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1977
10/06/77: 47432 at Kings Cross. 432 has the first type of headlight that 47s received - fitted underneath the drivers side tail light. Few carried these, possibly only 432/434/523 and 601 (and later as 901 when re-engined).
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
22/06/77: 47456, Blackpool. Copyright: Steve Ryder
22/06/77: 47456 waiting to leave Blackpool North with the 1245 to Manchester Victoria. Copyright: Steve Ryder
xx/07/77: 47164 in Union Jack BR Blue at York, later this was 47822. 47163 also carried this livery, which became 47787 - a regular Royal Train performer. Copyright: Andrew Cameron
1979
04/08/79: 47188 at Fishguard Harbour. Copyright: Richard Boyd
15/08/79: 47450 in Holyhead shed with 08907. The original 'modification' to the former head-code box cover was often to simply cover/paint the original perspex/glass black with two white dots in the middle. Modifications in the 80's resulted in these being replaced with metal covers and two lenses where the dots were with either flat unopenable lenses for the marker lighting (flat ones were usually at the number 1 end, 432 in the photo above dated 10/06/77 is one of the only ones I've ever seen with flat lenses at the number 2 end) or fitted with hinged lenses to enable access to the marker light within. 450 above, with the original quick mod appears to have just had some black tape placed over the center - around the edges appears here to still be see through.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
15/08/79: 47545 seen heading west at Bangor.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
22/09/79: Two 47 cabs and a roof section at Crewe Works. Copyright: Richard Boyd
1980
12/04/80: 47137 at Paddington.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
25/05/80: 47581 at the Rainhill Trials celebration. Copyright: David Cooper
30/05/80: 47483 at St Pancras with a service to Nottingham. Copyright: Neil Walkling
20/08/80: 47555 at York. Copyright: David Cooper
23/08/80: 47082 'ATLAS' at Leeds.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
1981
05/04/81: 47078 and 47484 in the background at Crewe Works. Copyright: Richard Boyd
05/04/81: Another view at Crewe Works. Copyright: Richard Boyd
01/07/81: 47147 at Thirsk with the 0835 Taunton-Newcastle. Copyright: Richard Boyd
01/07/81: 47574 and the Royal Train at Newcastle. Copyright: Richard Boyd
09/07/81: 47479 after leaving Kirkham on the 1707 Blackpool North-Crewe. Copyright: Joe Gornall
01/08/81: 47076 arrives at St Austell with the 2355 overnight from Liverpool to Penzance. Regarding over-nights - the photo of 47555 taken on Tuesday 31st May 1988 shown on 1st March - the time for the Glasgow-Plymouth working was 2200 the previous evening. It returned on 31st from Plymouth on 1M56 from Plymouth to Manchester.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
12/09/81: 47086 'COLOSSUS' at Bournemouth hauling the 0730 Leeds-Weymouth.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
1982
17/04/82: 47272 on the 0815 Inverness-Glasgow at Pitlochry. Copyright: Richard Boyd
08/05/82: The 0918 Newcastle-Liverpool at York with 47404 in control. Copyright: Richard Boyd
09/05/82: 47484 and 86238 in tow at Manchester Piccadilly, they had arrived on the 1000 from London Euston. Copyright: Richard Boyd
09/05/82: 47244 alongside 47578 at Stoke, 244 on the 1447 Man Picc-Euston (a drag to ???) and 578 working the 1500 Man Picc-Paddingon. Copyright: Richard Boyd
09/05/82: 47578 leaves Stoke with the 1500 Man Picc-Paddington. Copyright: Richard Boyd
27/06/82: 47373 at Crewe Works.
Copyright: Richard Boyd
09/08/82: 47581 (left) and 47585 at London Liverpool Street during the afternoon.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
28/11/82: 47571 at Stafford on the morning of Sunday 28 November 1982, having just been released from the front of the 1042 Manchester-Euston. 87006, which was in tow, went forward. Back in the early '80s, everything out of Manchester on a Sunday morning was dragged as far as Stafford, although Euston trains only ran at two hourly intervals. The last dragged service was the 1447 Manchester-Euston which, unlike the other workings, was only dragged as far as Stoke. Cross Country services were also approximately two hourly and were hauled by diesel loco's throughout, the last one off Manchester being the 14xx to
Birmingham and beyond and the last into Manchester still with a diesel on was the the morning Gatwick - Manchester train (which was always 47537!).
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
24/12/82: 47464 at Carlisle.
Copyright: Glenn Jones
1983
29/01/83: 47252 (615 and 747 in later years) and 08935 at Westbury. Copyright: Andrew Cameron
04/02/83: An ECS at Preston hauled by 47430.
Copyright: Glenn Jones
24/09/83: 47581 arriving at Norwich with a working from London Liverpool Street, obviously in the days before overhead wires. Copyright: Neil Walkling
08/10/83: 47120 at Huntley working the 0848 Inverness-Aberdeen.
Copyright: Glenn Jones
24/12/83: 47207 at Doncaster on an Edinburgh-Kings Cross. Copyright: David Hall
1985
07/04/85: 47001 at Edinburgh with 2J33 (any help with headcodes/workings beyond this point would be useful to fill in the blanks, thanks). Copyright: Phil Grint
28/06/85: 47540 at Preston, waiting to work the 1828 from there to Nottingham.
