HST. Probably one of the most bizarre 'railway' photos you can get! This image of the High Level Bridge and Gateshead TMD was taken from the flightdeck of an RAF Hercules some 800ft above Newcastle, whilst the plane was preparing to make a low-level fly-past having dropped the Red Devils parachute team from 10,000ft over the Town Moor during 1987. What could be a cross-country HST set is sat on the High Level Bridge with several 37s and 47s just visible on the depot! The 'obstruction' in front of the camera is actually the co-pilot...! (MD)
HST. Probably one of the most bizarre 'railway' photos you can get! This image of the High Level Bridge and Gateshead TMD was taken from the flightdeck of an RAF Hercules some 800ft above Newcastle, whilst the plane was preparing to make a low-level fly-past having dropped the Red Devils parachute team from 10,000ft over the Town Moor during 1987. What could be a cross-country HST set is sat on the High Level Bridge with several 37s and 47s just visible on the depot! The 'obstruction' in front of the camera is actually the co-pilot...! (MD)
23rd November 2008
22. Prototype Images; North-East England in the 1980s and early 1990s
Airthrey Park Gallery @ fotopic.net
DMU 7. A 4-car set of 101 vehicles heads over the High Level bridge with a Newcastle to Sunderland working in March 1981, with one vehicle still in the initial white livery applied to refurbished DMUs.Previous | Index

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