1987

83015 stands at London Euston awaiting the road with the ECS off an overnight sleeper service on 19/1/1987.

37100+37047 stand at Peak Forest South SS prior to working 6J46 Peak Forest South SS-Hope Street (Salford) on 22/04/1987.

37047+37100 blast away from Peak Forest through Dove Holes cutting whilst working 6J46 Peak Forest South SS-Hope Street (Salford) on 22/04/1987.

47363 passes Peak Forest South whilst working 6L41 0812 Tunstead Sdgs-Oakleigh Sdgs on 22/04/1987.

Class 120 DMBC/116 DMBS hybrid, 51785/53072 shunt from platform 2 to platform 1 at Buxton after arriving on the rear of the 1315 Manchester Piccadilly-Buxton service on 23/04/1987.

142012+142xxx are turned on the triangle at Chinley on 23/04/1987.

47236 passes through Dove Holes cutting whilst working 7F17 Peak Forest South SS-Warrington Walton Old Jnct on 23/04/1987.

37047+37211 blast out of Dove Holes tunnel and into the cutting whilst in charge of the empties from Hope Street (Salford)-Peak Forest South SS on 23/04/1987.

With the morning mist still lingering on the hillsides, 47236 approaches Chinley East Jnct whilst working a Peak Forest South SS-Earles Sdgs trip working on 23/04/1987.

37683+37684 await the road after discharging their load of aggregates from Peak Forest at Washwood Heath RMC on 2x/04/1987.

45142 is exhibited at Coalville Mantle Lane's 'Open Day' on 31/05/1987.

33056 'The Burma Star' + 33027 'Earl Mountbatten of Burma' are exhibited at Coalville Mantle Lane's 'Open Day' on 31/05/1987. The pair had arrived at the Leicestershire depot with 'The Coalville Scrutator' railtour from London St Pancras.

1502, formerley E27000 'Electra', is exhibited at Coalville Mantle Lane's 'Open Day' on 31/05/1987 sporting its Dutch Railways livery after returning to the UK for preservation. Built by Metropolitan-Vickers between 1953 & 1954 for use on the Trans Penine Woodhead Route between Manchester and Sheffield, the class was withdrawn during 1968 and sold to the Dutch national railway operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen the following year where they gained useful employment until 1986.

Having run away from Birch Coppice colliery and eventually derailling alongside the Derby-Birmingham mainline at Kingsbury, 58013 is well and truly 'in the dirt' on 06/08/1987. Here the aftermath of the derailment is evident as numerous workers prepare for a busy night ahead.

37675 'William Cookworthy' comes off the Parkandillack Branch at Burngullow on a miserable 23/11/1987 with five PBA's from Kernick Driers bound initially for St Blazey where they would be added to a Speedlink service for destinations further north.

50044 'Exeter' is recessed in the loop to the east of Par station on 23/11/1987 with a Tavistock Junction-Burngullow china clay empties.

50044 'Exeter' passes through Par during a heavy shower on 23/11/1987 with a Tavistock Junction-Burngullow china clay empties.

08955 departs St Blazey SS on a trip to collect traffic from Par Harbour on 23/11/1987.

37675 'William Cookworthy' stands on the turntable at St Blazey TMD during a lunchtime layover on 23/11/1987.

37673 rests between duties at St Blazey (BZ) on 23/11/1987. 37675 is visible on the turntable with 37674+37670 in the distance.