Photo Copyright: Peter Weber
07/07/85: Stranraer Harbour with 578 and the colourful Sealink stock, the working was 1A32. Copyright: Duncan Jennnings
02/08/85: 47558 at Sheffield on the Glasgow-Parkston Quay working. Copyright: Dave Cooper
xx/08/85: Two shots of a suitably buffed up 47579 and the Royal Train at Yarmouth Vauxhall station.
Two Photo's Copyright: Jim Ellington
1986
01/03/86: 47049 at Forres on 1A48. Copyright: Phil Grint
20/04/86: 47412 in the two mile long Sonning Cutting hauling the 1400 Paddington-Swansea. Copyright: Richard Boyd
20/04/86: Heading in the same direction on the same day was 47312 with a ballast train, the iron bridge framing the scene replaced an original wooden made example after 1893. Copyright: Richard Boyd
07/06/86: 47315 at Pembroke Dock having arrived with the 1210 from Paddington. Copyright: Richard Boyd
20/07/86: 47277 at Liverpool about to work 1E16 1603 Liverpool-Newcastle.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
27/09/86: 47642 'Strathisla' departs Inverness passing Welsh's Bridge Signal box working the 1100 Inverness-Euston 'The Clansman'.
Photo Copyright: Roddy MacPhee
29/11/86: 47431 at Sheffield with 1M30 1122 Sheffield-Liverpool.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
1987
24/01/87: At Bangor, 47434 had arrived on 1M53 0751 York-Bangor. It worked 1E53 1300 return.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
07/02/87: 47411 at Scarborough, 1M77 1553 Scarborough-Liverpool.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
11/04/87: 1E98 1205 Liverpool-Scarborough at its destination with 47402.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
03/05/87: 47579 at Kings Cross waiting with an ECS to Ferme Park. Copyright: Andy Barnes
04/05/87: 47500 'GREAT WESTERN' stands at Bounds Green depot.
Photo Copyright: Eifion Hughes
28/05/87: 47418 at York on 1E82 0903 Liverpool-Newcastle.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
11/07/87: 47312 at Sheffield where it had replaced a class 31 on 1M31 0750 Great Yarmouth-Liverpool.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
21/07/87: BR Railfreight grey 47213 at Blackpool waiting to haul 2Mxx, to Manchester Victoria? Copyright: Phil Grint
30/07/87: 47004 at Blackpool North to work 1M51. If you weren't already aware, the grassy area behind the loco was once tracks leading into the main platform area of the station, the eight platforms that remain including this one were the 'excursion' platforms. The former main station area is now a Wilkinsons D.I.Y. superstore, and the grassy area is a car park for an Apollo 2000 store and Mecca bingo. Copyright: Phil Grint
22/11/87: 47533 at Blackpool with a Euston service which it would've worked to Preston. Copyright: Duncan Jennings
January 1988
16/01/88: 47627 at Kensington Olympia on the 0904 Canterbury East-Liverpool. Copyright: Andy Barnes
February 1988
20/02/88: 47401 at Newcastle after working 1E08 1103 Liverpool-Newcastle.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
20/02/88: Leaving York, 47406 working 1E82 0903 Liverpool-Newcastle.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
March 1988
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
April 1988
01/04/88: 47328 at Kensington Olympia on the 1322 from Brighton which it hauled to Mitre Bridge Junction. 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
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
xx/04/88: 47520 crosses Garsdale Viaduct. Copyright: Steve Kibble
May 1988
02/05/88: 47117 at Kensington Olympia with the late running 1355 Dover-Liverpool. 47652 had failed in the Rochester area, believed to have run out of fuel, hence 117's appearance. Copyright: Andy Barnes
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
June 1988
11/06/88: 47116, Great Yarmouth, 1L95. 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
July 1988
15/07/88: 47508 at Branksome with a sleeper ECS from Bournemouth to Poole. Copyright: Neil Henderson
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
August 1988
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
September 1988
17/09/88: Peterborough and 47294 on the 0650 Manchester-Great Yarmouth. 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
October 1988
01/10/88: 47380 at Peterborough on 1L82 from Manchester which it had hauled from Nottingham. Copyright: Andy Barnes
22/10/88: 1E69 1658 Liverpool-Newcastle, at Liverpool, hauled by 47422.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
November 1988
05/11/88: 47587 at Waterloo, waiting with 1V11. It was one of three 47's on trial with NSE, the others being 473 and 547. Copyright: Andy Barnes
December 1988
January 1989
03/01/89: 47503 at Manchester Victoria during 1E61 1301 Liverpool-Newcastle.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
February 1989
March 1989
20/03/89: 47434 at Bangor.
