Image D8568, 11.53 Bewdley-Kidderminster, West Midlands Safari Park SO799748

D8568, 11.53 Bewdley-Kidderminster, West Midlands Safari Park SO799748
D8568, 11.53 Bewdley-Kidderminster, West Midlands Safari Park SO799748 
 Making a heck of a racket Clayton number D9568 gets its train away from Bewdley leading the 11.53 to Kidderminster. This is the only remaining example of the one hundred and seventeen examples built that is widely regarded as the worst production locomotives of the modernisation plan for so many reasons not least being that they were constructed for work on the railways that had already virtually disappeared, namely short pick up mixed freight operations. The first examples were withdrawn in 1968 when some examples were just four years old! This example soldiered on until 1971 when it started a new career at a number of industrial sites.

There is an audio recording of this event on my youtube channel, see.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl8qQHne73s 
 Keywords: D8568 11.53 Bewdley-Kidderminster West Midlands Safari Park SO799748 Clayton Class 17 SVR Severn valey Railway diesel gala
D8568, 11.53 Bewdley-Kidderminster, West Midlands Safari Park SO799748 
 Making a heck of a racket Clayton number D9568 gets its train away from Bewdley leading the 11.53 to Kidderminster. This is the only remaining example of the one hundred and seventeen examples built that is widely regarded as the worst production locomotives of the modernisation plan for so many reasons not least being that they were constructed for work on the railways that had already virtually disappeared, namely short pick up mixed freight operations. The first examples were withdrawn in 1968 when some examples were just four years old! This example soldiered on until 1971 when it started a new career at a number of industrial sites.

There is an audio recording of this event on my youtube channel, see.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl8qQHne73s 
 Keywords: D8568 11.53 Bewdley-Kidderminster West Midlands Safari Park SO799748 Clayton Class 17 SVR Severn valey Railway diesel gala

Making a heck of a racket Clayton number D9568 gets its train away from Bewdley leading the 11.53 to Kidderminster. This is the only remaining example of the one hundred and seventeen examples built that is widely regarded as the worst production locomotives of the modernisation plan for so many reasons not least being that they were constructed for work on the railways that had already virtually disappeared, namely short pick up mixed freight operations. The first examples were withdrawn in 1968 when some examples were just four years old! This example soldiered on until 1971 when it started a new career at a number of industrial sites.


There is an audio recording of this event on my youtube channel, see.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl8qQHne73s