On the 16th of June 2011 In super evening light 47501 + 47810 power through Kings Sutton with 1Z64 Ascot - Manchester Victoria Northern Belle 'Ladies Day' special, running around 6 minutes late at this point on their booked schedule the scene would have looked a whole lot different if they would have turned up on time, as with only 3 minutes to spare a huge black cloud which had been covering the sun for the 40 minutes previous finally pushed clear, there was certainly relief all around when that unmistakeable Class 47 horn could be heard as it approached the foot crossing in the distance
47712 leads 1Z47 Paignton - Preston 'The Devonian' through Pilning on the 28th of August 2010, the consist formed mainly of striking Virgin liveried MK2's and with 47501 tagged on the rear which powered the south bound train in the morning
47727 made an appearance at Gossington near Cam and Dursley on the 8th of February 2011 while working a interesting move from Long Marston - Eastleigh as 5Z47 conveying 8 motorail vans and passing in some of the best light of the year so far it certainly made the long wait for this working more than worth while
47739 passes a still frosty Lea Marston in the early morning sun of the 14th of March 2011 with 6Z56 Washwood Heath - Boston, Just 10 minutes earlier a layer of mist rising from the River Tame was threatening to thwart the reason i got out of bed at 04:30 to get this shot, Thankfully all worked out fine on this occasion
Colas Rail's 47739 catches a very lucky patch of sun just after exiting Wickwar Tunnel on the 26th of June 2010 with 6Z47 Gloucester - Newport ADJ conveying a rake of empty flat wagons for future use
47749 + 47727 pair up at the head of 6Z56 Washwood Heath - Boston on the 28th of June 2010, seen passing the site of Elford loop which by the looks of it has recently been relaid
Class 47's and MK2 stock once a daily occurance in the South West is now the complete opposite and is now a pretty rare event, on the 7th of June 2010 47815 was dispatched from Bristol Barton Hill to Taunton to retrieve the 4 MK2's that GBRf had been using on the Cardiff - Taunton shuttles before their contract was terminated, seen clagging well while passing Flax Bourton 47815 applies the power at the sharp end of 5Z47 Taunton - Bristol Barton Hill