Steam at Ripple Lane open day, 1987
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The photograph on this page of Steam at Ripple Lane open day, 1987 by Robin Webster as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 17 Oct 1987
Ripple Lane locomotive depot had an open day on the Saturday after the great storm of the Thursday night 15/16 October 1987. Several exhibits and events could not feature as they were cut off by blocked lines, but this steam locomotive, 80080, made it, as well as 48151. It was giving rides the length of Ripple Lane yard. Despite travel difficulties a large number of people attended, shuttled in by a diesel service from Barking station. 80080 spent its early years up to 1962 on the London, Tilbury & Southend line, so it knew its way around! The headboard has 'Blue Peter Return to Steam', the exact significance of this in this context is unknown. The locomotive depot and most of the yard is now gone.
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