Home turf
A "Western" or Class 52 diesel-hydraulic locomotive at its home depot, Laira, on the briney outskirts of Plymouth. The photograph was taken on Monday 1st April 1974 from the road outside. To me, this scene looks "normal", but I suppose all the incidental detail ...the condemned short-wheelbase trucks, the carriages in the background, the boiler-suited chargehand, sans hi-vis jacket, locomotives themselves... must look outlandishly old-fashioned to any young person.
Home turf
A "Western" or Class 52 diesel-hydraulic locomotive at its home depot, Laira, on the briney outskirts of Plymouth. The photograph was taken on Monday 1st April 1974 from the road outside. To me, this scene looks "normal", but I suppose all the incidental detail ...the condemned short-wheelbase trucks, the carriages in the background, the boiler-suited chargehand, sans hi-vis jacket, locomotives themselves... must look outlandishly old-fashioned to any young person.