45001 comes off the Bishton Flyover at Llandevenny on 21 October 1985 with the 6A44 09:05 Margam to Swindon Cocklebury Yard vacuum braked steel train. This service was one of the last revenue earning vacuum braked services operating in South Wales. 45001 was withdrawn almost exactly three months after this picture was taken, and after storage at various locations, was cut up at M.C. Metals at Glasgow in November 1988.

45010 stands at the head of a long line of withdrawn locomotives at Toton on 16 October 1986. Unfortunately nobody took any notice of the message on the faded yellow nose, and the loco was cut up at M.C.Metals, Glasgow in January 1989. It was however to spend another two years at this location after this photo was taken, in company with 25080, 46023, and numerous other stored 'Peaks'.

Strange goings on at Oxford on 23 August 1985. 45044 had worked the 6V19 06:32 Bescot to Didcot Speedlink freight and then just over an hour after it passed Oxford it returned with this freightliner, heading back from whence it came. Presumably it was deputising for a failed locomotive on the freightliner, which it must have picked up at either Oxford or Didcot. Any more information would be gratefully received.

Classic traction at Croome (no, not the Ford Fiesta!). 45046 heads south with the 1V85 09:22 Newcastle to Penzance service on 14 May 1984. Presumably the full rake of Mk 1 stock did not require the steam heating (if indeed it was still operable on 45046). This was one of those days when although the sun shines, everything looks flat and drab due to thin high cloud. 45046 was one of the last 45/0s to be withdrawn, surviving until 1988. It was scrapped at M.C. Metals, Glasgow in February 1992.

Spot yourself hanging out of the coach window! D100 Sherwood Forester passes Northwood Lane, near Bewdley with a Bridgnorth to Kidderminster train during the Severn Valley Railway's Diesel Gala on 14 October 1989. Unfortunately the dark clouds that had been threatening all day have finally rolled in, with only a trace of sunlight for this picture.

45106 (unofficially named Vulcan) is pictured at Little Haresfield (near Gloucester) with the 1V67 10:10 Scarborough to Paignton service on 22 August 1987. The Peak worked this train as far as Bristol and then returned north with the 1M79 16:28 Newquay to Wolverhampton. Withdrawn due to fire damage, 45106 was eventually cut up at Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham in 1992.

If asked what would be one of the most unusual workings to see in on the national network in 2007, a 'Peak' with a freight on the Cotswold Line would be very high on the list, yet on 31 January 2007 just such an event did happen. 45112 Royal Army Ordnance Corps worked the 4Z47 07:45 Chaddesdon to Long Marston, conveying twelve KAA wagons, and is seen here approaching Fladbury. Four days previously the loco had worked a farewell railtour as the fact that it is not fitted with OTMR equipment means it will shortly be banned from the mainline. This is the first time I have seen Class 45 on the Cotswold Line!

After working the 4Z47 07:45 Chaddesdon to Long Marston with twelve KAA wagons on 31 January 2007, 45112 Royal Army Ordnance Corps returned from whence it came light engine, after a very brief stop at Long Marston. It is seen here on the freight only branch line at Broad Marston. As the loco does not have OTMR equipment and is shortly to be retired from the national network, this means this will probably be the only 'Peak' I will see in this area, as there is no other mainline registered 'Peak'.

45113 approaches Abbotswood on 6 July 1985 with the 1M44 11:32 Penzance to Manchester Piccadilly service on 6 July 1985. 45113 was one of the final 'Peaks' to be withdrawn, being put into store at Tinsley in August 1988. It was finally cut up at M C Metal Processing at Springburn in March 1990. Bredon Hill can seen in the background, dominating the otherwise flat Vale of Evesham.

45129 passes Badgeworth with the 1V74 08:29 Leeds to Cardiff Central service on 16 February 1985. It had snowed several days before and luckily there was still some snow on the ground at the weekend and the sun decided to shine as well! The snow is particularly apparent on the Cotswold Hills in the background. Note that this picture was taken before the new road bridge was constructed just beyond the signal in the background. Also in recent years vegetation has started to spread up the embankment on the south side of the line.

45130 passes Kingsbury on 9 March 1985 with the 1V74 08:29 Leeds to Cardiff Central service. Withdrawn two years later, it was stored at various locations, including: Immingham, Woodhouse Junction, Stanton Gate, and Toton, before being moved via Tinsley and Carlisle to M.C. Metals at Glasgow, where it was cut up in June 1992.

A very dilapidated 45136 stands with five withdrawn classmates at Egginton Junction on 11 September 1990. The other locos are (in order): 45146, 45125, 45111, 45126, & 45148. The only one of this lot to escape the cutters torch is the third one down the line, 45125, which is happily now preserved at the Great Central Railway. 45136, still largely intact here, except for its centre windscreen met its end at MC Metals at Glasgow in April 1992. This line of locos was left at this remote location between June 1990 and March 1992. Presumably the threat of vandalism was less at a rural location.

After seeing 45112 working to Long Marston on a freight, it took Peter Tandy to remind me that I had previously seen a 'Peak' on the Cotswold Line. This rather poor picture is the proof! 45144 slows down for the token exchange at Moreton-in-Marsh on 18 October 1986 with the Hertfordshire Railtours 1Z26 07:53 St. Pancras to Glascoed 'Worcester Sorcerer' railtour. The tour visited two military installations, Long Marston (assisted by 37306) and Glascoed (assisted by 37149).