August 2009 News Photography |
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The Class 47 List 2000-2009, edited by Shaun C and Crumb. Full copyright details available on the index page. |
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26/08/09: 47773 leads 47580 at Saltley Viaduct on 0Z47 0950 Tyseley to Derby RTC. |
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27/08/09: 47540 at the Heanor Haulage yard. |
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27/08/09: The other side of 47540. |
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28/08/09: 47786 before leaving Scarborough vice steam on 1Z65 1705 Sacarborough to Crewe. |
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28/08/09: 47786 on 1Z65 at Wakefield Kirkgate. |
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28/08/09: 47786 departs Huddersfield on 1Z65, still heading for Crewe. |
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28/08/09: 47643 operating at Bo'ness on Friday. |
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28/08/09: 47643 operating at Bo'ness on Friday. |
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28/08/09: 47643 operating at Bo'ness on Friday. |
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29/08/09: 47640 on Saturday on the Battlefield Line working the 1520 Shackerstone to Shenton. |
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29/08/09: 47643 at Birkhill, running round to form 2B06 1153 Birkhill to Bo'ness. |
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29/08/09: 47643 at Birkhill, before working 2B06 1153 Birkhill to Bo'ness. |
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29/08/09: 47643 departs Bo'ness with 2K11 1410 Bo'ness to Birkhill, proving that more 'modern' liveried locos don't look out of place on heritage liveried stock on private lines - one of the reasons so many 47s end up in two tone green. |
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29/08/09: 47832 at Dalston on the rear of the Carlisle-Huddersfield return charter. |
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27/08/09: 47727 on 6Z48 1305 Burton Yard-Dollands Moor at Bentley Heath Crossing near Dorridge. |
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27/08/09: Also in use was 47739, at Rugby on 4Z91 1200 Dollands Moor-Hams Hall, it then ran light to Tyseley. |
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27/08/09: 47787 at Dawlish working 1Z93 0610 Nottingham-Paignton with 47760 on the rear. |
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27/08/09: 47787 passing Goodrington Waterside Camp on 1Z93. As per the last Statesman tour, several Riviera carriages were used which involved light loco/ECS moves to/from Crewe as well as Carnforth. |
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27/08/09: 47760 at Kingswear before the return. |
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27/08/09: 47760 on the return 1Z94 1715 Kingswear-Nottingham at Greenway Viaduct, with 787 on the rear. |
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27/08/09: 47760 at Torre on 1Z94 to Nottingham. |
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27/08/09: 47787 at Torre on the rear of 1Z94. |
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28/08/09: 47739 at Nuneaton on 0Z47 1104 Tyseley-Ashford Down Sidings. |
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28/08/09: 47739 departs Nuneaton on 0Z47. |
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17/08/09: 47802 in tow behind 37423 at Barnt Green on 0Z47 Exeter to Crewe. |
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22/08/09: 47292 at the GCR(N). |
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22/08/09: 47292 at the GCR(N). |
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22/08/09: 47292 at Lougborough, the two blue+grey carriages behind the loco were making their debut in service at the railway. |
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22/08/09: 47771 at the Colne Valley Railway. |
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22/08/09: 47771 at the Colne Valley Railway. |
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23/08/09: 47786 leads a Norwich-Carnforth ECS. |
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23/08/09: 47760 on the rear of the ECS, both photos at Retford. |
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23/08/09: 47787 at Inverkeithing, having arrived light from Bo'ness to pick up stock from a steam charter. |
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23/08/09: 47787 leaving Inverkeithing with the ECS, heading back to Bo'ness. |
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24/08/09: 47804 at Inverkeithing on Royal Scotsman move 1H79 1341 Edinburgh-Keith. |
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25/08/09: 47804 at Delnies, west of Nairn hauling 1H80 1000 Keith-Kyle of Lochalsh. |
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09/08/09: 47791 at Barrow Hill. |
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09/08/09: 47488 at Barrow Hill. |
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15/08/09: 47501, with 47802 behind it out of sight, arrive at East Midlands Parkway. |
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15/08/09: 47501 and 47802 stand at East Midlands Parkway on 1Z47 to Paignton. |
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15/08/09: 47802 and 47501 at East Midlands Parkway. |
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15/08/09: 47802 and 47501 at Paignton before 1Z48 return to Chesterfield. |
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15/08/09: 47501 on the curve at Westerleigh Junction on the return, when it was running alone. Not a lot of photographs exist from the lineside of this return journey with just 501 leading after 802 was left behind after suffering a control circuit breaker fault. The Rail-blue Charters website reports that 501 managed the top of the Lickey Incline at 22mph. |
