Image Nameplate, 47077, stabled, Westbury MPD
Nameplate, 47077, stabled, Westbury MPD
Nameplate, 47077, stabled, Westbury MPD On the way back from seeing the MKT railtour at Fairwood Junction I took a quick tour of Westbury depot. As it was a Sunday there were no staff about so I was able to wander about with impunity; how things have changed! This image shows one of Western Region's named class 47s. It was named at London Paddington less than a month after it was released into traffic in March 1965 by Ray Gunter, Minister of Labour in Harold Wilson's government. Gunter himself was a former railwayman and union leader who died six months prior to this picture being taken. However, 47077 lives on now as 47840 preserved on the West Somerset Railway and still carrying its 'North Star' name.
Nameplate, 47077, stabled, Westbury MPD On the way back from seeing the MKT railtour at Fairwood Junction I took a quick tour of Westbury depot. As it was a Sunday there were no staff about so I was able to wander about with impunity; how things have changed! This image shows one of Western Region's named class 47s. It was named at London Paddington less than a month after it was released into traffic in March 1965 by Ray Gunter, Minister of Labour in Harold Wilson's government. Gunter himself was a former railwayman and union leader who died six months prior to this picture being taken. However, 47077 lives on now as 47840 preserved on the West Somerset Railway and still carrying its 'North Star' name.


On the way back from seeing the MKT railtour at

Fairwood Junction I took a quick tour of Westbury depot. As it was a Sunday there were no staff about so I was able to wander about with impunity; how things have changed! This image shows one of Western Region's named class 47s. It was named at London Paddington less than a month after it was released into traffic in March 1965 by Ray Gunter, Minister of Labour in Harold Wilson's government. Gunter himself was a former railwayman and union leader who died six months prior to this picture being taken. However, 47077 lives on now as 47840 preserved on the West Somerset Railway and still carrying its 'North Star' name.