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Listen to manager Paulette talk to us at East Suffolk One about the work and aims of the community project, Kirkley Pantry.

Kirkley Pantry - Community Food Project in Lowestoft

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North Lowestoft Men's Shed

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Mens Walk and Talk Suffolk - Lowestoft Wellbeing Group

The Anglian Diesel Farewell railtour 9th May 1987 Hertfordshire Railtours / British Rail
Locomotives used: D200 (40122), 37138 __________________________________________________________ 

During the 1980s, I spent a lot of my time riding around the British Rail network, mainly chasing Class 40s and then Class 50s, but also seeing and riding behind a number of other classes. I made a number of tape recordings at the time - many from the front window, some from the platform - using my trusty 'ghetto-blaster' or 'boom box' - and now these recordings can finally be heard :)

There were also many fine rail tours back in the 1980s, and it was often possible to get haulage behind your favourite class and travel over rare track at the same time, as with this tour, and all for a modest outlay of £15-20. Happy days 😍

The British Rail Class 40s were built by English Electric between 1958 and 1962. They were numbered D200-D399. Despite their initial success, by the time the last examples were entering service they were already being replaced on some top-level duties by more powerful locomotives. As they were slowly relegated from express passenger uses, the type found work on secondary passenger and freight services where they worked for many years. The final locomotives ended regular service in 1985. The locomotives were commonly known as "Whistlers" because of the distinctive noise made by their turbochargers.

And you will hear plenty of whistling on this 40min recording, made on Saturday 9th May 1987. The Anglian Diesel Farewell railtour was joint organised by British Rail (InterCity) and Hertfordshire Railtours to mark the end of diesel haulage on the Great Eastern Main Line between London Liverpool Street and Norwich. 

British Railways originally ordered ten Class 40s, then known as "English Electric Type 4s", as evaluation prototypes. They were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. The first locomotive, D200, was delivered to Stratford on 14 March 1958. Following fitter and crew training, D200 made its passenger début on an express train from London Liverpool Street to Norwich on 18 April 1958. Five of the prototypes, Nos. D200, D202-D205, were trialled on similar services on the former Great Eastern routes, whilst the remaining five, Nos. D201, D206-D209, worked on Great Northern services on the East Coast Main Line.

The InterCity Great Eastern Main Line between London and Norwich was diesel operated from 1958 until 1985, when the Liverpool Street - Ipswich section was electrified. The last section from Ipswich to Norwich was finally energised in May 1987, when through electric services commenced.

For this recording, we travel behind the original Class 40 - celebrity loco D200 (40122) - along with Class 37 37138 on the Anglian Diesel Farewell railtour. The recordings have survived in good shape, having been made using a quality TDK SA-90 metal tape. Enjoy the sound of the English Electric Type 3 and Type 4 - for a good 40mins you can immerse yourself in reliving the experience of hanging out of a Mark 1 carriage window behind classic diesels 😎

Recordings taken at: London Liverpool Street - King’s Lynn - Lowestoft - Oulton Broad North - Reedham - Brundall - Norwich - London Liverpool Street

Track 1 0m-6m D200 departs Liverpool Street
Track 2 6m-10m D200 release and run-round at King’s Lynn
Track 3 10m-14m30s 37138 arrives at Lowestoft c/w plenty of basher blather 😍
Track 4 14m30s-16m 37138 reverses the empty stock out of Lowestoft at speed!
Track 5 16m-26m 37138 Lowestoft - Oulton Broad North, through Reedham, through Brundall
Track 6 26m-31m D200 departs Norwich
Track 7 31m-39m D200 ‘revved up’ by the driver under the station roof after arrival at Liverpool St - with encouragement from the bashers on the platform - shut down followed by start up again, and final departure light engine to Stratford 😍

More info on the tour here: https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/870509hr.htm

Happy days 😍

Railtour Memories - English Electrics D200 + 37138 on the Anglian Diesel Farewell - 09May1987

Hans en Lisanne zeilen al jaren samen op een kleine Jouet Sheriff. Met het bootje van 6 meter 20 doen ze mee aan de Small Ships Race, een prestatietocht van IJmuiden naar Lowestoft in Engeland. Met veel plezier brengen vader en dochter 24 uur door op een hele kleine ruimte. In deze podcast reis je met ze mee naar Lowestoft en kom je te weten waarom het zo leuk is om samen te varen.

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