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17/08/09: 47401 at the Midland Railway Centre. |
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18/08/09: 47401 from the other side. |
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18/08/09: 47417. |
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18/08/09: 47635 at Rowsley. |
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18/08/09: Riviera Trains 47847 stands amongst withdrawn locos and some carriages at Eastleigh. On the same day, DBS 47799 was seen moving light around the facility, and DRS 47712 was seen shunting a carriage. RT 47853 is also present here. |
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19/08/09: 47804 comes off the 109 year old Forth Railway Bridge heading north with the Royal Scotsman (not entirely sure on the headcode as there's no allocations on the news page from this day, but it could be 1H85 1332 Edinburgh-Spean Bridge). There's a Compass Tour heading this way on Friday 25th September to Dundee and Aberdeen. |
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19/08/09: 47804 passing through North Queensferry. |
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19/08/09: By Wednesday, 47810 had moved to the north end at Doncaster, with 828 and 813 still parked where they were. 57006 is the blue loco. |
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19/08/09: 47828 and 47813 at Doncaster. |
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21/08/09: 47760 at Killingbeck, Leeds on 5Z60 0830 Carnforth-Norwich. |
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21/08/09: 47786 at Killingbeck on the rear. |
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21/08/09: 47760 on the Carnforth-Norwich move at East Markham. |
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21/08/09: 47760 at Weston on the ECML on 5Z60. |
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21/08/09: 47786 on the rear at Weston. |
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15/08/09: 47501 and 47802 arrive at Chesterfield. |
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15/08/09: 47501 stands at Chesterfield before 1Z47. |
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15/08/09: 47501 leading 47802 before departing from Birmingham on the 1Z47 Chesterfield-Paignton charter. |
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15/08/09: 47501 and 47802 at Cossington. |
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15/08/09: 1Z47 approach Cam and Dursley station. |
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15/08/09: 47501 and 47802. |
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15/08/09: 47501 and 47802 at Paignton. |
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15/08/09: 47501 and 47802 leave Paignton heading for Goodrington Sidings. |
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15/08/09: 47802 and 47501 - the multi connection, the cable connecting the pair is resting on the coupler. |
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15/08/09: A further multi connection view. |
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15/08/09: After arrival at Goodrington Sidings. |
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15/08/09: 47802 and 47501 stand at Paignton before the return. |
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15/08/09: 47802 leads 47501 at 'Red Rock', Dawlish, on 1Z48 shortly before 47802 was removed at Exeter. |
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16/08/09: 47802, abandoned at Exeter St Davids Fuelling Point. |
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16/08/09: 802 again, seen a bit later on. |
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13/08/09: 47739 with 47727 on 6Z48 pass Wichnor. |
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13/08/09: 739+727 again, this time at Banbury on 6Z48. |
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13/08/09: 47727, behind 47739, at Banbury. |
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15/08/09: 47840 hasn't worked too often on the WSR this year, on this day though it worked a duty which is diesel hauled instead of steam on Saturday's only during August, the 1125 one way only trip from Bishops Lydeard (above) to Minehead, seen before departure. |
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15/08/09: 47840 at Crowcombe Heathfield on the 1125 Bishops Lydeard-Minehead. |
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15/08/09: 47840 at Williton on the 1125 Bishops Lydeard-Minehead. |
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15/08/09: 47501 and 47802 stand at Nuneaton, working 1Z47 0713 Chesterfield-Paignton using the DRS (rather than green circle) multiple working system. |
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15/08/09: 47802 and 47501 at Goodrington Sidings before the return. |
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15/08/09: 47802 and 47501 arrive at Paignton for 1Z48 1639 Paignton-Chesterfield. 47802 would be left behind at Exeter following 'circuit breaker' problems, which caused a brief shut down and emergency stop soon after leaving Paignton. The pair had worked faultlessly though on 1Z47. |
02/07/09: 47793 in use at a private event at the Mangapps Railway Museum. |
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25/07/09: 47701 at Meldon Quarry, seen from a passing train. |
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25/07/09: 47701 at Meldon Quarry, seen from a passing train. |
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03/08/09: 47367 at the North Norfolk Railway. |
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04/08/09: 47771 at the Colne Valley Railway. |
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13/08/09: 47760 departs from a brief window cleaning opportunity at Carlisle on 5Z98 1100 Carnforth-Bo'ness. |
