Caption:

Pairs of English Electric Type 1 Class 20s in multiple

were popular choices both in the Midlands for colliery coal hauls but also in Scotland, especially in steelmaking areas. Here a couple are about to pull away and are waiting for the signal to clear once the Inter City Swindon-built diesel unit, in which the photographer is riding, proceeds on its way to Glasgow Central having started its journey in Stranraer.