Photo Copyright: Eifion Hughes
April 1989
21/04/89: 47461 at Inverness with the 1230 to Glasgow. 461 was the only 47/4 to receive the "Scotrail" blue stripe livery. 461's last working was a 'Pennine' into Liverpool on 17/11/90, after which it was retired to Allerton for brake repairs. The next day it was being reversed into some stock after no fault had been found at Lime Street and it smashed into the stock of a Liverpool-Euston it was about to drag, and was soon written off. Interestingly, the no.1 end cab (seen here) was salvaged to repair 568, which got pranged at Bristol Bath Road, and survives today (for now) on stored 47726. Copyright: Andy Barnes
May 1989
13/05/89: 47525 with full yellow headcode box - fairly unusual for this livery, at Stockport on 1M88. Copyright: Andy Barnes
19/05/89: 47512 at Penzance. Copyright: Andy Barnes
28/05/89: A very clean 47100 on the blocks at Liverpool Lime Street after hauling the 1030 Euston-Liverpool drag from Crewe. 47613 had worked the first train out of Paddington on this morning. Copyright: Andy Barnes
June 1989
24/06/89: 47373 stabled at Holyhead. Copyright: Richard Boyd
July 1989
01/07/89: The 0820 Liverpool-Great Yarmouth at Peterborough, 47374. Copyright: Andy Barnes
01/07/89: 47454 at Leicester on a Great Yarmouth-Birmingham train. On the same day 47374 was in use and 47353 on the 'Marches', and 47060 on a Southport-Man Vic working. Copyright: Andy Barnes
09/07/89: 47317 at no less than Glasgow Central about to haul the 1250 Glasgow-Euston as far as Carlisle via the Glasgow & South Western route. Copyright: Andy Barnes
09/07/89: 47119 has arrived at Manchester Victoria with a "cyclists" additional from Blackpool North. 119 didn't last too much longer after a collision with a lorry. Copyright: Andy Barnes
20/07/89: 47442 at Crewe. Copyright: Dave Roberts
22/07/89: 47241 at Manchester Victoria, having just been around the Oldham Loop vice a class 142!
Copyright: Andy Barnes
22/07/89: 47565 at Llandudno, 2F77. Copyright: Dave Roberts
23/07/89: 47286 at Stafford. Copyright: Dave Roberts
23/07/89: 47330 at Wolverhampton, 1A52. Copyright: Dave Roberts
23/07/89: 47418 at Wolves on 1Mxx. Copyright: Dave Roberts
23/07/89: 47463 at Birmingham International on 1Vxx. Copyright: Dave Roberts
August 1989
19/08/89(both above): 47365 at Man Vic after arrival with a service ex Llandudno. This had come out to play after 31292 had failed somewhere earlier in the diagram, thought to have been in the down platform at Abergele. 365 was stabled at the Llandudno Junction and believed to have then gone to the resue of the 31. Copyright: Andy Barnes, further comments from Dave Bramley
19/08/89: 47436 at Chester. Copyright: Andy Barnes
27/08/89: 47190 at Preston about to leave on a diversion, to Crewe? Copyright: Andy Barnes
28/08/89: 47010 at the head of the "Royal Scot", which it dragged from Preston to Crewe on 28/8/89. Copyright: Andy Barnes
September 1989
16/09/89: 47455 at Carlisle before an accident that saw its demise. On this day it was on a Carlisle-Newcastle vice a DMU. Copyright: Andy Barnes
17/09/89: 47599 at Crewe, which was to become 47743 - unfortunately only really remembered for being involved in a derailment north of York after speeding over some points and ended up down a bank. It was so badly damaged that it had to be cut up on site, becoming the first 47/7 to be cut up since fire damaged Scottish 47713. Copyright: Andy Barnes
24/09/89: 47152 at Wolverhampton with the 1322 to Euston, which it hauled to Nuneaton. Copyright: Andy Barnes
October 1989
01/10/89: Hit-listed at the time having not seen works attention for seven years (a rarity at the time!), 47097 at Man Picc with the 1313 to Euston which it hauled to Stafford, albeit with a knackered speedo! Copyright: Andy Barnes
November 1989
11/11/89: 47192 at Oxenhope in early preservation days. This loco fell into a state of disrepair after the main 'Waterman' years but has happily now returned to an operational state. Copyright: Richard Boyd
25/11/89: 47714 leaves Oxford with the 1400 to Paddington. Copyright: Richard Boyd
25/11/89: 47326 heads south through Oxford.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
December 1989
30/12/89: A rare photo of 47616 hauling a 4TC unit, more usually hauled by class 33's or 50's. 616 had just arrived with a semi fast from Waterloo on the penultimate day of the 1980's. This was during the period when 50's had taken over from 33's on the Waterloo-Salisbury semi-fasts hauling 4TC units. Class 50 availability was not at its best and 33's continued to substitute, this being an extremely rare occasion when a 47 covered one of these workings. Copyright: Neil Walkling
xx/12/89: 47374 at Derby during December 1989. Copyright: Simeon Gaskell
January 1990
February 1990
17/02/90: 47568 at Oxford on 1F18. Copyright: ??? (email me if this is your image, I missed out the name when I save it)
March 1990
03/03/90: 47804 at Milford Haven with 2B16 1018 Swansea-Milford Haven, loco hauled due to a sports event. Copyright: Big Bird
24/03/90: 47568 at Reading on a parcels working. Copyright: Andy Barnes
24/03/90: 47615 stabled at Holyhead. Copyright: Dave Roberts
25/03/90: 47421 after arrival at Edinburgh with 1S77 which it worked in tandem with 47641 from Glasgow-Edinburgh. 47421 then did 1V59 as far as Newcastle. See the next photo for more on 641. Copyright: Andy Barnes
