47087 at Kings Sutton
Class 47 no. 47087 "Cyclops" passes Kings Sutton with the 17.27 Paddington-Banbury on 12 August 1983.
47087 was new, as D1673, in May 1965. It was a renumbered from 47087 to 47624 when fitted with eth in 1984 and was later allocated 47748, but doesn't appear to have ever carried this number. It was withdrawn as 47624 in November 1998 and was scrapped at CF Booth, Rotherham, in September 2006.
D1673/47087/47624 was one of the original WR named 47s and carried the name "Cyclops" from June 1966-October 1989. It was then named "Saint Andrew" in May 1994 and carried this name until withdrawal.
Posted on Flickr 28 April 2020.
47087 at Kings Sutton
Class 47 no. 47087 "Cyclops" passes Kings Sutton with the 17.27 Paddington-Banbury on 12 August 1983.
47087 was new, as D1673, in May 1965. It was a renumbered from 47087 to 47624 when fitted with eth in 1984 and was later allocated 47748, but doesn't appear to have ever carried this number. It was withdrawn as 47624 in November 1998 and was scrapped at CF Booth, Rotherham, in September 2006.
D1673/47087/47624 was one of the original WR named 47s and carried the name "Cyclops" from June 1966-October 1989. It was then named "Saint Andrew" in May 1994 and carried this name until withdrawal.
Posted on Flickr 28 April 2020.