Ealing Broadway, August 1st 1974
“Non stop freight at Ealing Broadway” I’d been told by other enthusiasts, so a day there beckoned. The gen is shown below, freight movements in the 5 hour session in bold, “non stop freight” being a youthful exaggeration it seems.
Happy memories, none the same!
Paddington
50016,47487,47069,31291,1031
Royal Oak
47490,1724
Old Oak
31414,1009
Acton
31262,47064,47123,08779,08797
Ealing Broadway
1015,50001,47075,47091,31261,47483,47465,50007,47110, 47203,47510,47515,
47490,50013,47129,47069,50046,47427,47061,1043,47505, 50004,47512,47151,
47447,47019,7011,47487,47513,1724,31261,47465,47055,1030, 1052,1041,
47196,31258,50019,7011, 47085,1021,47483,50042,1071,50044,47495,1015,
47091,50027,47444,50046,31261,31254,31136,47505,47242, 7011,1005,
47427,31261,50050,50027,1023,1041,47497
Acton
08797,08483,7011,08779,47123,50027,47110
Paddington
50050,7026,50044,31412,1030,31262,1023,47242,31413,31414,1058
Of the 56 locos viewed back in 74, Where are they now, Autumn 2011
Cut up
1005,1009,1021,1030,1031,1043,1052,1058,1071, 7011,7026
08779, 08797, 31136,31254,31258,31261,31262,31413, 1724(47549),47019,47075,47085,
47091,47110,47123,47151,47196,47203,47242,47427,47447,47465,47483,47487,47490,
47495, 47497,47510,47512,47513,47515, 50001,50004,50013,50016,50046,
Preserved.
1015, 1023, 1041, 31291 (as 456), 31412, 31414, 47490 (as 768), 47505 (as 712),
50007, 50019, 50027, 50042, 50044, 50050,
Stored
47061 (as 830),
Now Rancid Ronnies (converted 47’s)
47055 as 57304, 47091 as 57301, 47242 as 57306,
Still in service, 37 years on…
08483 - Old Oak CS, 47064 (as 47851) - West Coast,
Phot spot, Ealing Broadway, April 02
1015 was one of 13 “wizzos” seen on the Ealing trip
back on 010874, Now preserved “Champion” heads through Ealing with a Padd -
Paignton Railtour, 20th April 2002