Rail UK - Class 76

So says the notice on this water column on the platform end at Guide Bridge as EM1 - later known as Class 76 - 26010 approaches from the East. Wed2Aug67. Scanned

Built in the early 1950s, the EM1/Class 76s, with a few exceptions, never strayed too far from their birthplace of Gorton. 26020, seen here at the NRM York, had the honour of hauling the inaugural train through the newly completed New Woodhead Tunnel in 1953. Sat24Apr10

Freshly renumbered 76032, and mistakenly given the 'E' prefix. Reddish. Sat5Feb72. Scanned