Locomotives: Class 47, Brush Type 4

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7th March 2004

Here are some shots of Class 47s taken during the mid 1980s onwards.

For me the most interesting picture is of 47579 hauling a train from Marylebone to Banbury. At the time, 115s and 108s worked almost exclusively out of Marylebone.

47033 stabled at Gloucester, closed by BR Buy Print	47119 47424 [Leeds train] Carlisle 7Jul89 Buy Print	47186 'Tinsley TMD Silver Jubilee 1965-1990' Crewe 26Jul90 Buy Print	47205 [preserved at the Northampton Railway] 08936 Oxford 29Nov85 Buy Print
47279 in RFD Distribution livery hauls a Speedlink comprised of VTGs through Kenny O, 14Jul89 Buy Print	47315 Old Oak Common 15Oct89, the drab grey departmental livery was fairly new at the time Buy Print	47340, 474xx and 47368 Paddington 21Jul89, probably in the station following an accident on the WCML and diversion of some trains to other stations Buy Print	47341 Stafford 22Sep93 Buy Print
47358 47303 Ipswich 24Jan04 [4L90 08.40 Lawley St to Ipswich Yard] Buy Print	47368 Paddington 21Jul89 Buy Print	47403 'The Geordie' Paddington 8Sep86 Buy Print	47426 Kings Cross late 1980s Buy Print
47436 slowing for Oxford and afternoon Manchester service, Friday 17Nov89. Loco hauled Mark I coaching stock vs Voyager. Votes please... Buy Print	47473 Waterloo 20Dec88 Buy Print	47484 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel' 47334 Marylebone 27Oct90. Buy Print	47484 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel', 14:08 to Penzance with 4 First Class Mk II coaches, a Mark I buffet car and a further Mark I on the rear, Reading 22Jun90 Buy Print
47509 St Pancras late 1980s Buy Print	Crewe's 47543 seen stabled at St Pancras on 21Mar87. Grubby, worked stained - rail blue, BR through and through. Buy Print	Large logo 47550 of Inverness shed at Kings Cross in 1986; bring back the good old days with a class 47 on the front and Vauxhall Viva on the highway! Buy Print	47566 Old Oak Common 15Oct89 Buy Print
47579 'James Nightall GC', Marylebone 21Jun91 about to work a Banbury service with a full rake of Mark I coaches. Buy Print	47579 'James Nightall GC' West Ruislip 21Jun91 heading for Banbury Buy Print	47628 'Sir Daniel Gooch' Paddington 28Dec89. 47484, 47500, 47628 and 50007 were painted in GWR lined green livery for the Great Western 150 celebrations. Buy Print	47632 47655 47477 Kings Cross 16Dec86 Buy Print
47703 on 6Z59 11.00 Wembley/Robeston, new tanks for delivery. Hanwell & Elthorne 24Jul06 Buy Print	47709 is bound for Waterloo, seen at Exeter Riverside, Feb93. Another one for votes: loco hauled vs 159... Buy Print	47714, 47818, 43193 and 43157 after arriving at Gloucester Buy Print	47802 leads 37059 in to Kings Langley on 0Z47. Buy Print
Lousy shot but quite rare; 47811 on the Calvert/Cricklewood bins, West Ruislip 5Apr06, 20:45. ASA1600, 100sec f2.8 Buy Print	47813 'John Peel' Paddington 23Jul06 Buy Print	47813 'John Peel' Paddington 23Jul06 Buy Print	47828 'Joe Strummer' Paddington 23Jul06 Buy Print
47832 at Hanwell & Elthorne with empty stock to Old Oak, 1Jul07 Buy Print	47836 Reading 22Jun90 on the 11.00 Poole to York, departed Reading at 13:57 Buy Print	47839 top and tails with 47847 on 1Z47 0802 Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff at Pontrilas. For completeness, coaches are: 9537 6051 6141 5969 5955 5946 1250 6101 5997 Buy Print	47840 57603 on 5Z36 from Bristol to London, GBRF mail special, Lower Basildon 2Dec05 Buy Print
47840 'North Star' Wolverhampton 2Aug03 dragging between Wolves and Rugby Buy Print	47841 hauls a rake of IC liveried stock south through Pontrilas on 1Z48, 0830 Manchester/Cardiff Buy Print	Virgin cross country? 47843 'Vulcan' on 1H98 0930 Crewe/Cardiff, Pontrilas 27Aug05 Buy Print	47847 'Brian Morrison/Railway World' St Pancras 1May04 [This shot was published in Traction Magazine] Buy Print
After arriving from Manchester, 47847 worked some round trips on the Cardiff/Rhymney circuit, seen at Pontlottyn on 27Aug05 Buy Print	47847 returns to Cardiff on the 1515 from Rhymney, 27Aug05 Buy Print	47851/47826 on 1Z55 from Doncaster to Salisbury, South Moreton Sat 15Oct05 Buy Print	47851 'Traction Magazine' Euston 25Jul03 Buy Print
47851 'Traction Magazine' Shotlock Hill tunnel 17Jan04 [1M22 07.30 Glasgow Central to Euston] Buy Print	Portrait of 47854, Windsor & Eton Riverside, 11Feb06 Buy Print