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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Old Oak Common > LPPC DSL BW 0996

 

 

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

LPPC DSL BW 0996 With a Class 08 350hp shunter on the left, Brush Type 4 Class 47 number D1670 (later 47085) ’Mammoth’ is spied at Old Oak undergoing maintenance. The sides of the Type 4 are even adorned with a tribute to Arsenal FC. The nameplates seem to have interested many people as they had a habit of disappearing then being re-applied. The nameplates were retained after the locomotive was re-numbered under the TOPS scheme in February 1974, but went missing some time in 1975. They were replaced in October 1978, but went missing again in 1984 until replaced in February 1985. The nameplates were finally removed when the locomotive was renamed ‘Conidae’ in August 1988! But where are they now? Keywords: Old Oak Common, BR, Class 47, 47085 D1670, Class 08, Arsenal, The Factory
LPPC DSL BW 0996 With a Class 08 350hp shunter on the left, Brush Type 4 Class 47 number D1670 (later 47085) ’Mammoth’ is spied at Old Oak undergoing maintenance. The sides of the Type 4 are even adorned with a tribute to Arsenal FC. The nameplates seem to have interested many people as they had a habit of disappearing then being re-applied. The nameplates were retained after the locomotive was re-numbered under the TOPS scheme in February 1974, but went missing some time in 1975. They were replaced in October 1978, but went missing again in 1984 until replaced in February 1985. The nameplates were finally removed when the locomotive was renamed ‘Conidae’ in August 1988! But where are they now? Keywords: Old Oak Common, BR, Class 47, 47085 D1670, Class 08, Arsenal, The Factory
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With a Class 08 350hp shunter on the left, Brush

Type 4 Class 47 number D1670 (later 47085) ’Mammoth’ is spied at Old Oak undergoing maintenance. The sides of the Type 4 are even adorned with a tribute to Arsenal FC. The nameplates seem to have interested many people as they had a habit of disappearing then being re-applied. The nameplates were retained after the locomotive was re-numbered under the TOPS scheme in February 1974, but went missing some time in 1975. They were replaced in October 1978, but went missing again in 1984 until replaced in February 1985. The nameplates were finally removed when the locomotive was renamed ‘Conidae’ in August 1988! But where are they now?