got the road" at Didcot North on the 0717 Manchester Piccadilly to Brighton.
47211 chugs past Abbotswood Junction on a special from Didcot to the MOD depot at Ashchurch.
An old shot from 1985. Freshly overhauled 47 632 is on a test bay at Crewe Works before returning to traffic.
47 773 brings up the rear of the Les Ross main line special at Crewe.
Fresh from the paint shops only a couple of hours previously, class 47, number 1971 (47270) gleams at the head of a short freight during a photo charter.
Preserved Class 47, no. 47 402 Gateshead heads downhill towards Bury at Burrs on the East Lancs Railway.
