Part 1 (January - July)

Not the best of shots but I was experimenting with the tri-pod I'd acquired as a Christmas present! 47146 is pictured on arrival at Leeds with the additional 1E75 1521 relief from Bristol Temple Meads (02/01/1985)

47473 calls at Manchester Victoria with 1M70 1009 Barrow-in-Furness - Nottingham (23/02/1985)

47445 approaches Bingley signal box with an additional 1Zxx 1615 Carlisle - Leeds relief (30/03/1985)

47004 waits to depart from Doncaster with 1A61 0833 Leeds - Kings Cross relief (05/04/1985)

47579 'James Nightall GC' is seen in the West Yard at Doncaster whilst detaching a defective coach from the consist of 1S92 0908 KIngs Cross - Dundee (05/04/1985)

47195 heads a rake of parcel vans in the centre road at Sheffield as 47447 waits to continue its journey across the Hope Valley with 1S85 0717 Harwich Parkeston Quay - Glasgow Central (08/04/1985)

47199 waits to depart from York with 1V31 1030 relief to Plymouth (09/04/1985)

47304 passes through Doncaster with an unidentified freight working (09/04/1985)

47152 steams merrily away at Doncaster whilst waiting to continue its journey south with 1A61 0833 Leeds - Kings Cross relief (10/04/1985)

47519 is pictured on arrival at Leeds with 1E23 1040 from Carlisle (19/04/1985)

47059 heads west through Huddersfield with a train of oil tanks (19/04/1985)

Covering for the booked HST, 47143 calls at Leeds with 1E37 1340 Paignton - Newcastle (19/04/1985)

47508 'Great Britain' arrives at Manchester Piccadilly with 1H31 1050 from Birmingham new Street (21/4/1985)

47189 passes through the centre road at Lancaster with a train of ammonia tanks bound for Heysham (04/05/1985)

47305 arrives at Preston with the diverted 1M05 0910 Glasgow - Euston 'Royal Scot', which had been diesel-hauled from Carlisle via the 'S&C' due to engineering work on the WCML (04/05/1985)

47305 is pictured again at Blackburn later that afternoon whilst returning north to Carlisle with 1S39 0734 Poole - Glasgow Central (04/05/1985)

47532 arrives at Hellifield with 1M87 1520 Glasgow Central - Nottingham (04/05/1985)

47348 departs Hellifield with the diverted 1S80 1445 Euston - Glasgow, which it worked between Preston and Carlisle via the S&C (04/05/1985)

47625 'CITY OF TRURO' awaits departure from Leeds with 1V74 0829 to Cardiff Central (06/05/1985)

Later that afternoon 47537 'Sir Gwyness/County of Gwynedd' powers away from Keighley with 1M72 1555 Leeds - Carlisle (06/05/1985)

47584 'County of Suffolk' waits to depart from Ipswich with 1P12 0430 Liverpool Street - Norwich. With electric-hauled services between London and Ipswich due to start on Monday morning, this was the last booked weekend of '47s' along the full length of the 'Great Eastern' (11/05/1985)

47580 'County of Essex' arrives at Ipswich with 1C21 0642 Norwich - Liverpool Street (11/05/1985)

47574 'LLOYD'S LIST' awaits departure from Diss with 1P18 0830 Liverpool Street - Norwich (11/05/1985)

47573 arrives at Colchester with 1P32 1130 Liverpool Street - Norwich (11/05/1985)