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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > To The West > LPPC DSL CO 0200

 

 

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 CO 0200 The doyen of the Western Class 52s, number D1000 ‘Western Enterprise’, undergoes considerable work inside Swindon Works late in 1971. There were sharp intakes of breath when it was new, as it was originally turned out in a sort of beige/mustard colour officially referred to as Desert Sand. Perhaps the most well-known official photograph of it in this colour was taken heading a train of vans and waiting in the side parcels platform at Paddington, which was situated just beyond and to the left of the end of Platform One. Dark green was also tried on a few following examples before coaching-stock maroon was decided upon as the standardised colour for the class. The locomotive was in Swindon Works from 1st November 1971 until 29th March 1972, for conversion to dual Air Brakes and fitted with the Automatic Warning System (AWS) as part of an Intermediate repair. Keywords: BR, 1971, Western, D1000, 'Western Enterprise', Swindon Works
LPPC DSL CO 0200 The doyen of the Western Class 52s, number D1000 ‘Western Enterprise’, undergoes considerable work inside Swindon Works late in 1971. There were sharp intakes of breath when it was new, as it was originally turned out in a sort of beige/mustard colour officially referred to as Desert Sand. Perhaps the most well-known official photograph of it in this colour was taken heading a train of vans and waiting in the side parcels platform at Paddington, which was situated just beyond and to the left of the end of Platform One. Dark green was also tried on a few following examples before coaching-stock maroon was decided upon as the standardised colour for the class. The locomotive was in Swindon Works from 1st November 1971 until 29th March 1972, for conversion to dual Air Brakes and fitted with the Automatic Warning System (AWS) as part of an Intermediate repair. Keywords: BR, 1971, Western, D1000, 'Western Enterprise', Swindon Works
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The doyen of the Western Class 52s, number D1000 ‘Western

Enterprise’, undergoes considerable work inside Swindon Works late in 1971. There were sharp intakes of breath when it was new, as it was originally turned out in a sort of beige/mustard colour officially referred to as Desert Sand. Perhaps the most well-known official photograph of it in this colour was taken heading a train of vans and waiting in the side parcels platform at Paddington, which was situated just beyond and to the left of the end of Platform One. Dark green was also tried on a few following examples before coaching-stock maroon was decided upon as the standardised colour for the class. The locomotive was in Swindon Works from 1st November 1971 until 29th March 1972, for conversion to dual Air Brakes and fitted with the Automatic Warning System (AWS) as part of an Intermediate repair.