Page 15 - Rail Express - September 2019

RETROPASSENGER

1: ALLER JUNCTION: This viewshows
the layout at Aller on July26, 1986 as
celebrity GWR green-liveried Type 4
No. 47484 exitsthe Paignton branch and
crosses overthe down Plymouth line with
the 09.15 Paignton-Liverpool Lime Street.
2: ALLER JUNCTION: Just south of
Aller Junction in August 1987 and
No. 50039 heads aPaddington-Paignton
working. The Plymouth line can be seen in
the background behind the cows.
3: ALLER JUNCTION: ‘Peak’
No. 46008 heads down the Paignton line
at Aller Junction on May15, 1980 at the
head of arakeofMk.1s forming an unknown
working. The nearest twotracksare the
up lines from Plymouth and Paignton
respectively. 3

4: TORRE: XP64-
liveried No. 47853 Rail
Express,one of five
‘47s’ repainted into
heritageliveriesduring
the final yearsofthe
Virgin CrossCountry
loco-hauled workings,
powers awayfrom
TorreonJuly13,
2002 with the 13.00
Paignton-Manchester.
5: TORRE: ‘Hoover’
No. 50008 drops down
thegradient into Torre
station on July6,1984
4 5 with the 10.35 from
Paddington.
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