Czesziafan
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I am trying to date a photo of Warship class 43 D859 in blue double heading with Brush prototype D0280 at Reading in the mid-1960's. Vanquisher is in BR blue with full yellow ends and arrow emblems and numbers on all 4 cabsides. Falcon is in its two-tone green. The leading BG is in BR maroon and the rest of the rake of Mark 1 stock appears to be in BR blue / grey. The headcode is 1B17, which in the 1966/7 WTT was the 13.45 Paddington - Bristol TM. One book, Double Headed Diesels Nationwide by Adrian Vaughan (OPC 1980) includes a photo of the same pairing, by David Canning, which seems to have been taken of the same working and is dated 16/06/1966. However I don't think that date is correct because the image was clearly taken in the autumn or winter as the weather is foggy and the train's steam heating is working overtime. I know that David Canning's dates can be a little awry as he did not always record the date and details of the working, seemingly focusing on the photography rather than what it records.
Can anyone confirm the date of this unusual working or confirm the date when Swindon outshopped D859 in blue which might make it easier to narrow down the date please?
Can anyone confirm the date of this unusual working or confirm the date when Swindon outshopped D859 in blue which might make it easier to narrow down the date please?