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Southern Pacific 7519 was constructed in May 1967 by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division under the construction number of 32837 and order number of 7971, and began its life as Southern Pacific #8923 and it was delivered to the Southern Pacific Transportation Company that same year in 1967.
Birmingham Central 7521 On the X1 to Coventry, a time where x1 was pure diesel, was quite fun seeing these go up to speed, I’m not sure on how hybrid did the speed bits of the X1, but these mmcs were top tier, a time people will never get to experience no more
D7523 rolls into Annan on July 17th 1985 in charge of the 17.40 Carlisle - Glasgow Central service. On the opposite track the 'Fairlie' nuclear flask train passes, running from Hunterston to Sellafield for processing of spent material, the train this day hauled by a Class 20.
D7525, 25175 The driver's desk for D7525 taken sometime during May 1985. The twenty year ten month career of D7525/25175 was allocated to a handful of London Midland Region depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works.
Dual brake fitted.
Final exhaust roof panel: raised, square.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: 100 months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 17 months.
-Here an 0-6-0T No 7527 climbs the start of the incline under full pressure, on 4 May 1934. The loco was designed in 1924, from a Midland design, steam pressure 160 lb, tractive effort 20,835 lbs, graded 3F, originally a North London Rail design, then Midland Rail, then L.M.S, finally B.R.
Orenstein & Koppel Locomotive Number 7529 0-4-0 today at Midland Railway - Butterley . A lovely little loco that features the unusual extra of a steam bell.
D7535 arrives on the SDR by road 12th October 2018 The locomotive was built at BR's Darlington works. After leaving the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway in late 2018, it began visiting various other heritage railways across the UK for galas and events, including the Severn Valley, West Somerset, and Great Central Railways.
