London & Greenwich Railway 150th Anniversary
23rd & 24th August 1986
The event was well attended, as were subsequent Network SouthEast galas, and a crowd
here is seen gathering at the end of a platform to get a close up of the N15 Class, in addition
to affording a clear view of 4 SUB unit No. 4732. Mike Glasspool
The towers are Grade II listed, although their command of the
skyline has a reduced effect without the trainshed, which was
dismantled in 1958. Through ''Sir Lamiel's'' steam, the grooves
of where the trainshed used to slot in can be seen clearly.
Mike Glasspool
Visitors were invited to inspect the cab of Class 56 No. 56047, which was wearing
British Rail's large logo livery with yellow ''wrap-a-round'' ends. The whole class was in
service by 1977 in readiness for British Rail's projected increase in the level of coal
demand. The miners' strike and subsequent closure of mines put paid to the majority of
this traffic. On the breaking up of Railfreight in 1987 into smaller specialist commodity
sectors, the majority of the class were allocated to TrainLoad Coal and TrainLoad
Construction. Mike Glasspool
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