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Memories of the fine art of Vac bashing - never missed a chance to take the pose beside my favourite 50 😎
Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many happy hours with my friends riding the rails behind the mighty 'Hoovers' or Class 50s on the Paddington-Oxford and Waterloo-Exeter routes, with many a ride and a drink or two in Oxford, regular forays down to Exeter, and on occasion into deepest Cornwall.

My interest in the railways waned permanently around 1990-91 with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.

As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;)

50031 'Hood' is seen here about to depart from Waterloo - just time for 'yours truly' to pose for a photo!

Picture courtesy of my fellow basher Tim Proudman 😎

Locomotive History
D431 entered service 06-Jul-68
Renumbered 50031 in 1974
Named 'Hood' 28-Jun-78
Withdrawn 05-Aug-91

The 'Mighty Hood' happily made it into preservation, and is now located on the Severn Valley Railway. More information here: www.svrwiki.com/BR_Class_50_50031_Hood
and here: www.fiftyfund.org.uk/index.php/our-locomotives/50031-hood

You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/

Taken in: UK / England / Lambeth / Bishop's (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1988

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