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I can indeed vouch for it being spot on. Here's what it looked like when I first took a photo of it in back 1984 (primarily because I'd never seen a LL 37 before at the time):
http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p1012715457/h30931ff2#h30931ff2
68021 arrives a tad late into Worcester Shrub Hill on The Lakeland Explorer railtour (16/07/2016) due to a trespassing incident at the station:
http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p553184638/h7bb96d64#h7bb96d64
New 62-page book written by Greg Morse published by Shire Books, due out in late July, with some interesting early photographs of BR diesel locos.
The cover photo used for the book is of 55019 in preservation, the un-cropped original is here...
37197 trundles past light engine: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p1012715457/h79037132#h79037132
47086 on tanks: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p1012715457/h2c741c68#h2c741c68
50049 at BTM: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p828726000/h16e30708#h1a368480
50049 and author at Minehead: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p828726000/h16e30708#hebf95b1
OTDIH in 1984. Happily two of these are still with us:
50005: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p949461847/h375bc29e#h375bc29e
50015: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p949461847/h375bc29e#h3eab17bf
50037: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p949461847/h375bc29e#h35289a7b
50049...
I popped out during my lunch break and saw this stranger:
http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p949461847/h3decf540#h3decf540
http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p949461847/h3decf540#h29e12489
Nice fot there....and here is when it was a real one back in its day:
http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p1012715457/h30931ff2#h30931ff2
I remember taking the fot as though it was yesterday. I'd not seen a 37 in LL before.
Split-box heaven at Mallaig...
33007: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p1012715457/h19396f9c#h19396f9c
37127: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p1012715457/h2de56453#h2de56453 with the old Royal Mail building in background
45066: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p1012715457/h2e6eca9e#h2e6eca9e
50029...
Quality traction at Birmingham NS in 1984:
50034: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p949461847/h2b80af8e#h2b80af8e
81012: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p1012715457/h2d4480d9#h2d4480d9 still with dominoes
86206: http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/p1012715457/h2d4480d9#h29879715
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