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A Class 501 3rd-rail d.c. electric multiple unit at Headstone
Lane, with the 16.05 Watford Junction to Euston service on
12 May 1985. These units also worked North London line
services between Richmond and Broad Street, but were withdrawn
from service shortly after this photo was taken. |
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Before electrification and resignalling, 47566 arrives at Ely
with the 15.05 King's Lynn to London (Liverpool Street) on
10 August. |
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Another route to see electrification during the 1980s was the
line from Croydon to East Grinstead. Diesel-electric multiple
unit no. 1105 is about to leave East Grinstead with the 16.08 to
London (Victoria) on 27 April. |
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The Class 20s which ran to Skegness during the summer were
popular with railway enthusiasts. 20085 and 20190 head the 09.29
Derby to Skegness through Havenhouse on 20 July 1985. Note
the Great Northern Railway 'somersault' signal. |
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58023 at Coalville with a display of modern freight wagons
for an Open Day at the frieght depot there on 1 September 1984.
The class 58 locomotives were introduced for freight traffic in
1983, and had all been withdrawn from service in Britain by
2002. |