47460 Blair Atholl 14 July 1983

47460 arrives at Blair Atholl on 14 July 1983 with the late running 17:35 Glasgow Queen Street to Inverness service. Apart from the sleeper service, this was the last northbound passenger service of the day over the Highland Main Line. Note the Mk 1 buffet car parked in the siding. Although an unnamed nondescript rail blue machine here, this loco started the trend for unofficial namings in 1978 when Stratford applied Great Eastern plates. These were soon removed, but further namings on the locos in the 1980s and 1990s were semi-officially tolerated, indeed, 47460 acquired one of the famous Tinsley unofficial names in 1991, when it was named Triton.