Canned and Trolleyed
Revisit of an image taken 50 years that's benefitted from a tweak in the virtual darkroom.
Class 86 electric 86012 is captured making friends with the platform trolleys at Liverpool Lime St station, while it waits on departure time with a service to London.
The TOPS numbering system was being introduced at the time and the BR fleet was in the process of receiving a number based upon the 2-digit class, followed by a 3-digit individual unit number. My notes state that the pre-TOPS number of this one was E3122.
Interestingly enough my notes also state that this was a Pullman working, although I haven't yet been able to find other evidence that this was the case. Maybe what I read as a 1A38 headcode provides a clue? Judging by the shadows, the shot was taken mid-morning.
I was traveling on a week-long London Midland Region Rover at the time, but lack of funds meant film usage was limited to a couple of transparency reels for the whole week. A shame in retrospect given the richness of the railway scene back then.
Update: Further research shows that, at the time, the 'Liverpool Pullman' had a scheduled departure from London Euston at 7.45am, with a 10.24am arrival in Lime St. The Pullman coaches sound plausible then, with 86012 attached after arrival to possibly work the empty coaching stock to Allerton for storage until the evening 6.00pm Pullman departure back to London. It seems the train never really caught the imagination of the travelling public however and the service was stopped later in the 1970s to be replaced by one with the usual Mk2 AC coaching stock.
Kodak Ektachrome64
20th August 1974
Canned and Trolleyed
Revisit of an image taken 50 years that's benefitted from a tweak in the virtual darkroom.
Class 86 electric 86012 is captured making friends with the platform trolleys at Liverpool Lime St station, while it waits on departure time with a service to London.
The TOPS numbering system was being introduced at the time and the BR fleet was in the process of receiving a number based upon the 2-digit class, followed by a 3-digit individual unit number. My notes state that the pre-TOPS number of this one was E3122.
Interestingly enough my notes also state that this was a Pullman working, although I haven't yet been able to find other evidence that this was the case. Maybe what I read as a 1A38 headcode provides a clue? Judging by the shadows, the shot was taken mid-morning.
I was traveling on a week-long London Midland Region Rover at the time, but lack of funds meant film usage was limited to a couple of transparency reels for the whole week. A shame in retrospect given the richness of the railway scene back then.
Update: Further research shows that, at the time, the 'Liverpool Pullman' had a scheduled departure from London Euston at 7.45am, with a 10.24am arrival in Lime St. The Pullman coaches sound plausible then, with 86012 attached after arrival to possibly work the empty coaching stock to Allerton for storage until the evening 6.00pm Pullman departure back to London. It seems the train never really caught the imagination of the travelling public however and the service was stopped later in the 1970s to be replaced by one with the usual Mk2 AC coaching stock.
Kodak Ektachrome64
20th August 1974