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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > To The West > LPPC DSL BW 0286

 

 

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 0286 Rationalisation and the end of steam spelt closure for Reading Southern station and motive power depot by the early 1970s. They were replaced with a soulless prefabricated waiting room and a new platform attached to Reading General Station which was accessed from the Southern line by a short rising spur. It is perhaps ironic that the London Waterloo services at the time were being maintained by cascaded 4-COR EMUs that dated back to the 1930s themselves. Here 3156, itself assembled post war to replace a 4 BUF destroyed in the conflict, waits to leave for the capital looking the worse for wear in its final years of use, as well as being older than some of the steam locos that had been replaced. Behind, pausing at the Western Region station is Class 47 Brush Type 4 number 1907 (later 47231, then 57010 ‘Freightliner Crusader’), a regular on the route, with 1Z02, a special, possibly from the Bristol area …and possibly heading down the linking spur to the Southern itself! Keywords: BR, Reading, 4COR, 3156, Class 47, 1907, 47231, 57010, 'Freightliner Crusader', 1Z02
LPPC DSL BW 0286 Rationalisation and the end of steam spelt closure for Reading Southern station and motive power depot by the early 1970s. They were replaced with a soulless prefabricated waiting room and a new platform attached to Reading General Station which was accessed from the Southern line by a short rising spur. It is perhaps ironic that the London Waterloo services at the time were being maintained by cascaded 4-COR EMUs that dated back to the 1930s themselves. Here 3156, itself assembled post war to replace a 4 BUF destroyed in the conflict, waits to leave for the capital looking the worse for wear in its final years of use, as well as being older than some of the steam locos that had been replaced. Behind, pausing at the Western Region station is Class 47 Brush Type 4 number 1907 (later 47231, then 57010 ‘Freightliner Crusader’), a regular on the route, with 1Z02, a special, possibly from the Bristol area …and possibly heading down the linking spur to the Southern itself! Keywords: BR, Reading, 4COR, 3156, Class 47, 1907, 47231, 57010, 'Freightliner Crusader', 1Z02
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Rationalisation and the end of steam spelt closure for Reading

Southern station and motive power depot by the early 1970s. They were replaced with a soulless prefabricated waiting room and a new platform attached to Reading General Station which was accessed from the Southern line by a short rising spur. It is perhaps ironic that the London Waterloo services at the time were being maintained by cascaded 4-COR EMUs that dated back to the 1930s themselves. Here 3156, itself assembled post war to replace a 4 BUF destroyed in the conflict, waits to leave for the capital looking the worse for wear in its final years of use, as well as being older than some of the steam locos that had been replaced. Behind, pausing at the Western Region station is Class 47 Brush Type 4 number 1907 (later 47231, then 57010 ‘Freightliner Crusader’), a regular on the route, with 1Z02, a special, possibly from the Bristol area …and possibly heading down the linking spur to the Southern itself!