Push and Pull.

A slide from 1984, A Type 3 Hymek on an 11 coach fast train failed at Bridgwater, the solution was to couple on the following train with class 50, "50043 Eagle" to push and pull both trains,

David Slater (Spoddendale), Ecobird, Martine, Christina Sonnenschein and 12 other people have particularly liked this photo

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HappySnapper

One mighty powerful engine.

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to HappySnapper

Many thanks Maurice, Somerset is so flat I guess it didn't struggle to much.

6 years ago.

Leo W ^club

a well done analog capture, really a historic document.

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to Leo W ^club

Appreciated Leo, thank you.

6 years ago.

tiabunna ^club

A well preserved slide and, I'd imagine, a fairly unique event.

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to tiabunna ^club

Thanks George, I guess it didn't happen to often however diesel locomotives were pretty unreliable in the seventies and early eighties.

6 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

wonderful
love it

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to Annemarie ^club

Thank you Annmarie, very much appreciated.

6 years ago.

Dave Roberts 2014

An excellent capture Roger, I used to love travelling with those Class 50 locos, got on and off them at Bridgwater a couple of times.

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6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Thank you Dave, They made a distinctive sound if I remember correctly.

6 years ago.

Dave Roberts 2014 has replied to Roger (Grisly) ^club

Quite Roger, they were once known as 'Hoovers'. Great memories!

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to Dave Roberts 2014

Just had a look at wikipedia found this, Scrapped for spares at Blaenavon, by Raxstar, January 2002

6 years ago.

sasithorn_s

Beautiful photo and a terrific image, Roger!

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to sasithorn_s

Thank you Sasi , 1984 seems like yesterday.

6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.

Jean

How time flies ! Once the height of modern technology.

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to Jean

Indeed they were Jean, The locomotives for the express trains.

6 years ago.

Rainer Blankermann ^club

Beautiful train. I like your composition and the colours!

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to Rainer Blankermann ^club

Thank you Rainer, from the days of slide photography which appeared quite modern in 1984.

6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.

Puzzler4879

Nice shooting, Roger!
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6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to Puzzler4879

Many thanks John, a long time ago.

6 years ago.

Martine

Une belle photo d'époque.

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Thank you Martine, soooooooooooo long ago !

6 years ago.

Ecobird ^club

This is remarkably sharp and clear. Lovely to have memories like this. Nice one hon.

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to Ecobird ^club

Thank you in those day trains looked like trains

6 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Well composed Roger.

6 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Thank you Jaap

6 years ago.

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