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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > West Country > LPPC DSL BW 0704

 

 

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 0704 A dank day at Exeter St. Davids stabling point sees two locomotives possibly discussing their ever-shortening future existence. The opposite ends of two Western Class 52s pose with D1041 ‘Western Prince’ on the right displaying its very Great Western Region cast number plate and making it clear just how handsome the Westerns were. The locomotive on the left is D1012 ‘Western Firebrand’. Early 1960s industrial design at its best perhaps, especially when you note the detail, such as the way the steps, doors, doorhandles and vertical grab-handles were integrated into the body sides. No wonder so many have been preserved. Of these two, D1041 now resides at the East Lancs Railway. Keywords: BR, Western, Class 52, D1041, 'Western Prince', Exeter St Davids, Shed
LPPC DSL BW 0704 A dank day at Exeter St. Davids stabling point sees two locomotives possibly discussing their ever-shortening future existence. The opposite ends of two Western Class 52s pose with D1041 ‘Western Prince’ on the right displaying its very Great Western Region cast number plate and making it clear just how handsome the Westerns were. The locomotive on the left is D1012 ‘Western Firebrand’. Early 1960s industrial design at its best perhaps, especially when you note the detail, such as the way the steps, doors, doorhandles and vertical grab-handles were integrated into the body sides. No wonder so many have been preserved. Of these two, D1041 now resides at the East Lancs Railway. Keywords: BR, Western, Class 52, D1041, 'Western Prince', Exeter St Davids, Shed
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A dank day at Exeter St. Davids stabling point sees

two locomotives possibly discussing their ever-shortening future existence. The opposite ends of two Western Class 52s pose with D1041 ‘Western Prince’ on the right displaying its very Great Western Region cast number plate and making it clear just how handsome the Westerns were. The locomotive on the left is D1012 ‘Western Firebrand’. Early 1960s industrial design at its best perhaps, especially when you note the detail, such as the way the steps, doors, doorhandles and vertical grab-handles were integrated into the body sides. No wonder so many have been preserved. Of these two, D1041 now resides at the East Lancs Railway.