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95203 . Ipswich Station . 15th-April-1988 .

To Increase the speed of the Overnight Newspaper Trains a Number of BGs were modified for use on these Trains . They were Dual-Braked and Re-Bogied to allow for 75 mph running ,also they were fitted with ''electric heating '' as more and more locomotives had their boilers removed etc.

 

E95203 , a modified example sits in the sidings at Ipswich station during the day 15th April-1988 . Later that afternoon it will be attached into the Norwich to Thornton's Field up News empties prior to its visit to East Anglia again the next day !

 

The Commonwealth Bogies show up well in this shot of E95206 . Which before its modifications was E80561

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Taken on April 15, 1988