30th March 91 : 47573 "The London STANDARD" at Tinsley depot near Sheffield.
NSE liveried locomotives were never too common at the Sheffield depot, although examples did arrive from time to time for attention to defects or minor accident damage.
26th June 93 : 47702 at London Waterloo.
"Saint Cuthbert" became a 47/7 in 1979. In 1981 it appeared before my camera and the result can be found in the section showing blue 47's. Between the two photographs it also has carried ScotRail colours.
25th August 90 : 47707 "Holyrood" at Birmingham New Street.
Neither 47/4's nor NSE liveried Class 47's were ever very common in Birmingham.
17th July 91 : 47715 "Haymarket" arriving at Oxford on a shuttle from London.
With the name "Haymarket" 47715 seems a little out of place in Oxford. With the displacement of the 47/7's in Scotland, most moved south and found use on the London to Oxford services and also between Waterloo and Exeter, replacing Class 50's.
Back to "index" Back to "UK Traction"
To the original "Six Bells Junction"