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All Our Yesterdays – 35 Years Ago – May 1976

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  1. Johnw

    Johnw Part of the furniture

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    Extracts from Modern Railways and The Railway Observer

    Locomotives Withdrawn
    1037/57, 03004/07, 03172

    Locomotives Stored:
    24009/32/37/39/54/79/84/85, 24128/37, 31001/07/09/10/11/12/14/16/18

    Locomotives Reinstated from Store
    25012

    Locomotives Modified Re numbered and Re-classified
    Class 27/1 – Class 27/2 (Electric Train Heating Fitted)
    27212 (27117)

    Locomotives Modified
    Dual Brake Fitted:
    45056, 47157

    Air brake fitted and vacuum brake removed
    08518, 08814/29, 76033

    Air braked Mark II coaching stock was introduced on some Liverpool Street – Norwich/Yarmouth services on the 25th May 1976. As a result station pilots at Yarmouth, Norwich, and Ipswich are now dual braked class 03 duties and the pilots at Thorton Fields and Liverpool Street are now dual braked class 08 duties.

    Fifteen special trains arrived at Spalding on the 8th May 1976 for the Annual flower show. Motive power was provided by 37081, 37268, 40150, 46045, 47024/86/98, 47109/30/78, 47514/52, an 8 car DMU, a nine car DMU and Hastings DEMU’s 1036/37

    45056 was the last vacuum braked only class 45.

    A number of the above I have photographed and can be seen below

    24054 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5721005146/
    25012 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5721005682/
    31014 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5721441058/
    45056 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5708430562/
    46045 (D182) http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5725531676/
    47109 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5732288151/
    47514 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5735455795/
     
    Johnw, May 23, 2011
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