THE CLASS 52 'WESTERN' DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE
SPECIALS

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Western Ranger at Plymouth with the return 'The Cornishman' special
[13th November 1976]
D1013 Western Ranger
D1023 Western Fusilier at Kings Cross Fusilier had to have white marker lights added to the head code panel to enable it to work on the Eastern region of BR
[20th November 1976]
D1023 takes the stock of 'The Western Talisman' out of York station to the stabling sidings
[20th November 1976]
D1023 Western Fusilier
D1010 Western Campaigner D1010 Western Campaigner waits at Plymouth station with the 'Tour 52' special that took in Bristol, Birmingham, Oxford, Basingstoke, Yeovil and back to Plymouth
[27th November 1976]
D1010 stands at Oxford with the 'Tour 52' special which was organized by the Plymouth Travel Center
[27th November 1976]
D1010 Western Campaigner
D1010 Western Campaigner Western Campaigner pauses at Yeovil just long enough to get the tripods out and take a few time exposures
[27th November 1976]
D1023 Western Fusilier at Paddington with the 'Western Memorial' tour which went to both the birthplaces of the class 52's Crewe and Swindon
[29th January 1977]
D1023 Western Fusilier
D1023 Western Fusilier D1023 Western Fusilier under the wires at Crewe
[29th January 1977]
D1023 Western Fusilier stand alongside class '86' electric locomotive 86250 at Crewe
[29th January 1977]
D1023 Western Fusilier
D1023 western Fusilier D1023 Western Fusilier running round its stock at Plymouth with the 'Western Sunset Special' railtour which started from Swansea
[9th October 1976]
D1023 Western Fusilier at Cardiff with the 'Capitals United Express' to Paddington
[5th February 1977]
D1023 Western Fusilier
D1023 Western Fusilier D1023 at Morton-In-Marsh
[5th February 1977]
D1023 Western Fusilier at Paddington with the 'Capitals United Express' from Cardiff
[5th February 1977]
D1023 Western Fusilier
D1023 Western Fusilier D1023 at Leeds with the 'Western Finale' from Exeter to York. The train was delayed after running into cows that had strayed onto the line east of Bristol
[12th February 1977]
D1023 Western Fusilier outside the National Railway Museum at York. Its not a very good shot but it shows the damaged skirt caused by the cows on the line.
[12th February 1977]
D1023 Western Fusilier
D1010 Western Campaigner D1010 Western Campaigner at Treherbert with the 'Western Requiem' railtour from Paddington.
[13th February 1977]
D1010 Westen Campaigner at Pontypridd with the 'Western Requiem'
[13th February 1977]
D1023 Western Fusilier
D1010 Western Campaigner D1010 Western Campaigner at Merthr with the 'Western Requiem' railtour from Paddington.
[13th February 1977]

All images © Copyright Steve Boon 2001

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