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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > To The West > LPPC DSL BW 0281

 

 

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 0281 On the day in 1971 that British Rail finally relented and agreed to allow the first steam-hauled train to run on its tracks since the summer of 1968, whilst paying a visit to the Didcot Steam Centre in order to observe King Class 6000 ‘King George V’ run past, this Peak Class 46 number D149 (later 46012) rolled into view light-engine, heading in the down direction towards Oxford. The loco carries an intermediate rail-blue livery as the numbers are still prefixed with ‘D’s. Keywords: BR, Western, D149, 46012, Light Engine, Peak
LPPC DSL BW 0281 On the day in 1971 that British Rail finally relented and agreed to allow the first steam-hauled train to run on its tracks since the summer of 1968, whilst paying a visit to the Didcot Steam Centre in order to observe King Class 6000 ‘King George V’ run past, this Peak Class 46 number D149 (later 46012) rolled into view light-engine, heading in the down direction towards Oxford. The loco carries an intermediate rail-blue livery as the numbers are still prefixed with ‘D’s. Keywords: BR, Western, D149, 46012, Light Engine, Peak
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On the day in 1971 that British Rail finally relented

and agreed to allow the first steam-hauled train to run on its tracks since the summer of 1968, whilst paying a visit to the Didcot Steam Centre in order to observe King Class 6000 ‘King George V’ run past, this Peak Class 46 number D149 (later 46012) rolled into view light-engine, heading in the down direction towards Oxford. The loco carries an intermediate rail-blue livery as the numbers are still prefixed with ‘D’s.