1984

47201 waits its path at Warrington Bank Quay with a train of empty steel wagons (05/01/1984)

47526 arrives at Dumfries with 1M06 1035 Stranraer - Euston (Ian Ward: 28/01/1984)

47463 is pictured on arrival at Carlisle with 1S41 1005 Manchester Victoria - Glasgow Central having worked the train from Preston over the Settle & Carlisle route (15/04/1984)

47194 is coupled up to the front of the Class 123 unit working 2E70 1933 Morecambe - Leeds. We initially thought there must be a fault with the DMU, but the '47' was actually being sent across to Settle Junction to rescue a '40' on a freight train, and owing to the lengthy block sections this was the quickest way to get the loco to where it was needed (Ian Ward: 26/04/1984)

47408 'Finsbury Park' inside Gateshead MPD. Also just visible are 47527 and 37136 (Ian Ward: 28/04/1984)

47369 outside Thorneby TMD (Ian Ward: 28/04/1984)

47207 passes through Bradford-on-Avon with 1O67 0805 Cardiff - Portsmouth Harbour (26/05/1984)

47330 pauses at Bath Spa with 2V59 0914 Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads (26/05/1984)

47374 calls at Sheffield with 1O13 0530 Bradford Interchange - Weymouth. This was the only train at the time to use the direct line between Halifax and Huddersfield, and after running round then continued across to Barnsley via the now closed chord from Horbury to Crigglestone (30/06/1984)

47366 pauses at Sheffield with 1E39 0918 Tenby - Hull whilst the Leeds portion was detached from the rear of the train (30/06/1984)

47491 calls at Doncaster with 1E54 0650 Paddington - Hull (14/07/1984)

With the driver clearly having stopped the train rather short, 47087 'CYCLOPS' calls at New Pudsey with 1E28 0855 Weymouth - Bradford Intrerchange (14/07/1984)

Later that evening, Healey Mills' 47220 is pictured on arrival at Leeds with 1E64 1035 from Penzance (14/07/1984)

47435 catches the last of the daylight as it pauses at Leeds with 1E93 1732 Bangor - York (14/07/1984)

Ex-Works 47617 is pictured on arrival at York with 1E53 1324 Llandudno - Scarborough (25/07/1984)

47559 'Sir Joshua Reynolds' passes Royal Oak with what looks like an ECS move to Kensal Green. The loco is reported as having worked the 1415 Reading - Crewe relief later that afternoon (27/07/1984)

47597 approaches Royal Oak with an empty parcels train (27/07/1984)

47108 passes Royal Oak with an unidentified Paddington-bound service (27/07/1984)

47060 passes Royal Oak on its way into Paddington with an unidentified working (27/07/1984)

47602 passes Royal Oak with 1C44 1340 Paddington - Penzance (27/07/1984)

Unusually depitising for an Electric loco on the northern end of the WCML, 47513 'Severn' storms away from Penrith with 1S46 0930 Liverpool - Glasgow (09/08/1984)

47207 arrives at Dunblane with 2T51 1850 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (Ian Ward: 20/08/1984)

47464 waits to depart from Inverness with 1G18 1630 to Edinburgh Waverley via Ladybank (22/08/1984)

47209 calls at Dunblane with 2T51 1850 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (22/08/1984)