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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > West Country > LPPC DSL BW 0701

 

 

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 0701 A Crompton Type 3 Class 33, having arrived at Exeter from Waterloo, has stabled its train of Mark 1 coaches in the sidings for servicing before its return journey. The SR loco makes a fine juxtaposition with the GW drop-arm semaphore signal and all the railway ‘furniture’, clutter and Victoriana such as the steam-age water-crane. A regional boundary change took place in 1967 and west of Salisbury the SR lost its line to Exeter to the WR. From pathetic beginnings of three-car suburban DMUs with no toilets replacing some Pacific-hauled passenger trains on the route, the service became one of the most varied on BR over time. Class 42/3 Warships powered most services for many years, before giving way to Crompton Class 33s as in the picture, although the stock was supplied by the WR. Later, these trains enjoyed Class 50 haulage under the umbrella of Network South East, before inevitably succumbing to DMUs in the shape of Class 158/9s. Keywords: BR, Western, Class 33, Class 08, Class 45, Exeter St Davids, Shed, ECS, Coaching Stock
LPPC DSL BW 0701 A Crompton Type 3 Class 33, having arrived at Exeter from Waterloo, has stabled its train of Mark 1 coaches in the sidings for servicing before its return journey. The SR loco makes a fine juxtaposition with the GW drop-arm semaphore signal and all the railway ‘furniture’, clutter and Victoriana such as the steam-age water-crane. A regional boundary change took place in 1967 and west of Salisbury the SR lost its line to Exeter to the WR. From pathetic beginnings of three-car suburban DMUs with no toilets replacing some Pacific-hauled passenger trains on the route, the service became one of the most varied on BR over time. Class 42/3 Warships powered most services for many years, before giving way to Crompton Class 33s as in the picture, although the stock was supplied by the WR. Later, these trains enjoyed Class 50 haulage under the umbrella of Network South East, before inevitably succumbing to DMUs in the shape of Class 158/9s. Keywords: BR, Western, Class 33, Class 08, Class 45, Exeter St Davids, Shed, ECS, Coaching Stock
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A Crompton Type 3 Class 33, having arrived at Exeter

from Waterloo, has stabled its train of Mark 1 coaches in the sidings for servicing before its return journey. The SR loco makes a fine juxtaposition with the GW drop-arm semaphore signal and all the railway ‘furniture’, clutter and Victoriana such as the steam-age water-crane.

A regional boundary change took place in 1967 and west of Salisbury the SR lost its line to Exeter to the WR. From pathetic beginnings of three-car suburban DMUs with no toilets replacing some Pacific-hauled passenger trains on the route, the service became one of the most varied on BR over time. Class 42/3 Warships powered most services for many years, before giving way to Crompton Class 33s as in the picture, although the stock was supplied by the WR. Later, these trains enjoyed Class 50 haulage under the umbrella of Network South East, before inevitably succumbing to DMUs in the shape of Class 158/9s.