50011 Carlisle 31st October 1981
50011 "Centurion" waits amongst the crowds at Carlisle on 31st October 1981 after arriving with Severnside Railtours "The Citadel Express" The train ran as 1Z38 the 04:00 Plymouth to Carlisle and return via Gloucester, BNS, Doncaster, Normanton & Skipton on the outward leg and Preston, BNS and Gloucester on the return.
A lasting memory is the run through Preston on the return with the driver giving it full bore through the canopied station, the place must have shook. The punters on the train were so impressed they had a collection for him which he was given at Birmingham New Street.
Unfortunately the former D411 was the first to be withdrawn which occurred on 24th February 1987, less than 19 years after in was new to Crewe depot on 19th March 1968. Upon withdrawal it was moved to Crewe Works and used as a power unit test bed until 1992 from where it was scrapped in September 1992.
© Neil Higson
35mm Slide Scan
50011 Carlisle 31st October 1981
50011 "Centurion" waits amongst the crowds at Carlisle on 31st October 1981 after arriving with Severnside Railtours "The Citadel Express" The train ran as 1Z38 the 04:00 Plymouth to Carlisle and return via Gloucester, BNS, Doncaster, Normanton & Skipton on the outward leg and Preston, BNS and Gloucester on the return.
A lasting memory is the run through Preston on the return with the driver giving it full bore through the canopied station, the place must have shook. The punters on the train were so impressed they had a collection for him which he was given at Birmingham New Street.
Unfortunately the former D411 was the first to be withdrawn which occurred on 24th February 1987, less than 19 years after in was new to Crewe depot on 19th March 1968. Upon withdrawal it was moved to Crewe Works and used as a power unit test bed until 1992 from where it was scrapped in September 1992.
© Neil Higson
35mm Slide Scan