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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Shires & Midlands > LPPC DSL BW 0930

 

 

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

LPPC DSL BW 0930 
 D3964 (later 08796), a Worcester allocated Class 08 350hp shunter, is on duty at Honeybourne Tip on a Saturday afternoon assembling an engineers train ready for a working trip on what is now known as the Cotswold Line. It is a sobering thought that the changes that have taken place on Britain’s railways mean that the sight of one of these engines, despite hundreds being built, is now a rare and noteworthy occasion. 
 Keywords: BR, Western, Class 08, Shunter, D3964, 08796, Honeybourne
LPPC DSL BW 0930 
 D3964 (later 08796), a Worcester allocated Class 08 350hp shunter, is on duty at Honeybourne Tip on a Saturday afternoon assembling an engineers train ready for a working trip on what is now known as the Cotswold Line. It is a sobering thought that the changes that have taken place on Britain’s railways mean that the sight of one of these engines, despite hundreds being built, is now a rare and noteworthy occasion. 
 Keywords: BR, Western, Class 08, Shunter, D3964, 08796, Honeybourne
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D3964 (later 08796), a Worcester allocated Class 08 350hp shunter,

is on duty at Honeybourne Tip on a Saturday afternoon assembling an engineers train ready for a working trip on what is now known as the Cotswold Line. It is a sobering thought that the changes that have taken place on Britain’s railways mean that the sight of one of these engines, despite hundreds being built, is now a rare and noteworthy occasion.