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20/02/88: Leaving York, 47406 working 1E82 0903 Liverpool-Newcastle.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
xx/02/88: An image of 47542 at Glasgow Central, waiting to depart on what was likely to have been a Carlisle service via the G+SW route. 47542 and 47456 were chosen for an air management scheme trial in 1985 and in January of that year both locos were noted as having had their No. 1 end bodyside windows converted from windows to grilles. By October 1985 the No. 2 end bodyside windows on 47542 (this end in the image above) were again replaced with grilles. In July 1986 both bodyside engine room doors were fitted with two grilles as part of a further air management trial. It is thought that the extra grilles, which can just about be seen in this image, had little or no affect on air flow within the loco but no official conclusion is known about. And thus by December 1988 47542 was noted as having standard bodyside doors, possibly off a scrapper at Eastfield. 47456 on the other hand took no further part in the trial.
Loco notes are from Nigel47417, a co-author of the Class 47 Data Files which are available to purchase by clicking here. The newest of which follows D1520 to D1549 (47001-016/421-47434) through their careers. Also thanks to Chicken.
The Class 47 List archive for February 1988 has the following workings listed for 542;
12/02/88 - 1C67 0730 Aberdeen-Carstairs.
15/02/88 - 1C67 0730 Aberdeen-Carstairs to Edinburgh?
19/02/88 - 1V59 0720 Glasgow C-Penzance from Birmingham New Street? (more likely to be 'to' New Street)
23/02/88 - 1H25 0740 Aberdeen-Inverness and then with 47643 on 1T30 1225 Inverness-Glasgow QS (tandem?).
Photo Copyright: David Lacy
06/03/88: 47050 at Castle Cary on an engineers train, during a Sunday 'possession'. 050 carried large logo railfreight grey at the time, but unusually without black cab window surrounds and only part of the buffer beam painted red. It also has a white stripe below the roof line. Recorded no-heat passenger train workings involving 47/0s on this day involved 47019 1W13 0844 Waterloo-Weymouth from Basingstoke-Eastleigh and 47296 1H39 1520 Euston-Manchester Piccadilly from Stockport - an AC drag, 350 was also in use on these (Class 47 List March 1988 workings page).
47050 itself worked a few passenger trains during 1988, recorded workings being; 06/05/88 = 2C68 0702 Exeter-Penzance from Plymouth, 15/05/88 = 1A80 1825 Hereford-Paddington from Oxford, 19/05/88 = 2C20 1015 Bristol TM-Taunton and 2C69 1131 Taunton-Bristol TM, 20/05/88 = 1F75 1700 Oxford-Paddington, 09/07/88 = 1E35 1241 Poole-Leeds to Birmingham New Street, 29/07/88 = 1D43 0950 Euston-Holyhead from Rhyl, 30/07/88 = 1A41 0932 Llandudno-Euston to Crewe, 03/11/88 = 1A02 2245 Penzance-Paddington to Plymouth, 04/11/1988 = 2V13 1310 Waterloo-Exeter from Andover-Salisbury (according to the NB 1988 passenger workings page.
Further contributions to us for these lists are very welcome.
Copyright: Colin Grafham
14/03/88: 47413 at Newcastle on 1E00 0703 Liverpool-Newcastle.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
20/03/88: 47451 at Edinburgh with the 0950 Glasgow-Poole via the ECML. Copyright: Andy Barnes
02/04/88: 47602 'Glorious Devon' at Kensington Olympia with the 0904 Canterbury East-Liverpool which it was removed from at Mitre Bridge Junction.Copyright: Andy Barnes
15/04/88: (Recently scrapped) 47550 hauls 1H31 1340 Aberdeen-Inverness at Dalcross, between Nairn and Inverness.
Photo Copyright: Steven Henderson
23/04/88: The 1825 Brighton-Manchester Piccadilly at East Croydon, the power provided by Stratford's 47592. Copyright: Andy Barnes
23/04/88: 47633 at Glasgow Central on 1V32. Copyright: Andy Williamson
28/04/88: 47469 hauls 1A48 1032 Inverness to Aberdeen, seen at Dalcross between Inverness and Nairn.
Photo Copyright: Steven Henderson
xx/04/88: 47520 crosses Garsdale Viaduct. Copyright: Steve Kibble
07/05/88: 47413 on the 0903 Liverpool-Newcastle at Huddersfield. Copyright: Andy Barnes
07/05/88: 47492 at Huddersfield on the 1225 Newcastle-Liverpool, showing why it had to be rescued by 449 which was following on a footex! Copyright: Andy Barnes
15/05/88: 47099 at Birmingham New Street on Nuneaton Drags. Copyright: Andy Barnes
31/05/88: The full 47555 (see yesterdays news) at Cockwood Harbour almost 20 years ago! It was working an overnight from Glasgow to Plymouth, 1V33 2200 from Glasgow, hence the interesting stock. 555 would return with 1M56 to Manchester.
Photo Copyright: Wardy
31/05/88: Obviously I have to resize images which makes the loco smaller, so I've included a cropped and thus larger view of 555 itself here taken from the original larger image.
Photo Copyright: Wardy
11/06/88: 47116, Great Yarmouth, it had arrived there on 1L95 0722 Newcastle-Great Yarmouth which it had worked from Norwich. Copyright: Phil Grint
11/06/88: Presumably taken at the same time as the photo above, this was the 1530 Great Yarmouth-Newcastle, does the 1L95 headcode match this train? Copyright: Andy Barnes
16/07/88: 47291 at Manchester Victoria with the 1650 Man Vic to Blackpool North. The last booked loco hauled passenger service from Manchester Victoria was a similarly timed 1705 Man Vic-Blackpool with top'n'tail 31's on 10/12/04. Copyright: Andy Barnes
30/07/88: 47237 waiting to leave Norwich on a "Yarmouth portion". Copyright: Copyright: Andy Barnes
30/07/88: 47346 at Great Yarmouth with the 1340 to Birmingham. Copyright: Andy Barnes
05/08/88: GW green 47628 powers a Great Western Mainline working train at Didcot.
Photo Copyright: Howard Osiransky
05/08/88: 47079, which had been one of the four 47s painted green for the Great Western 150 celebrations in 1985, had received railfreight grey when seen here on the same day as 628 at Didcot.
Photo Copyright: Howard Osiransky
06/08/88: 47256 was a regular performer on "Yarmouth portions" in '88, along with the other two members of the Stratford engineers pool to which it belonged; 346 and 366. Seen at "Yarmouth Vauxhall". Copyright: Andy Barnes
20/08/88: 47157 at Great Yarmouth about to work the 1400 to Manchester. Copyright: Andy Barnes
20/08/88: 47311 at Norwich running around the 1552 Great Yarmouth-Leeds. Copyright: Andy Barnes
28/08/88: 47455 at Glasgow Central with the 1810 to Carlisle via the G+SW. 229 was also worked a Carlisle-Glasgow service. Copyright: Andy Barnes
17/09/88: 47115 at Derby having hauled the 0939 Derby-Skegness and 13xx return. Copyright: Andy Barnes
17/09/88: 47203 at Leicester working the 1340 Great Yarmouth-Birmingham, it was also out later on Nuneaton drags, it's last working was on this day. Copyright: Andy Barnes
18/09/88: 47434 at Dewsbury with 1E57 1352 Liverpool-Newcastle.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
22/10/88: 1E69 1658 Liverpool-Newcastle, at Liverpool, hauled by 47422.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
