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Nose first Class 20 20015 (D8015) trundles south through York station on the Rowntree's to Dringhouses trip working
Memories of the Choppers 😎:), Pilot batch 1957 built 20015 (D8015) is seen here at York on the Rowntree's to Dringhouses trip working. The Class 20s were more often seen in pairs - nose to nose - and capturing them nose first working on their own was a fairly rare event., , D8015 / 20015 Locomotive History The initial pilot batch order for English Electric Type 1s (later Class 20s) in 1956 was for just twenty locomotives (D8000 – D8019); however, the design was such an immediate success that, before all twenty were in traffic, an order was made for an additional thirty locomotives for delivery to the Eastern and Scottish Regions. Built at the Vulcan Foundry and was new in December 1957, D8015 was first allocated to Devons Road, Bow, depot in East London. It was only withdrawn from service as 20015 in July 1987 after nearly 30 years of service. The locomotive was broken up by Vic Berry on site at Thornaby MPD in October 1988. More on the loco here: www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&id=80..., , Something new for 2023...Sound & Vision on SoundCloud - more memories from a mis-spent youth 😎, During the 1980s, whilst travelling around the British Rail network, I made a number of tape recordings to capture the railway scene of the time, many from the front window, some from the platform, using my trusty ghetto-blaster - and now these recordings can finally be heard :), , Visit SoundCloud here for some sounds of 'Choppers' in the 80s: soundcloud.com/sound-vision-10193594/a-pair-of-class-20s-..., and here: soundcloud.com/sound-vision-10193594/class-20s-at-preston..., , Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned from the original negative with minimal digital restoration, , You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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