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06/08/09: 47501 departs Burton on 6Z48 to Dollands Moor. |
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06/08/09: It's not often we receive images of 47s to the south east of London, other than from tour passengers of 47 hauled tours to Canterbury and other Folkestone Harbour shots, but here is 47501 approaching Bromley South on 6Z48 to Dollands Moor. |
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10/08/09: 47715 ran at Wensleydale on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, seen running round the stock at Redmire on Monday. |
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09/08/09: 47818 at Barrow Hill. |
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09/08/09: 47818 at Barrow Hill. |
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09/08/09: 47818 at Barrow Hill. |
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09/08/09: 47818 at Barrow Hill. |
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09/08/09: 47744 at Barrow Hill. |
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09/08/09: The remains of 47973 at Barrow Hill. |
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25/07/09: 47826 at the blocks at Liverpool Lime Street having arrived here on 1Z47 0523 Norwich-Liverpool. |
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28/07/09: 47727 and 47739 at Tonbridge Yard. |
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01/08/09: 47843 and 47812 cross Coombe-by-Saltash Viaduct on 1Z91 heading for Penzance. |
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01/08/09: 47812 and 47843 cross the Royal Albert Bridge on 1Z92. |
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01/08/09: 47812 and 47843 leading 1Z92 at Coombe Cellars, near Shaldon. |
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01/08/09: 47843 at Exeter on 1Z92. |
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01/08/09: 47292 propels the 1130 Ruddington-Rushcliffe onto the 'mainline' at Fifty Steps Footbridge. |
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01/08/09: 47292 leaves Fifty Steps Footbridge on the 1130 from Ruddington. |
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01/08/09: 47292 at Ruddington on the 1550 from Rushcliffe. |
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01/08/09: 47292 shunting at Ruddington. |
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01/08/09: 47707, 47818 and 57006 at Barrow Hill. |
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02/08/09: Three mainline registered loco's with TPWS and data recorders but doing nothing, 47810, 47828 and 47813 at Doncaster. |
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02/08/09: 47813 at Doncaster. |
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04/08/09: Another mainline loco sat around doing nothing, 47798 at York NRM. |
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06/08/09: The weather shown is one of the reasons that this was the only shot received of the rarest working so far on 6Z48 with Colas Rail hiring in 47501 and 802 remaining at Tonbridge. On 6Z48, 501 was seen at Kings Sutton heading for Dollands Moor. |
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08/08/09: 47818 in use at Barrow Hill. |
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08/08/09: 47818 in use at Barrow Hill. |
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08/08/09: 47818 at Barrow Hill. |
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08/08/09: 47375 at Barrow Hill, not doing much. |
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08/08/09: 47488 also at Barrow Hill, having not done much either, but for a lot longer than 375. |
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01/08/09: 47786 at London Victoria prior to working 5Z93 after a class 73* hauled charter. |
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01/08/09: 47843 and 47812 stand at Nantwich before working Compass Tours 1Z91 0517 Nantwich-Penzance. |
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01/08/09: 47843 and 47812 arrive at Bristol. |
01/08/09: 47843. |
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01/08/09: 47843 and 47812 heading through Newton Abbot. |
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01/08/09: 47843 and 47812 climb away from Totnes on 1Z91. |
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01/08/09: 47843 and 47812 arrive at Plymouth. |
01/08/09: 47812, behind 47843, after arrival at Penzance. |
01/08/09: 47843 and 47812 reverse to the up siding for the locos to run-round. |
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01/08/09: 47843 and 47812 reversing. |
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01/08/09: 47812 and 47843 after the run-round and before heading back into the station. |
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01/08/09: 47812 and 47843, the two number one end cab rooves at Penzance. |
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01/08/09: 47812 and 47843 at Penzance before the return 1Z92 1523 Penzance-Nantwich. |
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01/08/09: 47812 and 47843 cross Coombe-by-Saltash Viaduct on 1Z92. |
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01/08/09: 47812 and 47843 at Plymouth. |
01/08/09: 47812 and 47843 at Exeter St Davids. |
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01/08/09: 47812 at Exeter St Davids. |
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01/08/09: 47812 and 47843 at Cullompton. |
01/08/09: 47812 and 47843 at Westerleigh Junction. |
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01/08/09: 47245 at Edge Hill Sidings, seen from a passing train. |
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02/08/09: 47245 on the rear of 1Z43 1008 Liverpool-Holyhead at Earlestown. |
02/08/09: 47848 at the former Crewe DMD, seen from a passing train. |