Courtesy of Pete Doel, a new contributor to the site, I’ve added a photo of two Class 37s on an iron ore train to the 1970 to 1979 page.
Courtesy of Pete Doel, a new contributor to the site, I’ve added a photo of two Class 37s on an iron ore train to the 1970 to 1979 page.
What a difference a decade or so makes. The Washington F pit heap on the horizon is gone, now there are the ‘Ministry’ building, hotels and motorway bridges instead. A nicely lit picture and ‘evidence’ of track removal – for a new smaller ‘project’? perhaps?
Second loco looks to be 37001. It was allocated to Thornaby at the time and overhauled in Crewe Works shortly before this picture was taken. .