'Renown' enters Newton Abbot from the west in the summer of 1980.

This pic holds my record for the number of signal posts protruding from the roof of a loco, not that I'm complaining or contemplating photoshopping them out......

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'Tiger' awaits a trip north from Penzance in the summer of 1980.

It would later work the parcels train in the background - see below.

The loco was refurbished in 1982 (see below), but immediately suffered collision damage.

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Conqueror about to depart from Camborne with the 1E21 10.23 Penzance to Leeds in the summer of 1980.

Thanks to 'Marra Man' for the WTT info.

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A down express in the afternoon sunshine at Newton Abbot, summer 1980.

This is the 1B74 12.25 Paddington to Plymouth, thanks to 'Marra Man' for the WTT info.

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'Tiger' passes St Austell with an up parcels service on a Saturday evening in the summer of 1980.

The likely working was 6M09 16.40 Penzance to London, scheduled to pick up milk for Wood Lane.

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