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47525 and 47849 back onto the Liverpool service at Reading. The stock had arrived minutes earlier behind D9000. Photo by Mike Arm (arm@iname.net) Rail Info (http://www.railinfo.home.ml.org)

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In this view, Railfreight Distribution's 47540 is on hire to Virgin for use on Cross-Country services. It is seen ready to pull away from Sheffield station with a southbound train. Photo by David Root <u95dr1@ecs.ox.ac.uk>

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EWS Class 47/4. 47555 'The Commonwealth Spirit passes southbound through Warrington Bank Quay while running light engine on Friday 17th April 1998 at 15:09. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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EWS Class 47/4. 47555 'The Commonwealth Spirit passes southbound through Warrington Bank Quay while running light engine on Friday 17th April 1998 at 15:09. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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EWS Class 47/4. EWS's Component Recovery & Distribution Centre at Wigan has become the final resting place for many redundant locomotives. All locomotives that arrive here are destined for stripping of all reusable components, many of which are now obsolete and are costly and/or hard to obtain. These components are then distributed around to be reused on other sevicable examples in order to keep them going. In this view of 47555 which was formerly named 'The Commonwealth Spirit' and had arrived here on the 11th January 1999, shows the bodyshell removed from it's bogies and dumped on a wagon at Wigan CR&DC on 14th August 1999. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk) Website: http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/aos/photography

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EWS Class 47/4. 47976 'Aviemore Centre' stands in the yard at Toton during the EWS Toton depot open day on Sun 30th Aug 1998 with one of the specials or shuttle services that ran to the depot for this event. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk)

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EWS Class 47/4. 47976 'Aviemore Centre' stands in the yard at Toton during the EWS Toton depot open day on Sun 30th Aug 1998 with one of the specials or shuttle services that ran to the depot for this event. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk)

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47976 'Aviemore Center' was a dedicated departmental loco and is seen at Derby in May 1998 returning to base. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com

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I can remember this one well. Having just arrived at Stratford this Serco Test Train hauled by 47976 'Aviemore Centre' was at already in the station. Fortunately the driver had stopped short of the signal enabling me to take this and one or two other pictures. The year was 1998. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.