D4 GREAT GABLE was new from BR Derby to 1B Camden on 26th September 1959, and withdrawn as 44004 from Toton in November 1980.
I didn't see this one in its BR career, the only example I saw then was 44008, when exhibited at Liverpool Road. Unless I saw 44004 in the later 1980s at a gala, my first recorded sighting was in 2016.
A history of Class 44.
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Stopping at Corfe Castle with 1N01 09:48 Norden - Swanage
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At Townsend Bridge with 1R06 11:39 Swanage - River Frome Viaduct.
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Running across Corfe Common, with 2C09 13:39 Corfe Castle - Swanage
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On the rear, at Norden, of 1R14 15:39 Swanage - River Frome Viaduct
From other photographers.