This is a scan of a Kodachrome slide. It comes from my collection which I have gathered over the past 30+ years.

MSN 21226 Boeing 737-2N7 SU-AYN
Arab Republic of Egypt

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It is the evening of Saturday 30th July 1983 and day trippers returning from Aberystwyth are enjoying a longer day out than planned.

In the summer of 1983, two trains a day were hauled by a pair of class 25s from Birmingham New Street to Aberystwyth. By 1983, the regular appearance of class 25s on passenger trains was unusual,so many enthusiasts visited the Cambrian line to experience their evocative Sulzer engine sound and their erratic timekeeping.

On this day, the 1715 departure from Aberystwyth for Euston was hauled by 25229 and 25181. The challenge of the 1:52 gradient at Talerdigg was too much for the locomotives and both were declared as failures at Caerswrs.

A 90 minute wait entailed while a fitter travelled by road from Crewe. The fitter managed to revive the locomotives and left, only for the pair to fail again at Newtown.

This time 47226 was dispatched from Shrewsbury to rescue the train, and is seen here coupling up to the class 25s prior to heading east. The train arrived at Shrewsbury four hours late and was promptly terminated, leaving passengers to find their own way home.

Photograph by an unknown photographer, now part of my collection.

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Switzerland 11.1999

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