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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Shires & Midlands > LPPC DSL BW 1147

 

 

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 1147 Two Sulzer Type 2 Class 25s pause at the north end of Leamington Spa station. 25259 seen on the far platform is on a parcels working and is soon to take the branchline to the east towards Coventry and beyond. Classmate 25272 is the leading Class 25 of a pair on a timetabled summer extra which will head to Birmingham New Street and further via Solihull. The loco has a recess in the side of the cab for the fitment of automatic tablet exchange apparatus, as it was allocated from new to 65A Eastfield Glasgow for possible work on the West Highland lines, but that never happened. Keywords: BR, Western, Leamington Spa, Class 25, 25272, 25259, Parcels, Passenger
LPPC DSL BW 1147 Two Sulzer Type 2 Class 25s pause at the north end of Leamington Spa station. 25259 seen on the far platform is on a parcels working and is soon to take the branchline to the east towards Coventry and beyond. Classmate 25272 is the leading Class 25 of a pair on a timetabled summer extra which will head to Birmingham New Street and further via Solihull. The loco has a recess in the side of the cab for the fitment of automatic tablet exchange apparatus, as it was allocated from new to 65A Eastfield Glasgow for possible work on the West Highland lines, but that never happened. Keywords: BR, Western, Leamington Spa, Class 25, 25272, 25259, Parcels, Passenger
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Two Sulzer Type 2 Class 25s pause at the north

end of Leamington Spa station. 25259 seen on the far platform is on a parcels working and is soon to take the branchline to the east towards Coventry and beyond. Classmate 25272 is the leading Class 25 of a pair on a timetabled summer extra which will head to Birmingham New Street and further via Solihull. The loco has a recess in the side of the cab for the fitment of automatic tablet exchange apparatus, as it was allocated from new to 65A Eastfield Glasgow for possible work on the West Highland lines, but that never happened.