Kings Cross
Plenty of interest at Kings Cross station as D0280 Falcon backs down past the distinctive signal box to join its train on 1 September 1962. The shadows suggest it was around mid-day. 'Falcon', built by Brush in 1961 as a one-off prototype, had twin Maybach engines like the Westerns but electric rather than hydraulic transmission. In 1970 it was purchased by British Rail and ran for a further five years as a Class 53 numbered 1200. It was scrapped in 1976.
Location: Kings Cross
Original line: London to Peterborough (Great Northern Railway)
Photographer: Colin Kirkwood
Contact photographer: Colin Kirkwood
Date: 01/09/1962
Image number: 79731
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