Class 03, 03.050

[Big Jumby 74]

Hi all, may be another long shot here? 03.050 was withdrawn from Norwich (NR) mid '70s I think (from memory), but was subsequently re-instated to Cambridge (CA) about 1977 for a couple of years. I noted it at the latter in October '77 with two classmates on CA depot.
I've been trying to locate a photo of this loco in it's blue/TOPS livery days for some time (the image can be B&W, just looking for some detail), and have been trawling through Flikr etc until I'm crossed eyed!

Hoping someone may know of such an image, or can point me in the right direction of one, should posting same on here not be possible?

Thanks for reading.

 

[jbqfc]

I have found a couple on Flickr
03050 03050

John

 

[Big Jumby 74]

Diamond mate, thank you! I tried various 'search' parameters including the number and had all but given up. Those do answer what I was looking for as well, so cheers.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Glad you found what you were looking for. I do have photos but they are back in the UK.

 

[Big Jumby 74]

Thank you GRALISTAIR for your input. The images supplied above give me the detail I was looking for, but as always, I am thankful for any input in to my occasional requests. Cheers.

 

[jbqfc]

Diamond mate, thank you! I tried various 'search' parameters including the number and had all but given up. Those do answer what I was looking for as well, so cheers.

Your welcome Flickr can bit a bit hit and miss when searching using numbers

 

[Big Jumby 74]

I have found a couple on Flickr
03050 03050

This might be classed as 'Trivia' in forum terms, but as it's a direct follow on from these images, I will pose this musing here: noticed on this loco that the data panel has been applied immediately below the loco number, with the double arrow below that. From what I can find the majority (of blue 03s) had the data panel placed below the double arrow, at bottom of cab side. There were a few other variations - data panel applied forward of double arrow etc - but those such as 03050 (as shown) are quite a few in number, and from what I can gather (images various sources) all such examples seem to have been through or been associated with Norwich (NR) depot at some point or other.
Just wondering if this was indeed a NR touch, or the work of one particular painter perhaps?