Third pair of Class 20s 20159 + 20190 arriving at Skegness with 1E28 0856 Derby - Skegness - as seen from the cab of 20172 😎:)
<b>Choppers to Skeggy 😎:)</b>
Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. In between times, we did of course go bashing other quality classes, and the pairs of Class 20s that used to be employed on Summer Saturday workings from the Midlands to Skegness were always a riot! There were often three separate workings from Leicester, Derby and Nottingham, making it quite a game to try and scratch all three pairs on the day :)

This shot shows a rare view from the cab of a Class 20 - me (and my two friends) were very lucky to secure a cab ride from the friendly driver of pair 20163 + 20172 as they were shunt-released by the Class 08 station pilot :) In this view, the third pair of the day 20159 + 20190 are just arriving from the Midlands with 1E28 0856 Derby - Skegness as we leave the station in the cab of 20172 😎:)

<u><b>'A day in the life' - log book update:</b></u> 
<u>Sunday 31st July 1983</u> - three pairs of Class 20s were enjoyed on trains between derby, Nottingham and Skegness :)

<b>The Pairs</b>
20160 + 20180 - we had from Nottingham - Boston for
<b>20163 + 20172 - from Boston - Skegness + cab ride in 20172 on the shunt-release!</b> for
20159 + 20190 - our train back to Derby - seen arriving on the inbound service

My interest in the railways waned permanently with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.

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>Photos that were nearly lost to oblivion!</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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