Red light at Surbiton! Behind 46026 on the 'Class 46 Tribute' railtour
<b>Railtours of the 1980s</b> 
Taken out of the window, on a quiet Sunday morning, as we slow down to a crawl with the Down Fast signal at red! -  behind Class 46 Peak 46026 'Leicestershire &amp; Derbyshire Yeomanry' on the 'Class 46 Tribute' railtour. Peaks on the Southern Region were a somewhat rare sight, but the 'normals' on the platform don't seem to be impressed :)

More on the 'Class 46 Tribute' here: <a href="https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/840617_1.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/840617_1.htm</a>

<b>Locomotive History</b>
<b>D163 / 46026 'The Leicestershire &amp; Derbyshire Yeomanry'</b> 
D163 was built at Derby Works, entering traffic in April 1962. The locomotive spent its early years on Midland Main Line duties with spells allocated to Derby, Cricklewood and Toton. It was named 'Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry' shortly after delivery at Derby on the 14th April 1962. In May 1971 it was transferred to the Western Region being allocated to Bristol Bath Road followed by Cardiff Cantonfrom May 1975 and Laira from May 1977. In August 1979 it received a classified repair at Derby but was surprisingly put into store a year later in September 1980. However two months later it returned to traffic and was transferred to Gateshead. 

On the 17th November 1984 it worked the Derby – Newcastle section of 1Z09 Grampian Highlander Railtour, which proved to be its final working, as the following day it was stopped at Gateshead with multiple earth faults, and six days later on the 25th November 1984 it was withdrawn. Surprisingly for a 'celebrity loco', it was broken up at Doncaster works during March 1985. Courtesy again of <a href="/photos/pics-by-john/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">John Woolley Photos</a>

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. <b>Scanned from the original negative with minimal digital restoration.</b>

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