The Familiar 62 Headcode Display, Shows This 'Crompton' Preparing To Haul A Waterloo To Exeter St.Davids Via Salisbury Working. When Steam Was First Substituted By Diesel, On The West Of England Main Line Out Of Waterloo, 'Warship' Type Diesel Hydraulics Were Imported From The Western Region To Haul The Trains. However On Their Subsequent Demise The Duty Fell To These Hard Pressed Class 33s.

The Pleasing Outlines Of This Class 45 Are Self Evident In This Portrait Of 45 144 Backing On To Its Train At St. Pancras In 1976.

Type 40 No. 40 044 Is Seen Arriving At Preston On A Rescue Mission, Soon To Substitute For A Failed Colleague On An Up Heavy Goods Train. These Majestic Machines Earned The Rather Gentle Nickname Of "Whistlers" Due To The High Pitched Bubbling Sound Of Their Exhaust Emissions.

Like The Steamers They Usurped, Now Outmoded And Unwanted, Another Class Of 1st Generation Diesel Motive Power Became Defunct In The 1970s After A Much Shorter Lifespan Than The Locomotives They Replaced. Seen Here At Swindon Works Already Shorn Of Identity And Dignity Ex 'Western Champion' Awaits His Fate After Catching Fire At A Location Not Twenty Yards Further On From The Hampshire Unit In The Last Picture, But A Day Or Two Before. 'Champ' Lay In Westbury Shed For A While Before Being Towed To Swindon For Official Withdrawal.