Class 50 50042 'Triumph' seen in the sunshine at London Waterloo with 2V13 13.15 Waterloo - Exeter
<b>Memories of the fine art of Vac bashing</b>
Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many, many happy hours with my friends riding the rails behind the mighty 'Hoovers' or Class 50s. As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;)

<b>D442 / 50042 'Triumph'</b> - seen at the head of the 13.15 Waterloo-Exeter. Despite her rundown paintwork, she is still looking like a mighty fine piece of English Electric engineering.
Perhaps I cropped in just a tad too enthusiastically on this one 😂 :)

<u><b>'A day in the life' - log book update:</b></u>
<u>Tuesday 15th November 1988</u> - 50042 on 2V13 Waterloo - Andover.

<b>Locomotive History</b>
D442 entered service 05-Oct-68
Renumbered 50042 in 1974
Named 'Triumph' 04-Oct-78
Withdrawn 15-Oct-90

'50042 Triumph worked its last train in October 1990 and was withdrawn the same month due to it being surplus to requirements, thereby becoming the 23rd Class 50 locomotive to be withdrawn after over 22 years of active service. Engine hours stood at 8,049.

50042 was bought by the Bodmin &amp; Wenford Diesel Group in November 1991. It was moved from Laira (Plymouth) depot, where it had languished since being withdrawn, to the Bodmin &amp; Wenford Railway in March 1992.

Following repairs and overall during the 2015, 50042 was repainted in the British Rail Large Logo livery complete with a black roof. This variant of the livery had been carried by 50042 during its time with British Rail.' More info here: <a href="https://www.englishelectric.org.uk/50042" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.englishelectric.org.uk/50042</a>

50042 'Triumph' happily made it into preservation, and is now located on the Bodmin &amp; Wenford Railway in sunny Cornwall. More information here: <a href="https://bodmin-heritage-diesels.co.uk/home1/the-fleet/class-50042/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">bodmin-heritage-diesels.co.uk/home1/the-fleet/class-50042/</a>

Taken with a Nikon F-501 SLR camera and 75-200mm zoom lens.

You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: <a href="http://www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/</a>
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