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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > To The West > LPPC DSL BW 0441

 

 

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 0441 You can almost feel the heat and blare of the thrumming sound from the Western Class 52 as it gets well and truly into its stride having completed the Reading stop with an up South Wales express on a cold blustery March morning in 1974. The location is immediately east of the end of Sonning Cutting looking towards Twyford and the 52 is easily overtaking the trundling Class 31 (5687, later 31259) on an engineers train. It is a Saturday so the latter is heading towards London to be in position for a possession that night. As there was no longer any need for the erstwhile 75mph Permanent Way Slack (PWS) through Twyford station, the 52 is well into the 80s and swiftly approaching 90mph at this point. Keywords: BR, Western, Class 31, Freight, Passenger, Class 52, 5687, 31259, 1974
LPPC DSL BW 0441 You can almost feel the heat and blare of the thrumming sound from the Western Class 52 as it gets well and truly into its stride having completed the Reading stop with an up South Wales express on a cold blustery March morning in 1974. The location is immediately east of the end of Sonning Cutting looking towards Twyford and the 52 is easily overtaking the trundling Class 31 (5687, later 31259) on an engineers train. It is a Saturday so the latter is heading towards London to be in position for a possession that night. As there was no longer any need for the erstwhile 75mph Permanent Way Slack (PWS) through Twyford station, the 52 is well into the 80s and swiftly approaching 90mph at this point. Keywords: BR, Western, Class 31, Freight, Passenger, Class 52, 5687, 31259, 1974
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You can almost feel the heat and blare of the

thrumming sound from the Western Class 52 as it gets well and truly into its stride having completed the Reading stop with an up South Wales express on a cold blustery March morning in 1974. The location is immediately east of the end of Sonning Cutting looking towards Twyford and the 52 is easily overtaking the trundling Class 31 (5687, later 31259) on an engineers train. It is a Saturday so the latter is heading towards London to be in position for a possession that night. As there was no longer any need for the erstwhile 75mph Permanent Way Slack (PWS) through Twyford station, the 52 is well into the 80s and swiftly approaching 90mph at this point.