25/03/90: 47641 at Edinburgh Waverley after arrival with 1S77 sleeper on this morning. It had worked the train from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh in tamdem with 47421, which had just been unhooked when the photo was taken. This train was load 17 and booked a pair every Sunday morning. Copyright: Andy Barnes
April 1990
xx/04/90: 47812 at Birmingham New Street. Copyright: Richard Watson
May 1990
02/05/90: 47604 at Inverness, 1230 Inverness-Glasgow Queen Street. This loco is still one of the few regular(ish!) performers in Scotland as 47854 - it often hauls the Royal Scotsman private luxury train and even now comes complete with three piece miniature snow ploughs for clearing duties on the Highland Main Line as required. Copyright: Andy Barnes
04/05/90: 47515 at Newcastle at the end of 1E65 1501 from Liverpool.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
05/05/90: 47219 at Hartlepool, 1T15. Copyright: Dave Roberts
13/05/90: 47634 at Liverpool, 1V19. Copyright: Dave Roberts
26/05/90: 47123 'Jay' at Derby 1607 Great Yarmouth-Liverpool, which it took over from 366 at Norwich. This was to be 123's final passenger working. On this day fellow Tinsley 47121 'Pochard' was on the Birmingham-Yarmouth. 123 lasted until the end of "Speedlink" freight in July 1991, although it had never worked another passenger train by its withdrawl. Copyright Andy Barnes
June 1990
02/06/90: 47472 at Penzance. Copyright: Dave Roberts
02/06/90: 47528 at Penzance. Copyright: Dave Roberts
02/06/90: 47532 with 47472 also at Penzance. Copyright: Dave Roberts
03/06/90: 47530 about to leave Penzance with the 1030 to Paddington. Copyright: Andy Barnes
09/06/90: 47381 at Woking with a Salisbury-Waterloo additional. 47380 was out on Great Yarmouths also on this day, which turned out to be its final passenger workings, whilst 381 carried on... Copyright Andy Barnes
23/06/90: 47572 at Dawlish. Copyright: Neil Walkling
July 1990
07/07/90: 47817 at Penzance. Copyright: Dave Roberts
10/07/90: 47641 waiting to leave Glasgow Central on the 1519 to... Copyright: Dave Roberts
10/07/90: 47643 at Inverness, 1T36. Copyright: Dave Roberts
12/07/90: 47703 at Inverness. Copyright: Dave Roberts
13/07/90: 47509 at Glasgow Central. Copyright: Dave Roberts
13/07/90: 47851 at Manchester Piccadilly with an ECS for Longsight. Copyright: Dave Roberts
14/07/90: 47366 at Acle on 1P31 0915 Great Yarmouth-London, which it worked to Norwich. Copyright: Big Bird
August 1990
11/08/90: 47357 at Crewe, 1Axx (from Holyhead?) Copyright: Andy Barnes
25/08/90: 47340 at York, 1M64. Copyright: Dave Roberts
25/08/90: 47332 at Sheffield with an arrival from Skegness, suffering from a loss of power which ended up in its total failure on the ECS to Neville Hill somewhere it the Wakefield area. Copyright: Andy Barnes
28/08/90: 47707 having arrived on 1F18 at Oxford. Copyright: Dave Roberts
29/08/90: 47630 at Sheffield, 1V60. Copyright: Andy Barnes
XX/08/90: 47488 at Northallerton. Copyright: Richard Watson
September 1990
15/09/90: 47096 at Manchester Victoria about to leave on a Wakefield service in place of some kind of 'sprinter' unit. Copyright: Andy Barnes
22/09/90: 47714, Wolverhampton - 1M01. Copyright: Dave Roberts
23/09/90: 47605 at Carlisle, on a Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh (it worked the service throughout, via Manchester and Shap). The train really was actually booked to be a class 47 throughout, but it was supposed to be the 'Scottish' one that had worked 1V33 - on this day this should have been 47633 but this had been declared defective in the midlands. Copyright: Andy Barnes
29/09/90: 47125 at Great Yarmouth on the Yarmouth-Liverpool, this was intended to be 47454 but for reasons best left off a website a no-heat loco was used on this occasion. Copyright: Andy Barnes
30/09/90: 47489 at Glasgow Central, it hauled this drag to Stafford, via the Glasgow and South Western route and Manchester(!) It worked in tandem with 90005 from Carlisle-Preston, something which bizarly occurred several Sundays running at the time. Copyright: Andy Barnes
October 1990
November 1990
15/11/90: A rather scruffy 811 at Leeds, shortly before some needed works attention a Swansea-York. Copyright: Andy Barnes
24/11/90: 47541 at Manchester Victoria. Copyright: Dave Roberts
XX/11/90: 47448 at Crewe. Copyright: Dave Roberts
XX/11/90: 47703 also at Crewe on the diesel depot. Copyright: Dave Roberts
December 1990
02/12/90: 47483 at Wolverhampton. Copyright: Dave Roberts
31/12/90: 47714 at Cardiff Central, 0M74. Copyright: Dave Roberts
January 1991
06/01/91: 47500 at Carlisle, 0O90. Copyright: Dave Roberts
11/01/91: 47640 at Preston with the 1640 Manchester Victoria-Barrow. Copyright: Keith Mantle
12/01/91: 47635 at Liverpool Lime Street with 1E81 1725 Liverpool-Newcastle. Copyright: Phil Chilton
16/01/91: 47522 at Birchwood, 0825 Newcastle-Liverpool Lime Street. Copyright: Andy Barnes
20/01/91: 47281 at Nuneaton. Copyright: Dave Roberts
20/01/91: 47549 before leaving Newcastle on 1M31 1505 Newcastle-Liverpool. The final Trans-Pennine 47 working, southbound at least, was 47443 on 1M48 1807 Newcastle-Liverpool on the same day. There was a farewell run from Liverpool-Newcastle, loco unknown.
