Class 47 Diesel locomotive number D1627

This material is held atGwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service

  • Reference
    • GB 2008 CP185/68
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1970 Jul 16
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item

Scope and Content

Introduced in 1963, built by Brush Traction at Loughborough and by British Rail at Crewe Works.

On dorse:

DETAILS re train referring to Dock Strike and that the train is carrying iron ore from Bidston Dock to Summers' Steel Works.

[B/W photograph originally from newspaper editor's office donated to Llandudno and Conwy Valley Railway Society by Kenny Thompson, the Society's Secretary. Copyright Bob Bird, [14] Crescent [Rd], Wallasey. Slightly damaged at the top left hand corner]