The Class 47 diesel locomotive was a mainstay of British Rail, with
512 built in the 1960s. As such, they were a daily sight throughout
the UK, working express passenger and heavy freight trains as well
as more mundane local passenger and wagon-load freight all over
Britain. For rail enthusiasts, 'bashing' emerged as the art of
trying to ride behind as many locos as possible. Largely due to
their prolific numbers, the 47s were often disliked by bashers and
the 47s were often given the disparaging nickname 'Duffs', but to
those who followed them, they were 'Brush', an abbreviation of
Brush Type 4, which was how BR originally referred to them.
However, as time passed and other classes of locomotive fell by the
wayside, a far greater appreciation of them is now the norm. This
book records 1982 to 1985 and many days spent trying to travel
behind all 507 of the Class 47s that were still in traffic at that
time. There were triumphs and disasters in the course of these
travels, but you got to go the length and breadth of the country
and the book contains a wide variety of colour photographs of Class
47s at work from Inverness to Penzance.
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