September 2019 RAIL EXPRESS 17
RETROPASSENGER
13: PAIGNT ON:Although BritishRailways’Eastern and NorthEasternRegion shad
mergedin1967, inter-regionalworkings to th eformerNE s tations still used ‘N’ in the
headcodes untilhee arly 1970s–which is why‘Warship’ No. D801 carries headcode
1N37forthe northboundPaignton-Bradford‘Devonian’ onMay20, 1968.RJColes
14: PAIGNT ON:Asimilar viewtothe 1968 shot on July3,1999has No.
leavingPaignton with the 10.01 to Newcastle. Note the levelcrossing’s manualgates
have beenreplacedby automatic barriers.
15: PAIGNT ON:At thesouth of thestation, No. 47828rolls intoPaignton from
Goodrington sidings with the empty stockforthe 10.04 to Newcastle. The line on
thefar left is theformer down line to Kingswear no wused by the Dartmouth Steam
Railway, which runs parallel to NetworkRail’s single track betweenPaignton and
Goodrington (theformer up Kingswear line), although thereiss till aconnection
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10: HOLLICOMBE:With its headcode boxnolongerinuse, and thereforeset to
‘0000’, Class 47 No. 47123 passes Hollicombe with the 13.45Paignton-Swansea on
August 28, 1976. Thereise vidence of someformer sidings to the right of the train,
whichwere asso ciated with theTorquay&Paignton GasWorks. Paignton Pier can also
be just seen in the background.LBertram
11: HOLLICOMBE:The line hasrecentl ybeenballasted in this shot on July13,
2002 as No. 47831 descends towardsPaignton with the 09.15 fromManchester,which
is formed ofaWest Coastrake with theDVTbehindthe loco.
12: HOLLICOMBE:Lookin galittl eworse forwear, No. 47844 headsamatching
rake of InterCity-liveried Mk.2s on July13, 1996 as itgets into its stride with the
10.33Paignton-Manchester.