Norwich - Great Yarmouth
23rd August 2008
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The annual visit to Great Yarmouth for a spot of main line 47 action.
47818 was providing the days entertainment on the Norwich - Great Yarmouth drags. This loco was new in December 1965 as D1917.
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 Cotswold rail 47818 'Emily' carrying debranded One Anglia livery at Norwich, 23/8/08.
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 47501 with DRS 'Compass' livery at Norwich, August 2008. This was renamed 'Crafsman' at the recent DRS Crewe (Gresty Bridge) open day, a name first applied in 1987.
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DVT 82139 approaching Norwich, no longer carrying a paint chart and with National Express branding in the white stripe.
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 First class comfort NXEA style
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 Causing delays was this incident near Brundall where the park rangers managed to demolish a crossing gate.
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Bi-directional warning sign on the approach to Great Yarmouth.
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 47818 'Emily' at Great Yarmouth heading up a summer service from London. The need for such services remains with good loadings seen on both runs of the day.
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 Interest being taken in 90005 'Vice admiral Lord Nelson' in NXEA branded 'One' livery.
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August 2008; 158773 carries reminders of two former operators as it arrives at Norwich
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 Late summer of 2008 provides a huge variety of unit liveries in East Anglia, including 156402 sporting 'Love shopping. Love Chapelfield'. This message was completely lost on the gallery awaiting the next drag.
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 The new 'professional' windscreen cleaning buckets deployed at Norwich supplement the older unbranded equipment deployed mid platform.
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Another view of 47501 in Direct Rail Service livery.
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 170271 retains full Anglia Railways branding in August 2008.
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 The disused carriage sidings at Great Yarmouth (Vauxhall) have been put up for sale having been surplus to requirements for many years. An attempt was made to sell these in 2000 but it was in use at the time for loading fertiliser trains.
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47818 'Emily' at Great Yarmouth, August 2008. Making a change from my previous visits, the dragged stock was using platform 3 resulting in new line being bashed!!
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 47818 'Emily' bearing the scars from removal of the 'one' paint chart is pictured against the buffers at Great Yarmouth.
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 NXEA won the 'best stick in a pot' award in the 2008 Britain in bloom contest for this prize specimen at Great Yarmouth.
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