31131+31206 Exeter SD 1M65 110688
I think 11th June 1988 was one of those Network Days(?). That might explain how I managed to afford to get to Bristol for this pair of beasts on the outward, via Salisbury and a right load of 'porridge', without spending more than a week's wages in fares! IIRC the high 'saver' fare Birmingham - Paignton was extortionate.
Whatever, 31131 leads 31206 away from Exeter St David's with 1M65, the 17:17 Paignton - Manchester. They'd absolutely stormed on the way down. It was a baking hot day and the big air-con rake had not had any power for at least six hours. Stuffy was one word to describe the interior.
Just as the temperature naturally fell in the early evening the pair were ripped at Bristol for a big EH duff! I was on my way back home by that time, with 50029 into Waterloo - its train is in the background, left of the above shot.
31131+31206 Exeter SD 1M65 110688
I think 11th June 1988 was one of those Network Days(?). That might explain how I managed to afford to get to Bristol for this pair of beasts on the outward, via Salisbury and a right load of 'porridge', without spending more than a week's wages in fares! IIRC the high 'saver' fare Birmingham - Paignton was extortionate.
Whatever, 31131 leads 31206 away from Exeter St David's with 1M65, the 17:17 Paignton - Manchester. They'd absolutely stormed on the way down. It was a baking hot day and the big air-con rake had not had any power for at least six hours. Stuffy was one word to describe the interior.
Just as the temperature naturally fell in the early evening the pair were ripped at Bristol for a big EH duff! I was on my way back home by that time, with 50029 into Waterloo - its train is in the background, left of the above shot.