A new age for the ECML approaches as electrification masts are being erected in this scene at Oakleigh Park on Saturday 25th January 1975.
55010 (D9010) "THE KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERER" is framed by the station canopy as it nears the capital with the 1A11 08:25 Newcastle - King's Cross service. As yet this is the earliest record of 55010 sporting the domino style headblinds