A signal check on platform 10a provides the opportunity for more pictures. They are on a return Lawley Street to Ipswich liner having done the outward trip in the early hours. We think that only 3 or 4 Freightliner grey 47s are still running now so to get two on the same train is a rare sighting. They might have seen better days but the grime, clag and sound gives these old locos the character we enthusiasts enjoy. They are 47303 'Freightliner Cleveland' and 47358. Its Stratford E.London and the date is the 15th January 2004.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com
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