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Viewing Album:  Summer of '81 - Scotland
 
By:Gary Thornton
Dates:8/7/1981 - 8/17/1981
Album Info:Summer vacation 1981 in Scotland
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DMU 101316
Title:  DMU 101316
Description:  DMU set 101316 offloads passengers. On the other platform the edging gets a fresh coat of white paint.
Photo Date:  8/7/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:44:32 AM
Location:  carnoustie, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  304   Comments: 0
40148 & 47274
Title:  40148 & 47274
Description:  40148 leading 47274 thunder through Carnoustie station
Photo Date:  8/7/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:44:45 AM
Location:  carnoustie, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40148(Class 40)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
40101
Title:  40101
Description:  40101 speeds southwards through Carnoustie
Photo Date:  8/7/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:44:54 AM
Location:  carnoustie, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40101(Class 40)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
27010
Title:  27010
Description:  A fair load for this 1,250hp diesel (by British standards anyway!)
Photo Date:  8/7/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:45:04 AM
Location:  East Haven, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 27010(Class 27)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
55009 'Alycidon'
Title:  55009 'Alycidon'
Description:  55009 about to be uncoupled from its train, the 05.50 from London to Aberdeen
Photo Date:  8/8/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:45:14 AM
Location:  Edinburgh, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55009(Class 55)
Views:  555   Comments: 0
55022 'Royal Scots Grey'
Title:  55022 'Royal Scots Grey'
Description:  55022 heads for for Haymarket depot after arriving with the 09.40 passenger train from London
Photo Date:  8/8/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:45:23 AM
Location:  Edinburgh, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55022(Class 55)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
55022 'Royal Scots Grey'
Title:  55022 'Royal Scots Grey'
Description:  Sleek lines of what was once the worlds most powerful diesel locomotive type (3,300hp)
Photo Date:  8/8/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:45:40 AM
Location:  Edinburgh, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55022(Class 55)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
55022 'Royal Scots Grey'
Title:  55022 'Royal Scots Grey'
Description:  55022 about to dive into Princes Street tunnel at Edinburgh, heading for Haymarket depot
Photo Date:  8/8/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:45:50 AM
Location:  Edinburgh, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55022(Class 55)
Views:  487   Comments: 0
Sc55000
Title:  Sc55000
Description:  Single-Car DMU Sc55000 heads north towards Carnoustie on the Dundee to Arbroath local service
Photo Date:  8/10/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:45:59 AM
Location:  carnoustie, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  421   Comments: 0
47272
Title:  47272
Description:  47272 passes gardens full of summer colour
Photo Date:  8/10/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:46:08 AM
Location:  carnoustie, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47272(Class 47)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
55008 'The Green Howards'
Title:  55008 'The Green Howards'
Description:  An almost timeless scene, a Class 55 Deltic working the 4.30pm Aberdeen to Leeds service passes a Morris Minor in the Scottish countryside
Photo Date:  8/10/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 5:46:16 AM
Location:  East Haven, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55008(Class 55)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
47702 'Saint Cuthbert'
Title:  47702 'Saint Cuthbert'
Description:  47702 pulls into Arbroath on a Glasgow to Aberdeen InterCity express
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:31:27 AM
Location:  Arbroath, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47702(Class 47)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
26026
Title:  26026
Description:  26026 heads towards Dundee with a short trip-freight. Note the use of old tractor tyres as flower-beds!
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:31:36 AM
Location:  Arbroath, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 26026(Class 26)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
27104
Title:  27104
Description:  27104 waits on a local passenger train bound for Edinburgh or Glasgow
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:31:45 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 27104(Class 27)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
40062
Title:  40062
Description:  40062 passes Dundee Tay Bridge Signal Box and a raft of semaphore signals - within 2 years these would all be gone in the name of progress
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:31:53 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40062(Class 40)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
26023
Title:  26023
Description:  26023 at Dundee Tay Bridge train station
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:32:02 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 26023(Class 26)
Views:  705   Comments: 0
37043
Title:  37043
Description:  37043 stabled between duties at Dundee maintenance shed
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:32:10 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 37043(Class 37)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
27004
Title:  27004
Description:  27004 was sidelined with brake or journal bearing problems as witnessed by the wheel-skate under the leading wheelset
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:32:18 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 27004(Class 27)
Views:  521   Comments: 0
06005
Title:  06005
Description:  Already retired when photographed here, 06005 would lay in store for two years before being cut-up for scrap
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:32:27 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 06005(Class 06)
Views:  781   Comments: 0
06006
Title:  06006
Description:  Formerly used on the Dundee Docks branch this class 06 was now retired and awaiting disposal
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:32:36 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 06006(Class 06)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
47578
Title:  47578
Description:  47578 pauses at Dundee Yay Bridge station on a passenger working
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:32:54 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47578(Class 47)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
47709 'The Lord Provost'
Title:  47709 'The Lord Provost'
Description:  47709 en-route from Glasgow to Aberdeen
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:33:02 AM
Location:  Arbroath, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47709(Class 47)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
47702 'Saint Cuthbert'
Title:  47702 'Saint Cuthbert'
Description:  47702 waits to leave as another class 47 passes the other way
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:33:10 AM
Location:  Arbroath, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47702(Class 47)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
DBSO Sc9708
Title:  DBSO Sc9708
Description:  Driving Brake Sc9708 brings up the rear of a train for Aberdeen
Photo Date:  8/13/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 7:33:17 AM
Location:  Arbroath, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  367   Comments: 0
55017 'The Durham Light Infantry'
Title:  55017 'The Durham Light Infantry'
Description:  55017 at Dundee with the stock for the 9.10am Dundee to London passenger train. Deltics north of Edinburgh were never that common.
