ChrisTheMightyHoodVB
Class 50 50025 'Invincible' seen passing through Southall on the Up Slow line
The view from Southall footbridge It was a Sunday, and I had stationed myself at my old childhood spotting haunt of Southall footbridge (now sadly dismantled) to photograph the Hastings DEMU Farewell railtour, which was hauled by Class 203 Hastings units 1002 and 1032. There was some engineering work going on, and the fast lines were closed east of Southall, so there was a lot of unusual action over the crossovers and the slow lines., , Whilst awaiting the arrival of the railtour, and being equipped with my Zenith TTL and 300mm telephoto lens, I couldn't help take a few more shots - this one showing large-logo liveried Class 50 50025 'Invincible' traversing the Up Slow on a service from Oxford., , Just over three years later, and this loco was involved in a serious accident just a few miles up the line at West Ealing. See comments section below., , Locomotive History, D425 entered service 08-Jun-68, Renumbered 50025 in 1974, Named 'Invincible' 06-Jun-78, Withdrawn 14-Aug-89, , 50025 'Invincible' was one of the early casualties, becoming the eleventh Class 50 to be withdrawn, on 14th August 1989 after sustaining major damage in the West Ealing crash. The locomotive languished at Old Oak Common for a few months before being broken up on site by Vic Berry's - one of eleven Class 50s to end their days on Old Oak Common shed. A sad end to a fine machine., , Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL SLR camera and 300mm telephoto lens, using Kodak ASA100 colour negative film. Scanned from the original negative with no 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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