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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > West Country > LPPC DSL BW 0485

 

 

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 0485 Early morning at Penzance in September 1974 as Western Class 52 D1050 ‘Western Ruler’ waits patiently at the buffer-stops having arrived at the head of the previous night’s sleeper train from Paddington. Note the GUV at the head of the formation to carry the morning’s newspapers and the wall in the left background over which generations of spotters have noted the trains and locomotives coming and going from the station. Penzance is situated 299 miles from Paddington, exactly the same distance as Euston to Carlisle, but with totally different topography. Keywords: BR, Western, Class 52, D1050, 'Western Ruler', 1B89, Penzance, Passenger, Sleeper, 1974
LPPC DSL BW 0485 Early morning at Penzance in September 1974 as Western Class 52 D1050 ‘Western Ruler’ waits patiently at the buffer-stops having arrived at the head of the previous night’s sleeper train from Paddington. Note the GUV at the head of the formation to carry the morning’s newspapers and the wall in the left background over which generations of spotters have noted the trains and locomotives coming and going from the station. Penzance is situated 299 miles from Paddington, exactly the same distance as Euston to Carlisle, but with totally different topography. Keywords: BR, Western, Class 52, D1050, 'Western Ruler', 1B89, Penzance, Passenger, Sleeper, 1974
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Early morning at Penzance in September 1974 as Western Class

52 D1050 ‘Western Ruler’ waits patiently at the buffer-stops having arrived at the head of the previous night’s sleeper train from Paddington. Note the GUV at the head of the formation to carry the morning’s newspapers and the wall in the left background over which generations of spotters have noted the trains and locomotives coming and going from the station. Penzance is situated 299 miles from Paddington, exactly the same distance as Euston to Carlisle, but with totally different topography.