BR 56049 with a train from one of the Mendip quarries at Warminster on 17 April 1986. It was the poor overall reliability of these (and other) BR locomotives and the resultant business impact that led to Foster Yeoman introducing the privately owned class 59, and all that followed in the UK freight market.
Location: Warminster
Original line: Warminster Branch (Great Western Railway)
Photographer: Peter Todd
Contact photographer: Peter Todd
Date: 17/04/1986
Image number: 23123