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Freightliner (1995) LTD Class 47/0 Freightliner green liveried 47114 'FreightlinerBulk' on display at the South West Trains Bournmouth depot open day on Saturday 16th May 1998 at 14:50. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co, uk).

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Freightliner (1995) LTD Class 47/0 Freightliner green liveried 47114 'FreightlinerBulk' on display at the South West Trains Bournmouth depot open day on Saturday 16th May 1998 at 14:52. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co, uk).

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Freightliners Ltd Class 47/0. 47114 'FreightlinerBulk' is seen on display at the EWS Toton depot open weekend on Sat 29th Aug 1998. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk)

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47114-freightlinerbulk-coventry.jpg 47114 Freightlinerbulk signal checked at Coventry waiting to cross the down main in order to follow a cross country line towards Oxford and Didcot. Coventry is on the West Coast Main, but is part of the Birmingham loop, the Glasgow main goes directly north via Nuneaton and Lichfield bypassing Coventry and Birmingham New Street. The WCML narrows to two lines when the Birmingham branch leaves the Glasgow main, but as most traffic is diverted onto the Birmingham loop, this does not matter. 28 Jaunary 2000. Photo by Alex Lu, http://www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/rail/, lexcie@innocent.com

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47114-starting.jpg The same 47114 Freightlinerbulk pulling away after coming to a complete stop at the signal. The driver inched into Coventry at around 3mph, but the signal was not to clear, and he had to bring the train to a complete stop. One minute later a Silverlink County EMU appeared and stopped on the down platform and the signal was cleared. It was interesting to see the way the buffer compressed even after the locomotive had come to a complete stop, yet the loco had enough brake force not to be pushed forwards. The 47 accelerated away more swiftly than I had expected, although it was a relatively long train. 28 Jaunary 2000. Photo by Alex Lu, http://www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/rail/, lexcie@innocent.com

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Freightliner loco 47114 is painted in two-tone green livery with Freightliner brandings and named "Freightlinerbulk". The photo was taken in front of the diesel tanks at Toton during the 1998 Open Day. Freightliner have since adopted a new green livery, albeit somewhat brighter than the traditional version. Photo by Dave Root.

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Freightliner Class 47. 47258 'Forth Ports, Tilbury heads the 4M54, 12:35 Purfleet - Crewe Basford Hall freighliner/container service through Stafford on Fri 24th Sept 1999 at 17:01. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk) Website: http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/aos/photography

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Freigtliner 47292 leaving Grosmont on 12/04/03 during the North Yorkshire Moors Diesel Gala. Photo John Turner (johnturner16@yahoo.co.uk)

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Class 47 Freightliner locomotive seen at Rugby 21 July 2003. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted via email at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken using Canon EOS 10D DSLR, initial registeration as RAW converted to JPEG format.

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Class 47 seen at Rugby 21 July 2003. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker who can be contacted via email at ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All photographs taken using Canon EOS 10D DSLR, initial registeration as RAW converted to JPEG format.

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This one almost caught us out! We assumed the approaching Freightliner had a GM re-engined class 57 on the front...nothing to get too excited about! Then a half hourly stopping service approached the station from the other direction. Instead of dashing to the far end we casually strolled to the the nearest platform end...then what roars past the now stationary unit...A CLASS 47! These days 47s on regular Freightliner trains are relatively few and you can count yourself lucky to see one. Well at least we were able to get a view and a shot of 47150 as it went past and very presentable it looked too! By the way the place was Cholsey between Didcot and Reading and the train was the Crewe to Southampton liner. Date 20th August 2003. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com

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Freightliners 47 224 heads an evening charter through Ropely in the rain on the Mid-Hants Railway during its Diesel Gala Weekend in May 2003. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection (Jampics) m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com

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47270 is we believe a Freightliner 'Heavy Haul' machine that has been working for Freightliner 'Intermodal' during the Ipswich Tunnel closure and would not normally be seen around the Ipswich area. It is a 'relatively original' member of the class and one of the few that is still working out its normal operational life. It is also quite possibly the only British loco to carry a 'Yellow' Nameplate...Cory Brothers 1842-1992... Pictured on August 31st 2004. 2004. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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47270 comes off the branch from the docks at Felixstowe with a liner bound for nearby Ipswich. This loco was not present at the stabling point at Ipswich and we had a hunch that it might be down the branch so we made our way to Westerfield. We were very pleased when it put in an appeareance as a real Freightliner 47 on a train is not easy to see these days. The date is the 31st August 2004. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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Freightliner ran 47114 'Freightlinerbulk' in BR green with the addition of their Red Triangle. This loco has now been withdrawn following a fire but is pictured at Stratford in 2000. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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47224 carried on with Freightliner until 2003. It never received full Freightliner livery continuing to run in plain Trainload Grey with no markings. It is seen here at Stratford in 2000. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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A few Freightliner class 47s went into the Green livery that first appeared on class 57s. Now withdrawn 47258 is seen here entering Kensington Olympia in 2001. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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A rather smokey 47279 in Freightliner's Grey livery is seen here at Kensington Olympia in 2001. These locos used to be an every day sight but now you will struggle to see just one in operation although Freightliner Intermodal still retain 3 in 2004 for limited use. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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47287 was in its last few years a Freightliner machine although it retained Railfreight Distribution colours without the markings. Like most it is no longer running but carried on we think into 2002. Seen here at Stratford a year earlier. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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Virgin Trains 57306 and Freightliner 47292 at Grosmont on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. On the occasion of the Diesel Gala on Saturday 12/04/03. Photo John Turner (johnturner16@yahoo.co.uk)