Speeding vans
40087 storms through St Helens Junction on 14th October 1981 with the Broadgreen to Redbank empty newspaper vans.
It was always impressive to watch these trains hammer through here, and invariably at a great speed too having just descended the falling gradient from Rainhill.
No announcements to stand clear and no station staff screaming at you to get back behind the yellow line as is often noted at mainline stations these days. A reminder of just how much newspaper and mail traffic went by rail years ago is the fact that this train was at least 15 plus vehicles.
The loco was withdrawn in August the following year and its power unit implanted into 40079. It was scrapped at Doncaster Works in October 1985.
Speeding vans
40087 storms through St Helens Junction on 14th October 1981 with the Broadgreen to Redbank empty newspaper vans.
It was always impressive to watch these trains hammer through here, and invariably at a great speed too having just descended the falling gradient from Rainhill.
No announcements to stand clear and no station staff screaming at you to get back behind the yellow line as is often noted at mainline stations these days. A reminder of just how much newspaper and mail traffic went by rail years ago is the fact that this train was at least 15 plus vehicles.
The loco was withdrawn in August the following year and its power unit implanted into 40079. It was scrapped at Doncaster Works in October 1985.