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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Paddington > LPPC DSL BW 0245

 

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 0245 Warship class 42 number 805 ‘Benbow’ backs down from Old Oak Common or Westbourne Park onto the late morning Hereford express one spring day in 1970 at Paddington station. This route is now called the Cotswold Line as a marketing tag and run today by Great Western, which is probably the greatest misnomer of all time. They were the last Class 1 trains to be steam-hauled from the terminus and later the final top-link trains to be hauled by Hymeks. Subsequently, the Warships eked out their last days on the services and, as can be seen from the condition of the locomotive, little care was being expended on them by this stage. However, the crews still maximised their performance and I enjoyed a run behind 842 ‘Royal Oak’ at this time, when it deputised for a failed Brush Type 4 on an up Hereford train and it cruised happily at over 90mph between Oxford and London. 805 still carries a headcode that suggests earlier use on a special Penzance to Kensington milk service. Keywords: BR, Western, Warship, 805, 'Benbow', 1970, Paddington, Light Engine
LPPC DSL BW 0245 Warship class 42 number 805 ‘Benbow’ backs down from Old Oak Common or Westbourne Park onto the late morning Hereford express one spring day in 1970 at Paddington station. This route is now called the Cotswold Line as a marketing tag and run today by Great Western, which is probably the greatest misnomer of all time. They were the last Class 1 trains to be steam-hauled from the terminus and later the final top-link trains to be hauled by Hymeks. Subsequently, the Warships eked out their last days on the services and, as can be seen from the condition of the locomotive, little care was being expended on them by this stage. However, the crews still maximised their performance and I enjoyed a run behind 842 ‘Royal Oak’ at this time, when it deputised for a failed Brush Type 4 on an up Hereford train and it cruised happily at over 90mph between Oxford and London. 805 still carries a headcode that suggests earlier use on a special Penzance to Kensington milk service. Keywords: BR, Western, Warship, 805, 'Benbow', 1970, Paddington, Light Engine
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Warship class 42 number 805 ‘Benbow’ backs down from Old

Oak Common or Westbourne Park onto the late morning Hereford express one spring day in 1970 at Paddington station. This route is now called the Cotswold Line as a marketing tag and run today by Great Western, which is probably the greatest misnomer of all time. They were the last Class 1 trains to be steam-hauled from the terminus and later the final top-link trains to be hauled by Hymeks. Subsequently, the Warships eked out their last days on the services and, as can be seen from the condition of the locomotive, little care was being expended on them by this stage. However, the crews still maximised their performance and I enjoyed a run behind 842 ‘Royal Oak’ at this time, when it deputised for a failed Brush Type 4 on an up Hereford train and it cruised happily at over 90mph between Oxford and London. 805 still carries a headcode that suggests earlier use on a special Penzance to Kensington milk service.