50014 Kingham 23 April 1983

50014 Warspite stands underneath the roadbridge at Kingham on 23 April 1983 whilst working the 1A10 06:00 Hereford to Paddington service. At the time this was the only unrefurbished Class 50 left in traffic, and would in fact move to Doncaster Works just a few weeks after this picture was taken. Therefore this was my last ever picture of a 'Hoover' in original condition, and when of course they really did 'hoover' due to the slightly problematical inertia air filtration equipment with which they were fitted with from new. 50014 emerged in its new guise on 7 December 1983.