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:40:11 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55017(Class 55)
Views:  467   Comments: 0
55017 'The Durham Light Infantry'
Title:  55017 'The Durham Light Infantry'
Description:  With 20 minutes to wait according to the station clock, 55017 is ready to depart with the 9.10am to London
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:40:29 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55017(Class 55)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
55017 'The Durham Light Infantry'
Title:  55017 'The Durham Light Infantry'
Description:  Three young railfans make a "rubbing" of the locomotives nameplate at Edinburgh
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:40:43 AM
Location:  Edinburgh, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55017(Class 55)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
55017 'The Durham Light Infantry'
Title:  55017 'The Durham Light Infantry'
Description:  Railfans gather to watch 55017 depart Dunbar en-route to London
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:40:55 AM
Location:  Dunbar, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55017(Class 55)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
40162
Title:  40162
Description:  40162 runs onto its train whilst 08571 waits to shunt parcels stock alongside
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:41:07 AM
Location:  Edinburgh, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40162(Class 40)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
47712 'Lady Diana Spencer'
Title:  47712 'Lady Diana Spencer'
Description:  47712 at Haymarket station in Edinburgh, working a fast train to Glasgow.
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:41:17 AM
Location:  Edinburgh, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47712(Class 47)
Views:  2520   Comments: 0
40154
Title:  40154
Description:  40154 runs onto its train in Waverley, the main station for Edinburgh
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:41:29 AM
Location:  Edinburgh, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40154(Class 40)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
40154
Title:  40154
Description:  Trains pass in Princes Street Gardens between Waverley & Haymarket stations in Edinburgh - some railfans acknowledge me photographing their train as mine overtakes it
Photo Date:  8/15/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:41:43 AM
Location:  Edinburgh, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40154(Class 40)
Views:  489   Comments: 1
55013 'The Black Watch'
Title:  55013 'The Black Watch'
Description:  My personal favourite Deltic was this one - 55013 'The Black Watch'. On this day it worked from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and back, then on to Leeds
Photo Date:  8/17/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:41:54 AM
Location:  Aberdeen, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55013(Class 55)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
55013 'The Black Watch'
Title:  55013 'The Black Watch'
Description:  New colour light signals in use at Aberdeen but the old semaphore signal gantries had still to be dismantled
Photo Date:  8/17/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:42:04 AM
Location:  Aberdeen, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55013(Class 55)
Views:  527   Comments: 0
55013 'The Black Watch'
Title:  55013 'The Black Watch'
Description:  Post is delivered to the train by the Post Office (the red van on the platform) before 55013 departs south to Leeds on the 4.30pm departure.
Photo Date:  8/17/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:42:14 AM
Location:  Aberdeen, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55013(Class 55)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
55013 'The Black Watch'
Title:  55013 'The Black Watch'
Description:  55013 pulls up the 1:60 gradient out of Dundee Tay Bridge station on the 4.30pm Aberdeen to Leeds passenger service
Photo Date:  8/17/1981  Upload Date: 10/28/2006 9:42:25 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55013(Class 55)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
55008 'The Green Howards'
Title:  55008 'The Green Howards'
Description:  55008 passes through Carnoustie on the east coast of Scotland with a train bound for England (York)
Photo Date:  8/21/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:43:01 AM
Location:  carnoustie, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55008(Class 55)
Views:  474   Comments: 0
47712 'Lady Diana Spencer'
Title:  47712 'Lady Diana Spencer'
Description:  47712 pulls into Dundee Tay Bridge station on a Glasgow to Aberdeen InterCity working
Photo Date:  8/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:43:22 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47712(Class 47)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
40131
Title:  40131
Description:  40131 runs through Dundee station on a northbound Freightliner (container) service
Photo Date:  8/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:43:46 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40131(Class 40)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
25085 & 37051
Title:  25085 & 37051
Description:  25085 and 37051 wait departure times on southbound passenger trains out of Perth
Photo Date:  8/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:44:12 AM
Location:  Perth, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 25085(Class 25) BR1 37051(Class 37)
Views:  695   Comments: 0
40078
Title:  40078
Description:  40078 stabled in the carriage sidings between workings at Perth
Photo Date:  8/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:44:27 AM
Location:  Perth, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40078(Class 40)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
40058
Title:  40058
Description:  40058 waits at Perth with an Aberdeen to Glasgow passenger express
Photo Date:  8/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:44:42 AM
Location:  Perth, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40058(Class 40)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
27111
Title:  27111
Description:  27111 at Dundee Tay Bridge station
Photo Date:  8/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:44:56 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 27111(Class 27)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
26044
Title:  26044
Description:  26044 sits in the bay platforms at Dundee on a local train for Glasgow or Edinburgh
Photo Date:  8/22/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:45:08 AM
Location:  Dundee, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 26044(Class 26)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
40062
Title:  40062
Description:  40062 at Perth on a dull summers day
Photo Date:  8/25/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:45:21 AM
Location:  Perth, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40062(Class 40)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
40073
Title:  40073
Description:  40073 waits for passengers to board before heading south to Glasgow
Photo Date:  8/25/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:45:36 AM
Location:  Perth, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40073(Class 40)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
BR1 27012
Title:  BR1 27012
Description:  27012 sits in Perth's platform 5 on a short passenger train
Photo Date:  8/25/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:45:50 AM
Location:  Perth, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 27012(Class 27)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
26010
Title:  26010
Description:  26010 sits at Perth on a passenger working
Photo Date:  8/25/1981  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 4:46:03 AM
Location:  Perth, UK
Author:  Gary Thornton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 26010(UNKNOWN)
Views:  316   Comments: 0

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