Colour splash! A comparison of Mark 1 CK W7161 + Motor Luggage Van (MLV) S68001 seen at the Sandwich photo-stop on 1Z25 'The Vulcan Vantrain' railtour
<b>Sat. 15th March 1986 1Z25 - 'The Vulcan Vantrain' railtour</b>
One of the highlights of this fabulous tour was the rare opportunity to get Souther Region MLV haulage! And not one but a pair :) Here is a detail shot showing one of the pair S68001 displaying the short-lived 'Jaffa-cake' livery coupled to Mark 1 coach W7161. 
<b>Location forgotten - anyone? The units worked a circular route:- Ashford-Sandwich - Dover - Ashford.
Update - my good friend Llew has identified location as Sandwich, Kent :)</b>

The railtour, organised by the Southern Electric Group (SEG) and the Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB) covered some very rare track for a Class 50, the highlight being the first ever visit of a Class 50 to Hastings and also the first standard loading gauge Mark 1 loco hauled train to traverse the line from Tonbridge to Hastings. More on the railtour here: <a href="https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/860315lc.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/860315lc.htm</a>

<b>Photos that were nearly lost to oblivion!
This one was a record Frame 39 of a 36exp film :)</b>
The original slide was rescued from a box of 'duds' that I could never quite bring myself to throw away - now I am glad that I kept them ;)

Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. <b>Scanned from the original slide with no digital restoration</b>

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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