20172 + 20163 seen arriving at Boston with the second 'chopper hauled' train of the day - 1E26 0825 Leicester - Skegness 😎:)
<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! As there were often three separate workings from Leicester, Derby and Nottingham, it was quite a game to try and scratch all three pairs on the day :) So the usual move, as seen here, was to leave the first pair at Boston and catch the following pair onto Skegness, leaving the third pair home 😎 20172 + 20163 arrive at Boston with the second train of the day from the Midlands - 1E26 0825 Leicester - Skegness. Note the excellent dark blue Eastern region station sign.

<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

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>
class20 diesel locomotive englishelectric boston station stationsign 20159 d8159 8159 20160 d8160 8160 20163 d8163 8163 20172 d8172 8172 20180 d8180 8180 20190 d8190 8190 signalbox