D1001 WESTERN PATHFINDER 1976 KNOWN WORKINGS DATABASE
D1001 at Newton Abbot with the 1B11 08.30 Cardiff-Penzance on July 31, 1976. The loco failed on the return working (1B64 15.15 Penzance-Bristol) and had to be assisted by a Class 25 from St. Austell to Plymouth where D1058 took over. D1001, on one engine only, went off to Laira for repairs.
Photo: © Adrian Curtis/WLRS Collection