31 411 Ely
I had to look twice at this photo by Chris Burton. Could that be me standing in the foreground ? I certainly had a shirt like that and a similar shock of hair ( I wonder what happened there ?)
It was not to be though as on 15th April 1982 I only ventured out to March in the early morning. This of course is Ely. Norwich based Cravens twin set no. 64 led by E51257 with a trailer which I believe to be E56443 is in the foreground, more than likely en route from Peterborough to Cambridge.
An unusual duty for a classic series Class 31/4 was the Ipswich - Paisley speedlink seen here with stripe-less 31411. In October, these locomotives took charge of the cross country services from Norwich and Cambridge to Birmingham and Harwich to Peterborough, so would have been more in demand for passenger work after that date.
31411 was based at March between January & May 1982, after which it went to Tinsley. It renewed its acquaintance with March depot between 1984 & 1988. Copyright : Chris Burton
31 411 Ely
I had to look twice at this photo by Chris Burton. Could that be me standing in the foreground ? I certainly had a shirt like that and a similar shock of hair ( I wonder what happened there ?)
It was not to be though as on 15th April 1982 I only ventured out to March in the early morning. This of course is Ely. Norwich based Cravens twin set no. 64 led by E51257 with a trailer which I believe to be E56443 is in the foreground, more than likely en route from Peterborough to Cambridge.
An unusual duty for a classic series Class 31/4 was the Ipswich - Paisley speedlink seen here with stripe-less 31411. In October, these locomotives took charge of the cross country services from Norwich and Cambridge to Birmingham and Harwich to Peterborough, so would have been more in demand for passenger work after that date.
31411 was based at March between January & May 1982, after which it went to Tinsley. It renewed its acquaintance with March depot between 1984 & 1988. Copyright : Chris Burton