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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Paddington > LPPC DSL BW 0289

 

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 0289 This photograph is not all it seems. The 11.55am Paignton to Paddington Express, 1A05, due in Platform 2 at 15.50pm, seems to have been late into London behind Brush Type 4 Class 47 number D1932 (later 47493/47701). The photograph was taken pre-May 1972, when the loco had its boiler removed and was fitted with Electric Train Heating (ETH). The train would form the 16.30pm service to Penzance, nominally from Platform 2, and so as to reduce any delays and platform changes, it seems that the train is being dragged out of Paddington and re-positioned to Platform 2 for departure. The train is a standard air-braked set of Mark 2 coaches with a Mark 2A BFK behind the loco. These were superb vehicles as they had all the advantages of the modern Mark 2 construction and bogies, yet still retained full First Class Mark 1 compartment accommodation. The locomotive is interesting in that it still displays a painted D before its numerals, but has two new BR logos on its bodyside. Keywords: BR, Western, Paddington, Passenger, Class 47, 1932, 47493, 47701
LPPC DSL BW 0289 This photograph is not all it seems. The 11.55am Paignton to Paddington Express, 1A05, due in Platform 2 at 15.50pm, seems to have been late into London behind Brush Type 4 Class 47 number D1932 (later 47493/47701). The photograph was taken pre-May 1972, when the loco had its boiler removed and was fitted with Electric Train Heating (ETH). The train would form the 16.30pm service to Penzance, nominally from Platform 2, and so as to reduce any delays and platform changes, it seems that the train is being dragged out of Paddington and re-positioned to Platform 2 for departure. The train is a standard air-braked set of Mark 2 coaches with a Mark 2A BFK behind the loco. These were superb vehicles as they had all the advantages of the modern Mark 2 construction and bogies, yet still retained full First Class Mark 1 compartment accommodation. The locomotive is interesting in that it still displays a painted D before its numerals, but has two new BR logos on its bodyside. Keywords: BR, Western, Paddington, Passenger, Class 47, 1932, 47493, 47701
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This photograph is not all it seems. The 11.55am Paignton

to Paddington Express, 1A05, due in Platform 2 at 15.50pm, seems to have been late into London behind Brush Type 4 Class 47 number D1932 (later 47493/47701). The photograph was taken pre-May 1972, when the loco had its boiler removed and was fitted with Electric Train Heating (ETH). The train would form the 16.30pm service to Penzance, nominally from Platform 2, and so as to reduce any delays and platform changes, it seems that the train is being dragged out of Paddington and re-positioned to Platform 2 for departure. The train is a standard air-braked set of Mark 2 coaches with a Mark 2A BFK behind the loco. These were superb vehicles as they had all the advantages of the modern Mark 2 construction and bogies, yet still retained full First Class Mark 1 compartment accommodation. The locomotive is interesting in that it still displays a painted D before its numerals, but has two new BR logos on its bodyside.