Looking very smart in its Railfreight grey livery as worn in the last phase of its working life on the mainline, 47205 waits at Pitsford and Brampton station with the 14.00 return working. My family and I took this train enjoying being served an orange juice and mince pie. 47205 was new to traffic in July 1965 as D1855. It became 47205 under TOPS in 1974, a number it wore until 1994 when it was renumbered 47395. This was only for just over a year after it reverted back to be 47205 again in 1995, and it stayed as that until withdrawal in 2001.
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