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86027_1975_Linslade_A3_600dpi

            86027 heads south on the West Coast Main Line just north of Linslade tunnels with an express (1A36) for Euston in the spring of 1975.

I have never taken much interest in this West Coast Main Line shot to date believing that it would not past muster. It is taken trackside (whilst working) using a Hanimex Compact point and shoot camera and as the train is probably doing in the region of 90mph I assumed it would be beyond the capabilities of the camera. However, I am pleasantly surprised having at last decided to scan the negative to find that the engine is reasonably sharp although the depth of field is not brilliant. 

I am trackside this day as I was assisting Mr Bill Crampton, the Nottingham Divisional S&T Engineers mechanical design engineer in surveying and measuring up a four track signal gantry. Why we were doing this I can no longer remember, however I do remember how we got to and from this signal gantry. We travelled out by train from Nottingham/Derby to Leighton Buzzard station and then walked the three miles or so trackside to the signal gantry, which included walking through the 280 yard long Linslade Tunnel. We used the twin track bore of the three tunnels that make up Linslade tunnel, waiting for a train to pass on the side we were walking and then setting off on the basis we had at least 2 minutes (the signalling headway) to get through. Those were the days.

Locomotive History
86027 was originally E3110 and was built at Doncaster Works, entering traffic in June 1965. It became 86327 when fitted with modified wheels in the early 1980’s, 86427 when fitted with improved suspension in the May 1985 and finally 86627 when dedicated to freight traffic and had its Electric Train Heating isolated and maximum speed reduced to 75mph in the early 1989. It has remained in traffic for just short of fifty five years having recently been stored by Freightliner in May 2020 and is currently (September 2020) at Basford Hall, unlikely to work again.

Hanimex Compact, Ilford FP4

Taken in: UK / England / Aylesbury Vale / Chelmscote (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1975

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