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GB_17_Day_6_Wick_station_47832. 47832 rests inside the well-maintained, overall-roofed station at Wick, facing a drawing of a type of locomotive built specifically for working over the line between Inverness and Wick: a Jones Highland Railway 4-4-0 No.68 CAITHNESS (1874 - 1907). Caithness was the former Scottish county which included the town of Wick; today it is simply the Highland council region. The stencilled panels on the cabside of the diesel tell us it is a Class 47/A with a weight of 119 tons and a brake force of 60 tons. ETH Index 66 indicates that the locomotive is fitted for electric train heating and air-conditioning. One ETH Index is about 5kw, so an Index of 66 means 47832 can provide 330kw of power for ancillary services. RA 6 is the Route Availability for weight and the loco’s maximum speed is 95mph (152kph). Finally, the oval containing 10A goes back to British Railways steam days, when locomotives carried an oval plate on the smokebox door, indicating the number/letter code of the engine shed where they were based. 10A was the London Midland Region code for Carnforth engine shed, today the home base of West Coast Railways. 1st May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com

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A West Coast Railway's diesel loco class 47/4 47826 is seen at York. This photograph was taken on a bank holiday Monday the 27th of August 2007 Photo by Matthew Battye E-mail: matthew@rizzardi.karoo.co.uk

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West Coast Railway Company 47 832 at York on 20/12/18 Photo John Turner johnturner16@yahoo.co.uk

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Class 47854 Recently repainted in maroon livery, looking splendid with matching stock, 47854 skirts the Severn Estuary near Gatcombe with a footbal special heading for the Carling Cup Final between Middlesborough and Bolton played at the Millenium Staduim Cardiff. 29 February 2004. Photograph and copyright W.Smith (wa231_2000@yahoo.co.uk)

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WCRC 47854 leaves Newport with a shuttle service to Cardiff - 04/03/3006 Photo by Jonathan Lewis (jonathanmlewis@msn.com) Photo Website http://www.86242.fotopic.net