Image D1023, preserved, NRM
D1023, preserved, NRM
D1023, preserved, NRM As a young spotter in the West Country during the mid-1970s, I managed to photograph some Westerns, for example..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/C296307204/x4-westbury-27-03-76 but D1023 'Western Fusileer' was a member of the dwindling members of the class that avoided my lens! Here it is resplendent in its BR blue livery now preserved as part of the national collection. The locomotive is famous for being one of those involved in the final ever Western-hauled train on BR on 26.02.77, the fabled 'Western Tribute' charter. Keywords: D1023 preserved NRM National Railway Museum Western Fusileer
D1023, preserved, NRM As a young spotter in the West Country during the mid-1970s, I managed to photograph some Westerns, for example..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/C296307204/x4-westbury-27-03-76 but D1023 'Western Fusileer' was a member of the dwindling members of the class that avoided my lens! Here it is resplendent in its BR blue livery now preserved as part of the national collection. The locomotive is famous for being one of those involved in the final ever Western-hauled train on BR on 26.02.77, the fabled 'Western Tribute' charter. Keywords: D1023 preserved NRM National Railway Museum Western Fusileer


As a young spotter in the West Country during the mid-1970s, I managed to photograph some Westerns, for example..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/C296307204/x4-westbury-27-03-76 but D1023 'Western Fusileer' was a member of the dwindling members of the class that avoided my lens! Here it is resplendent in its BR blue livery now preserved as part of the national collection. The locomotive is famous for being one of those involved in the final ever Western-hauled train on BR on 26.02.77, the fabled 'Western Tribute' charter.