37674 "Saint Blaise Church" deposits a cloud of exhaust over Cornwall as it lifts a rake of four wheeled CDA China clay hoppers at Burngullow as it enters the Parkandillack branch.

Slide dated September 1998.

Photo: Rob Clark

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The shunter walks along the side of 37696's payload at Treviscoe prior to it leaving.

Slide dated September 1998.

Photo: Rob Clark

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Many weeks after the farewell tour, there are still a handful of 507s running around Merseyrail. This is 507029 departing Liverpool Central with 507003 at the front, alongside one of its Stadler replacements 777146

The Forty five year old set was working the 2302 to Southport and was a bonus shot after I was returning from watching Liverpool at Anfield. The lease on the 507s is up at the end of December so there won’t be any more after that.

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37521 leads 37156 on a freight in what looks late afternoon or early evening sun. This is possibly on the descent from Dainton to Totnes on a slide dated September 1998.

Photo: Rob Clark

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If there was a video of this it would be guaranteed to have thousands of views! The noise can only be imagined as these two EE workhorses, led by 37672 & and a Dutch liveried 37106 blacken the sky with exhaust approaching Stoke Works on the down line.

Slide dated October 1998.

Photo: Rob Clark

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