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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > To The West > LPPC DSL BW 0406

 

 

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

LPPC DSL BW 0406 Twyford station one summer Saturday afternoon in 1976 and Class 47, 47171, Brush Type 4 heads towards Paddington with the 1A15 10.30am Saturdays only service from Newquay to London. Already making well over 80mph after its Reading stop, the ride in one of the last-remaining wooden-bodied Gresley Buffet cars (W9135E) as the second vehicle here must have been an interesting experience. For many decades Twyford station required a 60mph, later raised to 75mph speed restriction on the main lines, as the route dog-legged around the signalbox and bridge abutments. This was all rectified in 1970 as the curves were eased and the platforms reshaped to allow for unrestricted speed. In this shot, the results can be clearly seen in the newly modified facings of the central island and newly laid track. Keywords: BR, Twyford, Passenger, Class 47, 47171, 1A15, Gresley, Western, W9135E
LPPC DSL BW 0406 Twyford station one summer Saturday afternoon in 1976 and Class 47, 47171, Brush Type 4 heads towards Paddington with the 1A15 10.30am Saturdays only service from Newquay to London. Already making well over 80mph after its Reading stop, the ride in one of the last-remaining wooden-bodied Gresley Buffet cars (W9135E) as the second vehicle here must have been an interesting experience. For many decades Twyford station required a 60mph, later raised to 75mph speed restriction on the main lines, as the route dog-legged around the signalbox and bridge abutments. This was all rectified in 1970 as the curves were eased and the platforms reshaped to allow for unrestricted speed. In this shot, the results can be clearly seen in the newly modified facings of the central island and newly laid track. Keywords: BR, Twyford, Passenger, Class 47, 47171, 1A15, Gresley, Western, W9135E
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Twyford station one summer Saturday afternoon in 1976 and Class

47, 47171, Brush Type 4 heads towards Paddington with the 1A15 10.30am Saturdays only service from Newquay to London. Already making well over 80mph after its Reading stop, the ride in one of the last-remaining wooden-bodied Gresley Buffet cars (W9135E) as the second vehicle here must have been an interesting experience. For many decades Twyford station required a 60mph, later raised to 75mph speed restriction on the main lines, as the route dog-legged around the signalbox and bridge abutments. This was all rectified in 1970 as the curves were eased and the platforms reshaped to allow for unrestricted speed. In this shot, the results can be clearly seen in the newly modified facings of the central island and newly laid track.