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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Cumbria > LPPC DSL BW 1218
LPPC DSL BW 1218 Drawing into Carlisle’s main down platform is a WCML InterCity express headed by a 5000hp Class 87 electric Bo-Bo. Including one of the then-latest catering Mark 3 vehicles. The shot again demonstrates how West Coast electrification transformed that railway and its services, the train itself a perfect example of just how well British Rail could work whatever the churlish, almost childlike disparaging remarks about the pre-privatised railway that are made today by our current politicians.
LPPC DSL BW 1218 Drawing into Carlisle’s main down platform is a WCML InterCity express headed by a 5000hp Class 87 electric Bo-Bo. Including one of the then-latest catering Mark 3 vehicles. The shot again demonstrates how West Coast electrification transformed that railway and its services, the train itself a perfect example of just how well British Rail could work whatever the churlish, almost childlike disparaging remarks about the pre-privatised railway that are made today by our current politicians.
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Drawing into Carlisle’s main down platform is a WCML InterCity

express headed by a 5000hp Class 87 electric Bo-Bo. Including one of the then-latest catering Mark 3 vehicles. The shot again demonstrates how West Coast electrification transformed that railway and its services, the train itself a perfect example of just how well British Rail could work whatever the churlish, almost childlike disparaging remarks about the pre-privatised railway that are made today by our current politicians.
By ellyBelly Publications collection Cumbria ref LPPC DSL BW 1218; uploaded 2024-02-14 13:44:42 GMT; 9.8mb 6898x4569 pixels; comp 840x556