What a difference 50 years makes.....

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[PhilWakely]

What a difference 50 years makes!
 
Hastings unit 1034 passes the closed station at Pinhoe with the Saturdays Only 1355 Exeter St David's to Brighton in April 1974;



Faux Hastings Unit 1001 passes the well-used station at Pinhoe with the returning 'Cogload Climber' (1Z15 1440 Exeter Central to Hastings) on 06/04/24

[JayMac]

A quick and dirty video of 1001 as I passed it at Gillingham, Dorset on my way home.
https://youtu.be/eQCBAx1KcIs?si=PqJWzBw_MKlP_cUj

[Electric train]

What a difference 50 years makes!
 
Hastings unit 1034 passes the closed station at Pinhoe with the Saturdays Only 1355 Exeter St David's to Brighton in April 1974;



Faux Hastings Unit 1001 passes the well-used station at Pinhoe with the returning 'Cogload Climber' (1Z15 1440 Exeter Central to Hastings) on 06/04/24

1001 is actually a genuine "Hastings Thumper" ................ 1034 is just a standard "Thumper"

[PhilWakely]

1001 is actually a genuine "Hastings Thumper" ................ 1034 is just a standard "Thumper"

Agreed, but the '1001' shown above is not the original 1001, but an amalgam of 1012, 1013 and others. I should really have described it as 'Faux 1001, Hastings Thumper'

[Electric train]

1001 is actually a genuine "Hastings Thumper" ................ 1034 is just a standard "Thumper"

Agreed, but the '1001' shown above is not the original 1001, but an amalgam of 1012, 1013 and others. I should really have described it as 'Faux 1001, Hastings Thumper'

All the "big 4" and BR^▸ (British Rail(ways)) locos, multiple units and rolling stock were an amalgam of bits even to the extent multiple unit coaches were swapped when in the works for refurb