Brush Type 4 47245 'V. E. Day 75th Anniversary'

 

V E Day 75th Anniversary, Brush Type 4, West Coast Railways, 47245

 

Photo above 47245, names 'V. E. Day 75th Anniversary' on May 8th 2020, at West Coast Railways Depot, Carnforth. Photo thanks to West Coast Railways

For the 75th anniversary of V. E. Day on 8th May 2020, staff from the Carnforth depot of West Coast Railways clubbed together to fund nameplates 'V. E. Day 75th Anniversary' to be put on Brush Type 4 47245. This was done with the support and permission by West Coast Railways Company Limited who own the locomotive.

 

The locomotive was built at Loughborough, by Brush and put into traffic on 3rd December 1966. 'V. E. Day 75th Anniversary 47245 is often used on West Coast Railway's special charter trains, and sometimes visits Scarborough.

 

 

 Remembrance Day 2021,West Coast Railways, Class 57 locomotive, 57601 with poppy

 

Photo above, locomotive 57601 at West Coast Railways, Carnforth Depot with poppy ready for Remembrance Day, November 2021, thanks to Gareth for the photo.

 

Remembrance Day 2021, Type 3, Class 37, West Coast Railways

 

Photo above, English Electric Type 3, Diesel Locomotive at West Coast Railways, Carnforth Depot with poppy for ready for Remembrance Day, November 2021, thanks to Gareth for the photo.

Updated 7.11.2021