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Pete Piszczek - Deltic Pictorial Railtour 1977

Tickets 24th September 1977

I took the Deltic Pictorial rail tour back in 1977. Because I had to take a train into London to catch the Deltic hauled express to Edinburgh, I barely caught the train much less had the opportunity to take any pictures. It was dark when we returned to Kings Cross so the only pictures taken that day were at Haymarket depot and Edinburgh station. Edinburgh and back in a day, makes for a very long day.

27207, Edinburgh Waverley 24th September 1977 27104, Edinburgh Waverley 24th September 1977 47273, Edinburgh Waverley 24th September 1977 47273, Edinburgh Waverley 24th September 1977 Class 27, Edinburgh Waverley 24th September 1977 27207, Edinburgh Waverley 24th September 1977

BR was kind enough to have DMU service between the station and the locomotive depot - our visit coincided with an open house.

Class 40, Edinburgh Haymarket 24th September 1977 Class 47, Class 27 and 25068, Edinburgh Haymarket 24th September 1977 25068, Edinburgh Haymarket 24th September 1977 Overall view, Edinburgh Haymarket 24th September 1977 87001 'Royal Scot', Edinburgh Haymarket 24th September 1977 55011, Edinburgh Waverley 24th September 1977

The shots where all taken on September 24th 1977, with a Pentax Spotmatic on Kodak Plus X (?), and processed in my bathroom. I guess I did not leave the negatives in the fixer long enough since they are beginning to fade quite badly. Fortunately, I was able to to reverse the process on the PC…