A selection from the earliest years... Geoff’s Pages
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Pictures taken in the late 70s, when these trains were virtually brand new - plus some reminders of the other things that were around at the time (note the steam-heated 47-hauled rake of Mk I stock) 253 008 near Twyford 253 002 westbound Eastbound parcels - and a 31 D1058 "Western Reliance" on westbound stone empties Westbound passenger - Western hauled 253 001 westbound 253 007 westbound ...and an eastbound 47 253 026 (I think) - Ulleskelf 254 022 at Ranskill Deltic at Ranskill June 1976: near Twyford December 1976 - same location October 1977 - near Goring-on-Thames October 1977 - Sonning cutting, and near Twyford East coast - Ulleskelf (12/6/77), and Ranskill level crossing (28/10/78)