Doncaster 1988.

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We travel to the East Coast Main Line for this set of images taken in 1988.

Two class 31s head a tank train waiting to go south from the down sidings at the back of the station. 

More class 56s with southbound coal empties.

 I think this is one of the better looking Pacer designs (set against little competition it must be said) and the addition of the third car made it a useful unit which is still in use today. What the ride is like is another matter. 



More coal empties on the main line.

A Class 31 takes a short rake of cement tanks on the up main line through the station.

Comments

  1. Andy in Germany10 November 2014 at 15:23

    Ah, the good old days when locomotives were locomotives and had proper colour schemes... Nostalga isn't what it used to be...

    I think the 143's looks are improved by the centre carriage. I don't know why bue our eyes seem to perfer an odd number of carriages to an even.

    I personally have a soft spot for 142's, but that may be because I don't have to ride on them,

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