Geoff's Colour Railway Photos
Page 9 - 1988 - a year in focus
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A 31-hauled cross-country train gets the
"feather" for the Leicester line at a
snowy Nuneaton, 23 Jan 1988
Out for the day on a "Midrail
Day Ranger" |
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A southbound HST climbs across Durham Viaduct,
29 Mar 1988
A day out on an "Inter-City
Awayday" - taken from the top of the central
tower, Durham Cathedral |
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The GWR-liveried DMU stands at Quainton Road
station, 2 May 1988
A trip organised by "Black
Eight Railtours", which later visited
Marylebone and Didcot |
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Metropolitan Rly No 1 0-4-4T in action at the
Bucks. Railway Centre, Quainton Road, 2 May 1988
On the occasion detailed above.... |
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31 415 "Severn Valley Railway"
hauls a set of Gresley teaks near Bridgnorth, 7
May 1988
A Severn Valley "Diesel
Weekend" |
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A 47-hauled Leeds - Carlisle crosses
Ribblehead Viaduct, 27 May 1988
Quite the opposite of the
usual "gricer's luck" - on a walking
trip to Whernside, the train timed itself to
perfection as we returned to the car. The "wee
dug" has a good sense of composition too! |
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Mallard gets away from Garsdale, 17 July 1988
50 years after the great event,
1988 was the year of no. 4468 |
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A pair of blue-liveried 37s haul a southbound
Freightliner across Holgate Junction, York, 28
July 1988
Wires everywhere now, of
course. Haven't been back..... |
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An 08 trundles a transfer freight up from
Petteril Bridge, heading for Kingmoor, 17 Aug
1988
A late summer evening at
Carlisle, waiting for the train home after
another "Inter-City Awayday" |
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