Wednesday, 22 January 2025

A 47772 retrospective

It appears that 47772  has been "withdrawn" by West Coast in November, and dispatched to Burton on 13th of that month, with nameplates removed. the locomotive was new as D1657 in February 1965, later 47537.


47772 arriving at Southampton, 9th November 1996, taking a charter to Eastleigh, where it was handed over to S15 828 for onward working to Clapham, outward via the GWML. The return started at Waterloo, in the dark.


At Par, on a tank train, probably fuel for St Blazey depot, 23rd April 2001.


Named Carnforth TMD, passing Lazonby, 14th April 2018, 1Z75 05:34 Scarborough - Appleby (via a reversal at Carlisle), with 47245 on the rear.