Copyright: Andy Williamson
27/01/91: 47007 at Wolverhampton with 1A08 drag, to Nuneaton. Copyright: Dave Roberts
February 1991
29/02/91: 47840 stabled at Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
29/02/91: 47145 at Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
29/02/91: 47205, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
29/02/91: 47361, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
March 1991
08/03/91: 47147, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
08/03/91: 47483, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
08/03/91: 47537, 597 and 599 at Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
23/03/91: 47484 at Oxford. Copyright: Dave Roberts
24/03/91: 1A68 at Hereford, 47587. Copyright: Dave Roberts
XX/03/91: 47144 at Bordesley Yard. Copyright: Dave Roberts
XX/03/91: 47228, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
April 1991
07/04/91: 47801, Oxford, 1Exx. Copyright: Dave Roberts
12/04/91: 47803, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
12/04/91: 47079, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
20/04/91: 47307, Crewe. Copyright: Dave Roberts
20/04/91: 47456 after arriving at Holyhead on 1D43. Copyright: Dave Roberts
29/04/91: 47210 leaving Inverness on the 1320 Inverness-Millerhill freight.
Photo Copyright: Roddy MacPhee
May 1991
15/05/91: 47340, Bescot. Copyright: Dave Roberts
15/05/91: 47329, Bescot. Copyright: Dave Roberts
25/05/91: In the middle is 47593 whilst working the Inverness sleeper, it had come to assist 47806 which failed at milepost 51.25 on the Highland Main Line at Drumochter. 806 was on a Nenta tour from North Walsham to Kyle. 593 assisted from mp51.25 to Dalwhinnie where 47604 took over the Nenta. In the image above the train consisted of 47806(dead)+load 12+47593+load 14!!! The return NENTA was worked by 47801 with 47806 dead in tow from Inverness to Perth for 806 forward alone. 47801 being in that area is a bit of a mystery! Copyright: Andy Ashton
XX/05/91: 47813 at Birmingham Snow Hill on a charter. Copyright: Dave Roberts
June 1991
01/06/91: 47114 drags 811 at Inverness leaving on 1Z72, the 1445 to Aberdeen. Copyright: Roddy MacPhee
05/06/91: 47004 at Longbridge, arrived on 0T53 and left as 4T53. Copyright: Dave Roberts
11/06/91: 47270 at Didcot, 4xxx. Copyright: Dave Roberts
12/06/91: 47298 at Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
12/06/91: 47849, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
15/06/91: 47284 at Landor St near Birmingham. Copyright: Dave Roberts
21/06/91: 47283 and a failed 47840 on 1S39 at Oxford. Copyright: Phil Grint
22/06/91: 47053 at Leicester hauling 1M03 a Great Yarmouth to Birmingham working. Plenty of red cars of various shades in the car park! Copyright: Andy Barnes
22/06/91: 47053 at Leicester, evidently at the same time as the above image! Copyright: Dave Roberts
28/06/91: 47489 and 642 in tow and a short parcels train. Copyright: Neil Walkling
28/06/91: 490 at Dawlish Warren on the same day, with a slightly longer parcels rake! Copyright: Neil Walkling
July 1991
07/07/91: 47004 at Exeter St Davids after arriving with the 1300 ex Waterloo. It should have worked the 1100 from Waterloo but the guard refused it as it was unable to power the famous only air-con coach in NSE ownership (13575) which just happened to be in the consist! It worked back with the 1722 Exeter-Waterloo. 004 was hit-listed at the time, but has thankfully survived - several times! Copyright: Andy Barnes
14/07/91: 47296 at Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
14/07/91: 47478, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
16/07/91: 47831, Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
27/07/91: 47211 at Manchester Victoria and 2D67. Copyright: Dave Roberts
27/07/91: 47211, same day, same stock, same shadows on the platform at Man Vic, but the headcode given as 2D77, presumably either 2D67 or 2D77 was the correct one. Copyright: Phil Grint
27/07/91: This is a very clean ex-works 47211 after arrival at Manchester Victoria with the booked no-heat turn, the 1354 from Holyhead. This was the first Fragonset owned class 47 to be broken up on site at Eastleigh where it had been dumped for many years. The cabs were cut off and sold on auction site eBay! Copyright: Andy Barnes
29/07/91: 47188 at Holyhead arriving on 1D48. Copyright: Dave Roberts
August 1991
10/08/91: 47237 at Man Vic again with 2D67 to Holyhead(?) as per 211 above two weeks previous. Copyright: Dave Roberts
September 1991
02/09/91: 47557 and 47840 in tow at Bournemouth with 1M14. Copyright: Dave Roberts
03/09/91: 47207 at Basingstoke on 2Vxx heading west. Copyright: Dave Roberts
07/09/91: 47302 at Manchester Victoria after working 2J35 xxxx Holyhead-Man Vic. Copyright: Dave Roberts
07/09/91: 47156 at Peterborough, 1L93. Copyright: Dave Roberts
08/09/91: 47535 at Penzance. Copyright: Dave Roberts
09/09/01: 47364 and 547 in tow having arrived on 1F16 from Paddington. Copyright: Dave Roberts
12/09/91: 47446 at Banbury on 1F40. Copyright: Dave Roberts
21/09/91: 47318 at Chester on 2F77 to Liverpool??? from ???Copyright: Dave Roberts
21/09/91: 47350 at Holyhead waiting to work 2J35 to Manchester Victoria. Copyright: Dave Roberts
22/09/91: 47360 at Llandudno Junction in the yard. Copyright: Dave Roberts
22/09/91: 47311 at Holyhead. Copyright: Dave Roberts
22/09/01: 47509 at Holyhead, 1Axx. Copyright: Dave Roberts
October 1991
25/10/91: 47402 and 47401 on a railtour for the '47401 Project' at Cleethorpes. Copyright: Dave Roberts
November 1991
19/11/91: 47017 at Tinsley Yard.
