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With news that the ‘patchwork quilt’ that was 37401 has been made to look even worse with possibly the worst ever ‘repaint’ into EWS maroon with yellow stripe and small stencilled cab side numbers but without logos and the yellow ends untouched, we show a couple of views of ’401. Above the rather shabby former ‘Royal Scotsman’ approaching Shawford with the 6O26 Hinksey to Eastleigh Yard on 27th July 2006 and below at Didcot (with Mainline blue 37/0 37248 ‘Midland Railway Centre’) in happier times with full regalia and snowploughs on 13th April 2002.

87101 ‘Stephenson’ in Railfreight Distribution livery races past Heath and Reach with a southbound calcium carbonate slurry working, sadly this unique loco was scrapped at Barrow Hill in 2002.

47806 in Inter City Swallow livery stands at Bristol Temple Meads with a Breakdown Train on 29th June 1991. This loco has been converted to 57309 ‘Brains’ and is part of the ATTB pool with Virgin Trains

60067 ‘James Clerk Maxwell’ in Trainload Coal livery is seen at Didcot Power Station on a Merry Go Round coal service, circa 1990.