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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > West Country > LPPC DSL BW 0575

 

 

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 0575 Early on a cold April Saturday morning in 1974 at Plymouth North Road station the first semi-fast of the day prepares to set off for Penzance conveying passengers from the night’s sleeper from Paddington who didn’t want to be decanted at stops like Liskeard before it was light, as it was possible to sleep a little longer in the car that was detached here. By this time the numbers of Western Class 52s were dwindling rapidly, but this one (D1025 ‘Western Guardsman’) being inspected by my father seemed to be very sound with its steam-heat boiler in full working order – essential as it was before 07.00am and a raw day was in prospect. This ex GWR station, completely rebuilt in the 1960s, was called North Road to distinguish it from the Southern’s Friary terminus, but since the closure of the latter the suffix was dropped, leaving it simply as Plymouth. Keywords: BR, Western, Plymouth, Class 52, Western, D1025, 'Western Guardsman', Passenger
LPPC DSL BW 0575 Early on a cold April Saturday morning in 1974 at Plymouth North Road station the first semi-fast of the day prepares to set off for Penzance conveying passengers from the night’s sleeper from Paddington who didn’t want to be decanted at stops like Liskeard before it was light, as it was possible to sleep a little longer in the car that was detached here. By this time the numbers of Western Class 52s were dwindling rapidly, but this one (D1025 ‘Western Guardsman’) being inspected by my father seemed to be very sound with its steam-heat boiler in full working order – essential as it was before 07.00am and a raw day was in prospect. This ex GWR station, completely rebuilt in the 1960s, was called North Road to distinguish it from the Southern’s Friary terminus, but since the closure of the latter the suffix was dropped, leaving it simply as Plymouth. Keywords: BR, Western, Plymouth, Class 52, Western, D1025, 'Western Guardsman', Passenger
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Early on a cold April Saturday morning in 1974 at

Plymouth North Road station the first semi-fast of the day prepares to set off for Penzance conveying passengers from the night’s sleeper from Paddington who didn’t want to be decanted at stops like Liskeard before it was light, as it was possible to sleep a little longer in the car that was detached here. By this time the numbers of Western Class 52s were dwindling rapidly, but this one (D1025 ‘Western Guardsman’) being inspected by my father seemed to be very sound with its steam-heat boiler in full working order – essential as it was before 07.00am and a raw day was in prospect. This ex GWR station, completely rebuilt in the 1960s, was called North Road to distinguish it from the Southern’s Friary terminus, but since the closure of the latter the suffix was dropped, leaving it simply as Plymouth.