Following the abandonment of displaying the train reporting number on the locomotive the initial impact for the Peaks was the display of 0000 in the headcode boxes. This was followed by the fitment of black screens with two white dots (“domino” screens) to the headcode boxes as displayed here by 46001 as it enters platform 1 at Nottingham with a parcels train, 12th February 1977.
Locomotive History
46001 was built at Derby Works and entered traffic in October 1961 as D138. Apart from a short spell allocated to Carlisle Upperby in early 1962 it would spend the majority of the 1960’s allocated to Midland Main Line duties (Derby/Toton) before migrating to the Western Region in March 1969, initially at Bristol and eventually allocated to Laira. It was stored at Swindon Works at the end of the 1980 Summer Timetable and withdrawn in December 1980. It was dumped at Swindon following withdrawal however during September 1981 46002 was withdrawn and a replacement was required so 46001 was pulled from storage at Swindon and put back into service, however it was a brief reprieve as 46001 succumbed with a seized engine in December 1981 and was withdrawn again. It was broken up at Swindon eight months later in July 1982.
Praktica LTL, High Speed Ektachrome
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