51.BR’s new corporate image
may have been taking over, but
Barnstaple was still very much
a steam-era station, which made
1960-built North British Type 2
No. D6318 (Class 22) look
somewhatoutofplacewhenseen
on June 8, 1967. The loco was cut
up as Swindon in May 1971.
F HORNBY/COLOUR-RAIL 4.Co-Bo (Class 28) No. D5701
was the only one of the 20-strong
classtoreceiveBRbluelivery,
as seen at Carnforth in August- It was withdrawn during
the following month after just
10 years’ service.COLIN BOOCOCK/
COLOUR-RAIL
3.The Metro-Cammell-built
‘Blue Pullmans’ had a service life
of just 13 years from 1960 to- This example, seen at Old
Oak Common in September 1972,
carries the ‘reverse’ corporate
blue & grey livery, applied from
October 1967.COLOUR-RAIL
5.‘Baby Deltic’ Type 2 (Class 23)
No. D5909 was in traffic from
June 1959 to March 1971,
receiving full BR blue livery in
early 1968, the only example so
treated. The 10-strong class fell
victim to BR’s National Traction
Plan, but thanks to the Baby
Deltic Project at Barrow Hill
the sound of a single Napier
‘T9-29’ engine will be heard again.
COLOUR-RAIL2.Polmadie’s Clayton Class 17
No.D8538worksasetof
maroon Mk1s (with a blue & grey
interloper) at Glasgow Central on
June 25, 1967. Another short-lived
type,No.D8538sawonlyeight
years’ service between 1963 and
1971.ItwasscrappedatStRollox
at the end of 1971.COLOUR-RAIL4
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