A rare appearance of a Class 50 at Kings Cross. 50 020 came to the rescue when the 0920 Hull - KX failed at Goole on 9 June 1978. It eventually returned north on the 1445 to Leeds

High summer in Hampshire... Sheep in the fields, and Class 50s on the rails. 50 017 with the 1222 Exeter - Waterloo, at Potbridge, near Winchfield. Bank hol Monday 28 August 1989

10 August 1991. 50 046 blasts through Surbiton Cutting with the 1315 Waterloo - Exeter

The afternoon sun catches 50 030 in Pirbright Cutting, as it heads the 1515 Waterloo - Exeter service

On the down road at New Malden, 50 016 heads two 4 TC units forming the 1015 Waterloo - Salisbury. Date: 23 September 1989

What a ride that must have been!! On 1 June 1985, 50 001 blasts through West Ealing with a relief service to the West of England

Sat 10 August 1991. 50 037 heads through the pretty tree lined cutting east of Surbiton with the 1020 Exeter St Davids - Waterloo

50 049 & 50 046 provide superpower for the 0810 Exeter St Davids - Waterloo on 25 May 1991. Seen here passing New Malden

Storming up the WR main near Maidenhead, large logo 50 008 leads 50 007 in GWR green livery

The driver looks for the off as 50 004 prepares to leave Bodmin Road on the down line. The train will move with just a release of the brakes, as the station is on a steep gradient.

You can almost feel the throb of the 16CSVT engine as 50 043 powers an up express through Dawlish Warren station. A wonderful memory, especially with the GWR signals

Sadly, the first class 50 to be withdrawn, was one of the best. Here 50 011 Centurion rests at Carlisle having worked a railtour from Plymouth over the Settle & Carlisle. Even the policeman is curious.

Exeter rail fair 30th April 1994. A classic study of the front end of a Class 50

In the bleak midwinter, 50 029 passes through New Malden in SW London with a west of England train, with a light dusting of snow on the ground

Oh that cursed wire...50 017 pauses at Basingstoke with the 1100 Waterloo-Exeter St Davids service. Photo taken with a (borrowed) Hasselblad 500c on Fuji 400 120 film

50 024 drifts towards the carriage sidings at Clapham Jcn in between west of England turns

A stunning location on the up line is the footbridge at Old Basing. On 5 May 1990, 50 003 thunders towards the capital with the 0811 Exeter St Davids - Waterloo

Sadly a view no longer possible - overhead catenary have ruined this classic photographic location. in happier days, 50 035 hauls a rake of Mk 1 stock towards Paddington on 1 June 1985

1 June 1985. Thundering westwards, 50 036 blasts through the verdant suburb of West Ealing with the 0950 service from Paddington. Mamiya 645 1/500 at f5.6

Deane is a rarely photographed location, in the heart of 'watercress' country west of Basingstoke. Here, 50 018 hurries an up express towards London on 5 May 1990