September 2019 RAILEXPRESS 15
RETROPASSENGER
1: ALLER JUNCTION:This viewshows
the layout at Aller on July26, 1986 as
celebrity GWR green-liveriedType 4
No. 47484exitsthe Paignton branch and
crossesoverthe down Plymouth line with
the 09.15Paignton-Liverpool Lime Street.
2: ALLER JUNCTION:Just south of
Aller Junction in August 1987 and
No. 50039 headsaPaddington-Paignton
working. The Plymouth line can be seen in
the background behind the cows.
3: ALLER JUNCTION:‘Peak’
No. 46008 heads down thePaignton line
at Aller Junction onMay15, 1980 at the
head ofarakeofMk.1s forming an unknown
working. The nearest twotracksare the
up lines from Plymouth andPaignton
respectively.
4: TORRE:XP64-
liveried No. 47853Rail
Express,one of five
‘47s’repainted into
heritageliveriesduring
the finalyearsoft he
Virgin CrossCountry
loco-hauledworkings,
powers awayfrom
TorreonJuly13,
2002 with the 13.
Paignton-Manchester.
5: TORRE:‘Hoover’
No. 50008 drops down
thegradient intoTorre
station on July6,1 984
with the 10.35 from
Paddington.3
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