Roaming the West Coast Rails: Shilton, Warwickshire (91m6ch from London Euston)

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Roaming the West Coast Rails: Shilton, Warwickshire (91m6ch from London Euston)
Roaming the West Coast Rails: Shilton, Warwickshire (91m6ch from London Euston)

English Electric Type 4 No. D314 passes the closed station at Shilton with a down express in the late afternoon of a brilliant 1st June 1963.

From the summer of 1959, these locomotives began to replace a variety of British Railways and LMS steam locomotive designs on the west coast route from Euston. They were a stopgap ahead of electrification, which was initially implemented southwards from Manchester then Liverpool to London. London electric services started in November 1965, though the original route to Coventry and on to Stafford was not electrified until March 1967.

The omission from this photo essay of any images between Euston and Shilton was a difficult decision. Certainly it wasn't due to lack of material nor lack of interest. Ultimately though I couldn't make the essay 'work' to my satisfaction in the arbitrary 12 images I've allocated.

Photograph by an unknown photographer, now part of my collection.

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Taken on: June 1, 1963
Sets appears in:   • Roaming the West Coast Rails (Christmas 2024)    • Nic Joynson Collection   
Groups appears in:   • BR Diesels in the 1960s    • British rail best of the best   
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