Chiltern and Cherwell Valley Lines
Pictures from the last days of steam to the present on the lines from Marylebone & Paddington through the Chiltern Hills and Cherwell Valley to Birmingham Snow Hill, plus associated branch lines. Photos are in chronological order, apart from the first few, oldest first! New (or old!) pictures are constantly being added!
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50037, Haddenham, 11th May 1988
A much-loved and now sorely-missed train was the sole loco-hauled working (all other trains were worked by DMUs) which stopped at Haddenham at 07:48 on its way from Leamington Spa to London Paddington, and returned from Paddington at 17:53 - though the times varied over the years. During the Network SouthEast era, Class 50 Co-Co Diesel No. 50037 "Illustrious" approaches Haddenham with 9 coaches in tow, the down working from Paddington on Wednesday 11th May 1988. Slide No. 19047.
