Peak Heading for the North
An unidentified Class 45 pauses at Exeter St Davids before heading North. It looks like the Steam Heat Boiler is in use judging by a small escape of vapour. A typical SW-NW/NE Express of the time that I made regular use of, to and from University in Exeter to my home in Stroud. I was always pleased to see a Peak on the front, there was someting reassuringly solid and reliable about them. Class 47's were just too common whilst with the Class 50's there was a chance of a storming run but also of a failure or a below par performance.
All much superior to the Voyagers that I see and occasionally use these days; uncomfortable, overcrowded and smelly if you're anywhere near the toilet facilities.
Peak Heading for the North
An unidentified Class 45 pauses at Exeter St Davids before heading North. It looks like the Steam Heat Boiler is in use judging by a small escape of vapour. A typical SW-NW/NE Express of the time that I made regular use of, to and from University in Exeter to my home in Stroud. I was always pleased to see a Peak on the front, there was someting reassuringly solid and reliable about them. Class 47's were just too common whilst with the Class 50's there was a chance of a storming run but also of a failure or a below par performance.
All much superior to the Voyagers that I see and occasionally use these days; uncomfortable, overcrowded and smelly if you're anywhere near the toilet facilities.