GALLERY: Class 50s return to Old Oak Common

A highlight of the Old Oak Common open day for many was the gathering of seven Class 50s.

The Type 4s were synomous with the depot until the final examples were transferred away following their replacement on Thames Valley trains by Class 47s.

Paul Spracklen supplied 50026 Indomitable, Boden Rail Engineering Ltd sent 50017 Royal Oak and pioneer 50050 Fearless while the Class 50 Alliance supplied 50007 Hercules, 50035 Ark Royal, 50044 Exeter and 50049 Defiance.

Six of the locomotives, 50007/017/026/044/049/050 were lined-up numerically while 50035 was part of the Legends of GWR line-up alongside 6023 King Edward II, 7903 Foremarke Hall, D821 Greyhound, D1015 Western Champion, 43002 Sir Kenneth Grange, 180102 and 800003 Queen Elizabeth II/Queen Victoria.

• A full round-up of the event will appear in RAIL 835, published on September 13.