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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > West Country > LPPC DSL BW 0706

 

 

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

LPPC DSL BW 0706 Spotters are enjoying the almost continuous movements that took place in the area around Bristol’s Bath Road depot and Temple Meads station. A Brush Type 4 Class 47 1753 (later 47491/47769) is stabled next to a CCT van and a Collett coach. Half inside one of the Bath Road maintenance sheds is one of the Bristol Pullman diesel-hydraulic units. Originally known as the Blue Pullmans because of their bright livery, these trains suffered a similar fate to other Pullmans being painted in drab, corporate blue and grey, but curiously reversed, presumably to convey exclusivity, before withdrawal. The Class 47 is still with us, being owned by the Harry Needle Railroad Company and stored at Barrow Hill in Derbyshire. Keywords: BR, Bristol, Western, Class 47, British Pullman, Bristol Bath Road, Shed, Depot, 1753, 47491, 47769
LPPC DSL BW 0706 Spotters are enjoying the almost continuous movements that took place in the area around Bristol’s Bath Road depot and Temple Meads station. A Brush Type 4 Class 47 1753 (later 47491/47769) is stabled next to a CCT van and a Collett coach. Half inside one of the Bath Road maintenance sheds is one of the Bristol Pullman diesel-hydraulic units. Originally known as the Blue Pullmans because of their bright livery, these trains suffered a similar fate to other Pullmans being painted in drab, corporate blue and grey, but curiously reversed, presumably to convey exclusivity, before withdrawal. The Class 47 is still with us, being owned by the Harry Needle Railroad Company and stored at Barrow Hill in Derbyshire. Keywords: BR, Bristol, Western, Class 47, British Pullman, Bristol Bath Road, Shed, Depot, 1753, 47491, 47769
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Spotters are enjoying the almost continuous movements that took place

in the area around Bristol’s Bath Road depot and Temple Meads station. A Brush Type 4 Class 47 1753 (later 47491/47769) is stabled next to a CCT van and a Collett coach. Half inside one of the Bath Road maintenance sheds is one of the Bristol Pullman diesel-hydraulic units. Originally known as the Blue Pullmans because of their bright livery, these trains suffered a similar fate to other Pullmans being painted in drab, corporate blue and grey, but curiously reversed, presumably to convey exclusivity, before withdrawal. The Class 47 is still with us, being owned by the Harry Needle Railroad Company and stored at Barrow Hill in Derbyshire.