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Class 45 'Peak' 45102 at rest with Mk.I RBR coach - London St. Pancras
London Termini - St. Pancras , A nice shot of 45102 - one of the ETH Peaks that used to hammer up and down the Midland Main Line for a couple of decades - seen at rest at St Pancras in the good old days, when it was a grimy atmospheric station full of diesels, not an International shopping centre ;) Note one of the then-new BedPan units in the background. Not sure what the RBR was doing parked up? Some of the fine station architecture in view also - now preserved as a plush hotel., , Locomotive History D51 / 45102, 45102 was originally D51 and was to have been constructed at Derby Works, but the order for D50 - D67 was transferred to Crewe Works and D51 was delivered during June 1962 to Cricklewood MPD. It was one of fifty Peaks selected in the first half of the 1970’s to lose their train heating boiler for electric train heating. This was undertaken during a classified repair at Derby works in May 1973. The loco was renumbered as 45102 in 1974. Withdrawn at the end of the summer timetable in September 1986, and broken up by Vic Berry's of Leicester in October 1988. (Loco history adapted from the caption in John Woolley's photo below), , Alternative Locomotive History New to DY from Crewe as D51 in 6/62 - seeing service at CW 9/62, DY 3/63, CW 12/64, DY 1/65. Painted blue with a small yellow panel at TO 6/67. Refurbished at Derby 5-10/67 where it's centre , split h/code panels were replaced by a single piece panel & was painted BR blue with full yellow ends. Dual braked, ETH fitted & re-numbered 45102 in 4/74. It's last overhaul was a Heavy General at Derby 10/80. After withdrawl it was stored at TO until sent to Vic Berry 6/88 & was scrapped by 31/10/88. (Courtesy Dave Nolan), , Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. 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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