Photo Copyright: Crumb
19/11/91: Also on view at Tinsley on the same day was 47412.
Photo Copyright: Crumb
December 1991
January 1992
15/01/92: 47370 at Saltley. Copyright: Dave Roberts
22/01/92: 47821 at Bristol Temple Meads on 1M56. Copyright: Dave Roberts
February 1992
01/02/92: 47851 at Sheffield.
Copyright: Nick Green
02/02/92: 47052 and 47521 at Oxford.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
09/02/92: 47297 and 47704 at Eastleigh on D.C. Tours/ Network SouthEast's Solent & Wessex Wanderer railtour. This pair worked from the start at Waterloo (1Z24 throughout) working via Laverstock to Eastleigh, where they were replaced for a brief depot loop tour by 08831.
Copyright: Dave Roberts
09/02/92: Continuing 1Z24, 47600 and 47221 worked from Eastleigh to Southampton and on to Yeovil Junction, where the pair ran round with 221 leading and continued to Salisbury where the above photo was taken. 47227 replaced 221 for the run back to Waterloo via Woking with 600.
Copyright: Dave Roberts
March 1992
15/03/92: 47335 at Eastleigh.
Photo Copyright: Crumb
April 1992
14/04/92: 47200 and 47222 coupled up at Saltley. At some point in the day they had worked or were about to work 0T51.Copyright: Dave Roberts
14/04/92: The reverse view, 47222 and 47200. Copyright: Dave Roberts
20/04/92: Nicely weathered 47526 at Reading working the 1400 Oxford-Paddington.
Photo Copyright: Crumb
22/04/92: 47258 at Aberdeen. Copyright: Dave Roberts
22/04/92: 47675, Inverness - 1Axx. Copyright: Dave Roberts
25/04/92: 47353 at Manchester Victoria.
Photo Copyright: Crumb
May 1992
07/05/92: 47850 stands at Dover Western Docks after working the 0640 from Liverpool to here.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
10/05/92: Former Scottish Region 47636 'Sir John De Graeme', with a small NSE logo, at Oxford.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
10/05/92: 47402 at Arley on the Severn Valley Railway. Copyright: Dave Roberts
30/05/92: 47624 at Crewe. Copyright: Dave Roberts
31/05/92: 47423 and 47547 at Oxford. Copyright: Dave Roberts
June 1992
06/06/92: 47338 at Leicester, 1L93.
Copyright: Dave Roberts
11/06/92: 47564 at Gloucester with a van train.
Photo Copyright: Crumb
13/06/92: 47471 and the 1403 to Liverpool Lime Street at London Paddington.
Copyright: Richard Boyd
13/06/92: 47299 at Sheffield with a working from Great Yarmouth. Copyright: Andy Barnes
July 1992
August 1992
01/08/92: 47231 stands at Waterloo prior to working the 1515 to Exeter!
