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47424 takes the summer Saturdays 14.25 Morecambe to Glasgow
train through Bare Lane on 9 August 1980. |
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Two Class 01 shunting locomotives survived into the 1980s,
working on the Holyhead Breakwater railway in North Wales. This
short line was not connected to the rest of the BR network. The
locos are seen here inside the small shed. At the time of this
photograph, 19 August 1980, 01001 (at the rear) had been
withdrawn from service, while 01002 remained in use until March
1981. |
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A steam excursion, "Cumbrian Mountain Express", ran
from Preston on 19 April, with steam haulage Carlisle -
Skipton - Carnforth. LMS Jubilee Class 5690 "Leander"
worked the Skipton to Carnforth leg, and is seen here at
Skipton. |
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New and old at Toton depot in Nottinghamshire on 29 June
1980. On the left is 56056, newly built for freight traffic,
particularly power station coal. On the right is one of the
original Class 44 "Peaks", 44004 "Great
Gable", which was withdrawn by BR later in 1980, but has
been preserved. With the decline in coal traffic, all but a few
Class 56s have now been taken out of service. |
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Class 03 shunter 03086 draws empty coaching stock out of
Norwich (Thorpe) Station on 1 March 1980. The station was
electrified and resignalled in 1986. |