0519 - Photo: Martin Margerrison Collection.

55015 (D9015) "TULYAR" restarts an engine at King's Cross on the 1st July 1978 prior to working the 1S16 08:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh service...


0518 - Photo: Martin Margerrison Collection.

...another view of 55015 sees the extremely poor condition in which the locomotive was running at the time. This was due to a lengthy period between classified overhauls at Doncaster, at a time when BR were evaluating the long term future of the class. Our intrepid second man is Martin Margerrison.

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