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
02/08/92: 47705 at Waterloo before working the 1440 to Exeter.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
06/08/92: 47142 at Waterloo, it had worked the 1515 from Salisbury. Copyright: Andy Barnes
09/08/92: 47701 clagging very well away from Axminster on 1V13. Copyright: Andy Barnes
16/08/92: 47241 at Chester on 2T11. Copyright: Phil Grint
16/08/92: 47631 and 47707 in tow at Salisbury, after arriving on 1V09 from Waterloo. Copyright: Andy Barnes
22/08/92: Another good clag shot, 47144 at Sheffield leaving on an ECS after hauling a train from Great Yarmouth. Copyright: Andy Barnes
22/08/92: 47330 at Leicester. Copyright: Andy Barnes
29/08/92: 47673 hauling the 1627 Inverness-Edinburgh at Dalwhinnie. Copyright: Richard Boyd
30/08/92: 47196 at Salisbury with the 0828 Exeter-Waterloo. Copyright: Andy Barnes
31/08/92: 47339 attempting to attach to a demic westbound HST. It was eventually successfully attached and worked onwards in tandem with 43019. Both were scrapped in 2005, 339 at Booths after a lengthy existance, and 43019 at Crewe(?) after the unfortunate Ufton Nervet derailment. At the time though, 339 had just been transferred from the civil engineers pool to Railfreight Distribution. The photographer had travelled on 709 to Exeter earlier, and 587 was also out on a Paignton-Paddington additional. Copyright: Andy Barnes
September 1992
05/09/92: 47050 at Derby on a Great Yarmouth-Sheffield. Copyright: Andy Barnes
12/09/92: 47150 at Scarborough before working the return half of an excursion from Ealing Broadway - leaving Scarborough at 1639. 47219 had worked the outward leg.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
24/09/92: This is 47675 at Aviemore with the 1015 Inverness-Edinburgh, for some reason the train sat at Aviemore for around ten minutes, an ideal "photostop". It would return with the 1440 Edinburgh-Inverness. This became 47791, and now stored at Saltley. Copyright: Andy Barnes
xx/09/92: 47818 at Blackpool North with the final direct Euston-Blackpool service after BR pulled their direct service between the two locations. No fewer than six years later Virgin re-introduced it as a HST working, and after almost a year of constant HST operation the very same loco (818) became the first class 47 to haul a passenger train to Blackpool for many years on 09/04/99, and without it along with the natural male liking of figures and statistics then this website would probably never have begun. Copyright: Andy Cleaver
October 1992
18/10/92: 47833 at Waterloo of all places with 1V09. The photographers day ended with a run unusual run 853 from Salisbury to Waterloo! Copyright: Andy Barnes
November 1992
21/11/92: 47706 at London Waterloo on the 1015 Waterloo-Salisbury on a Saturday.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
December 1992
January 1993
04/01/93: 47809 'Finsbury Park' at Holyhead before working the 1325 to Euston as far as Crewe.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
15/01/93: 47808 at Dover Western Docks before working the 1412 to Liverpool Lime Street. 808 had been renamed without ceremony 'Samson' by this time, rather than being refitted with its original 'SAMSON' GWR style plates.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
February 1993
March 1993
09/03/93: Nice thrashing view of 47526 at Andover on 2V13 1315 Waterloo-Exeter. Copyright: Andy Barnes
April 1993
13/04/93: 47677 awaiting to work 1F07 1804 St Pancras-Derby. Copyright: Beekeeper
May 1993
28/05/93: 47237 at Llandudno on a railtour (1Z28). Copyright: Phil Grint
June 1993
26/06/93: 47224 at Dover Western Docks with another excursion. (Wasn't this the last railtour to Dover Western Docks?) Copyright: Andy Barnes
July 1993
August 1993
07/08/93: 47314 at Great Yarmouth. Copyright: Phil Grint
07/08/93: 47824 at Dover Western Docks, this was the 1343 service to Birmingham New Street. Copyright: Andy Barnes
September 1993
18/09/93: 47523 at Dawlish Warren. Note the plated over headlight under the drivers side tail light from many years before. Copyright: Andy Barnes
October 1993
November 1993
December 1993
1994
30/01/94: 47100 (left) and 47007 (right) lead two rows of 47s at Booths scrap yard. 100 leads 445 and 116, while 007 has behind it 099 and 002.
Photo Copyright: David Hall
19/03/94: 47234 (and 47016 on the right) at the Old Oak Common open day of 1994.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
XX/03/94: 47484, 121, and 004 at Old Oak Common on an open day. Copyright: Richard Boyd
16/04/94: 47676 at Retford Low Level on a ballast train. Copyright: Nick Green
19/04/94: 47822 on the blocks at Paddington.
Copyright: GGC
11/06/94: 47475 at Dawlish. Copyright: Neil 'a good time was had by all' Walkling (sorry Neil!)
24/06/94: 47598 - which later became 47742, quite recognisable here with its flat front - at Doncaster hauling 1A41 2129 Bradford to Kings Cross. The lightning strike, especially the positioning of it, makes the photo quite remarkable considering these were the days when photographic experimentation was much harder as you did not see your results until you paid for them to be processed, and even that could only be done when you finished your film! Aren't we spoilt these days...
Photo Copyright: David Hall
29/06/94: 47492 at Doncaster. Copyright: Nick Green
14/07/94: 47832 at Cockwood Harbour, working unknown.
Photo Copyright: Neil Walkling
15/07/94: 47773 at Dawlish on an eastbound mail service.
Photo Copyright: Neil Walkling
21/07/94: 47771 arrives at Par working a Tavistock Junction to Long Rock, and later worked an 'up' mail train.
Photo Copyright: Neil Walkling
XX/10/94: 47811 at Long Rock carriage sidings near Penzance with its sleeper coaching stock. Copyright: Shaun C
1995
09/06/95: 47368 at Boston on the 1812 Skegness-Leicester. Copyright: Phil Grint
07/07/95: 47790 at Dawlish Warren. Copyright: Neil Walkling
1996
13/03/96: 47973 on a Swindon-Tilbury Freightliner service at Challow. Copyright: Andrew Royle
27/04/96: 47325 'RED RUM' at Tinsley.
Photo Copyright: Crumb
21/09/96: 47004 hauling failed 47854 on 1V96 at Banbury. Copyright: Steve Kibble
1997
XX/03/97: 47839 at Blackrod. Copyright: Tim Moss
19/03/97: 47844 at Reading. Note the mirror-background nameplate, 844 was the only class 47 ever to carry one of these.
