Latest posts tagged with #class52 on Bluesky
A class 52 diesel locomotive pulling passenger carriages on a bright, sunny blue-skies day. The train is passing through Culham, a station in Oxfordshire.
Locomotive D1015 „Western Champion“ (Class 52) hauling The South Devon Explorer in spring last year, May 10th 2025. Beautiful day, beautiful weather, ideal for a railtour! 🚅
📸 Nikon Z6III
#class52 #trains #uktrains #trainspotting #railways #ukrailways #railfan #railtour #oxfordshire #photography
Slow running mineral freight tonight. Some dodgy coupling going on so strictly under the speed limit. #ngauge #class73 #class52 #westernduke And might need to raise council tax in Tiny Town, one of the street lights is out.
End of the Line:
Farewell #PathfinderTours, thanks for all the smiles. #Class52 'Western' D1015 "Western Champion", as D1001 "Western Pathfinder" on one side only, at Manchester Victoria. What a way to end off 52 years!
Severn Valley Railway. D1062 Western Courier. Crewr, 1963. New to 81A (Old Oak Common), withdrawn 08/1974. One of the 44 built at Crewe. Photo: 05.10.2002. #Class52 #WesternCourier
Bridgenorth, Severn Valley Railway. D1023 Western Fusilier. Swindon, 1963. New to 86A (Cardiff Canton), withdrawn 02/1977. Photo: 05.10.2002. #Bridgenorth #Class52 #WesternFusilier
D1010 Western Campaigner. Swindon, 1962. New to 81A (Old Oak Common), withdrawn 02/1977. Ex. Foster Yeoman, Merehead Quarry, Somerset as D1035 Western Yeoman. Photos: Williton, 11/2015 (1); Bishops Lydeard, 11/2017 (2). #Williton #BishopsLydeard #Class52 #WesternCampaigner
Class 52 Western at Truro with a Leeds train, 28.8.1972
#Class52 #Western #Truro #WesternRegion #BritishRail #Train #Railway #1970s #1972Images
A full set:
ELR's D7076 makes my final required class of Western Hydraulic.
Bloody hell I love these things...
#Class35 #Class42 #Class52
Western at Wolverhampton 😱
D1015 Western Champion awaits the road at Wolverhampton with a Vintage Trains Charter for Carlisle 📸
#DOTS #Railphotography #trainphotography #railwaytwitter #class52 #westernchampion #vintagetrains
D1015 Western Champion at Langstone Rock, nr Dawlish Warren on Saturday, May 10th.
D1015 Western Champion approaches Totnes in the late afternoon on Saturday, May 10th.
Perfect weather, perfect traction, perfect locations. D1015 Western Champion at Langstone Rock and Totnes on Saturday, May 10th. It was just a perfect day!
#class52 #Western #britishrail #dieselhydraulic #trains
The far, far superior traction to everything (apart from the 56s, which are level pegging) that I've posted from May's haul so far!
A Class 52 'Western' of 1960s vintage with some equally vintage Class 20s. D1015 "Western Champion" is an absolute stunner! #classictraction #class52
