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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Old Oak Common > LPPC DSL BW 0995

 

 

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 0995 All the GWR ‘A’ code sheds had their own, quite substantial, lifting shops where locomotives requiring more complex repairs than just running and servicing problems, could be accommodated and dealt with. Old Oak Common’s was known colloquially as the ‘Factory’ and this shot was taken inside in 1971. Western Class 52 number D1042 ‘Western Princess’ is in for some work and displays, under its running number, the sticker provided on all locomotives after the end of steam on BR, depicting such information as its maximum speed, brake force and route availability. The loco also displays its shed-code plate, or sticker as the genre had evolved, in this case Laira (84A). Keywords: BR, Class 47, Class 52, Western, D1042, 'Western Princess', 1971, Old Oak Common, The Factory
LPPC DSL BW 0995 All the GWR ‘A’ code sheds had their own, quite substantial, lifting shops where locomotives requiring more complex repairs than just running and servicing problems, could be accommodated and dealt with. Old Oak Common’s was known colloquially as the ‘Factory’ and this shot was taken inside in 1971. Western Class 52 number D1042 ‘Western Princess’ is in for some work and displays, under its running number, the sticker provided on all locomotives after the end of steam on BR, depicting such information as its maximum speed, brake force and route availability. The loco also displays its shed-code plate, or sticker as the genre had evolved, in this case Laira (84A). Keywords: BR, Class 47, Class 52, Western, D1042, 'Western Princess', 1971, Old Oak Common, The Factory
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All the GWR ‘A’ code sheds had their own, quite

substantial, lifting shops where locomotives requiring more complex repairs than just running and servicing problems, could be accommodated and dealt with. Old Oak Common’s was known colloquially as the ‘Factory’ and this shot was taken inside in 1971. Western Class 52 number D1042 ‘Western Princess’ is in for some work and displays, under its running number, the sticker provided on all locomotives after the end of steam on BR, depicting such information as its maximum speed, brake force and route availability. The loco also displays its shed-code plate, or sticker as the genre had evolved, in this case Laira (84A).