Copyright: GGC
26/04/97: 47806 at Reading, having just run round its train.
Copyright: GGC
03/05/97: 47033 at Crewe Electric open day.
Photo Copyright: Richard Boyd
31/07/97: 47817 at Reading. Although this livery was something different to photograph, and certainly easier to photograph than something like modern-day WCRC dark maroon, this Porterbrook design was liked by few, perhaps with the exception of Northern Rail who experimented with these colours in recent times for their own fleet livery(!)
Copyright: GGC
1998
07/02/98: 47016 at Torworth. Copyright: Nick Green
18/04/98: 47818 at Manchester Piccadilly. 818 was one of many of the Virgin 47s that received opening marker light covers after this date at its number one end which is shown in this image, in this photo it still has flat lenses (was this modification done on the change of loco allocation from Crewe to Toton?).
Copyright: GGC
20/04/98: 47807 was named 'Lion of Vienna' at Bolton, by Nat Lofthouse (former Bolton and England star who was dubbed the Lion of Vienna). Copyright: Tim Moss
20/04/98: The Lion (loco, not footballer!) then ran light to Preston to haul 1O40 to Brighton. Copyright: Tim Moss
25/04/98: 47358 at Grove.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
29/04/98: 47736 on a northbound enterprise working at Grove.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
03/05/98: 47746 at Saxilby.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
03/05/98: 47746 again, at Swinderby.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
03/05/98: 47786 at Saxilby on a GNER drag.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
03/05/98: 47792 at Walkerhingham. Few mentions exist in archives of these drags, can anyone provide details of what time periods East Coast drags operated and where they were dragged from/to each year, and when they were finally replaced by 67s?
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
14/05/98: 47204 at Askham.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
24/05/98: 47775 at Walkeringham.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
24/05/98: 47778 at Fillingley.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
24/05/98: 47749 on a GNER drag at Finningley.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
04/06/98: 47844 with 47241 and 47845 at Saltley.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
09/06/98: 47734 at Grove on an EWS 'Enterprise' working.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
10/06/98: 47310 at Gamston.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
25/07/98: 47331 at Scunthorpe with 56102.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
28/07/98: 47302 leads 47152 on a 'liner at Grove.
Photo Copyright: Nick Green
07/08/98: 47831 at Chester on the morning Holyhead-Euston Virgin service, which was booked to 47 hauled to Crewe. Copyright: GGC
25/08/98: On hire from Great Western Trains, 47846 waits to leave Preston on 1V50 1130 Preston-Paignton.
Copyright: Robert Hill
03/10/98: 47827 at Preston, recently painted.
Copyright: Shaun C
1999
16/01/99: 47851 passing Blackrod working 1V50 from Preston at 1133 to Penzance.
Copyright: Tim Moss
15/04/99: 47853 at Preston.
Copyright: Shaun C
23/04/99: 47841 at Preston carrying the 'Institution of Mechanical Engineers' nameplates which moved to 47817 when 841 was repainted.
Copyright: Shaun C
25/04/99: 47805 at Chester, probably working 1D87.
Copyright: GGC
05/06/99: 47818 at Preston, demonstrating the change to the flip-cover marker light lenses (compare with the photo of it above when it was in Intercity livery - this is the same end).
Copyright: Shaun C
18/06/99: 47813 at Plymouth working 1Cxx from Paddington to Penzance (roughly tea time at Plymouth).
Copyright: Shaun C
19/06/99: 47847 leaving Paignton, passing 47831 which was arriving.
Copyright: Shaun C
03/07/99: 47745 at Whitby on a NENTA charter. Copyright: Tim Moss
12/07/99: 47349 passes through Crewe via the avoiding lines heading for Basford Hall. Copyright: Shaun C.
16/07/99: 47775 on the regular lunchtime working through Warrington hauling a dead 86. A 47 was booked to haul the electric from Crewe to Warrington Royal Mail Terminal, and then dragged it back south later on. Any reason why this happened then the line was electrified into the mail terminal and all other trains went in with electric loco's on? Copyright: Shaun C
18/07/99: 47832 at Plymouth on a Paddington-Penzance service.
Copyright: Shaun C
20/07/99: 47315 making a guest appearance on Nuneaton drags on 20th July 1999. Here it is waiting to haul a Virgin West Coast train to Birmingham. Copyright: Steve Kibble
XX/07/99: 47843 at Blackrod on 1S93, 1535 Bristol-Edinburgh which was diesel hauled to Preston. Copyright: Tim Moss
01/10/99: 47826 at Preston.
Copyright: Shaun C
11/10/99: 47822 at Preston working 1O16.
Copyright: Shaun C
03/12/99: 47848 at Warrington Bank Quay working 1O71 0736 Blackpool North-Portsmouth Harbour vice HST. 47843 was dead on the rear.
Copyright: Shaun C
47541, Stirling, 1992. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47245, Bournemouth. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47152, Plymouth. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47192, Kidderminster. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47276, Dorchester. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47582, Penzance. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47634, Cardiff Central. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47972. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47459, Holyhead. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47475, Doncaster. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47406, Crewe. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47489, Shrewsbury. Copyright: Dave Roberts
47519, Manchester Victoria. Copyright: Steve Ryder