Wombwell - 31134 on electrification train
Originally D5552, one of the early builds without a headcode box and still in as built condition with double doors and valance below the buffer beam. Seen heading west with the overhead maintenance train which would appear to be converted from Gresley teak bodied coaches for the first three vehicles at least.
The MGR wagons at left are on the connecting line to what was Darfield Main Colliery. The junction to this, and the controlling signalbox, can just be seen on the right of the back of the train.
The day was abysmal in terms of light, classic bright but sunless summer haze, quite common round here and the East Midlands area.
I'm afraid I have no precise date for these pictures, but it is sometime in July 1978.
Wombwell - 31134 on electrification train
Originally D5552, one of the early builds without a headcode box and still in as built condition with double doors and valance below the buffer beam. Seen heading west with the overhead maintenance train which would appear to be converted from Gresley teak bodied coaches for the first three vehicles at least.
The MGR wagons at left are on the connecting line to what was Darfield Main Colliery. The junction to this, and the controlling signalbox, can just be seen on the right of the back of the train.
The day was abysmal in terms of light, classic bright but sunless summer haze, quite common round here and the East Midlands area.
I'm afraid I have no precise date for these pictures, but it is sometime in July 1978.