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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Paddington > LPPC DSL BW 0961

 

The photographs in this collection are from the Paddington section of Peter Collins' Railwayman's View Book Volume One - BR Western Region.

LPPC DSL BW 0961 Hymek Class 35 D7061, still bearing its ‘D’ number prefix, pulls into London Paddington with the 13.15pm 1C56 up Hereford and Worcester express in 1971. Looking very much the worse for wear, the Hymeks became regulars on these services for a time, as it had become almost traditional that the Cotswold trains would be the last main-line refuge of first steam, then the Hymeks and after them, the Warships. By the late 1970s, a frankly pathetic service of DMUs bolstered by two morning and evening through loco-hauled trains with Brush Type 4 Class 47s was considered adequate. Considerable migration of wealthy London commuters to areas such as Charlbury, Kingham and Moreton in Marsh since the turn of the century has, at last, persuaded the operators that the line deserves much more. Keywords: Hymek, D7061, 7061, 1971, Paddington, Hereford, 1C56, Passenger, BR, Western
LPPC DSL BW 0961 Hymek Class 35 D7061, still bearing its ‘D’ number prefix, pulls into London Paddington with the 13.15pm 1C56 up Hereford and Worcester express in 1971. Looking very much the worse for wear, the Hymeks became regulars on these services for a time, as it had become almost traditional that the Cotswold trains would be the last main-line refuge of first steam, then the Hymeks and after them, the Warships. By the late 1970s, a frankly pathetic service of DMUs bolstered by two morning and evening through loco-hauled trains with Brush Type 4 Class 47s was considered adequate. Considerable migration of wealthy London commuters to areas such as Charlbury, Kingham and Moreton in Marsh since the turn of the century has, at last, persuaded the operators that the line deserves much more. Keywords: Hymek, D7061, 7061, 1971, Paddington, Hereford, 1C56, Passenger, BR, Western
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Hymek Class 35 D7061, still bearing its ‘D’ number prefix,

pulls into London Paddington with the 13.15pm 1C56 up Hereford and Worcester express in 1971. Looking very much the worse for wear, the Hymeks became regulars on these services for a time, as it had become almost traditional that the Cotswold trains would be the last main-line refuge of first steam, then the Hymeks and after them, the Warships. By the late 1970s, a frankly pathetic service of DMUs bolstered by two morning and evening through loco-hauled trains with Brush Type 4 Class 47s was considered adequate. Considerable migration of wealthy London commuters to areas such as Charlbury, Kingham and Moreton in Marsh since the turn of the century has, at last, persuaded the operators that the line deserves much more.