Class 50 50032 'Courageous' on 1B56 departing Worcester SH, Foregate St., Malvern - 08Aug1986 by Sound&Vision published on 2023-05-24T18:58:39Z During the 1980s, I spent a lot of my time riding around the British Rail network, mainly chasing Class 40s and then Class 50s, but also seeing and riding behind a number of other classes. I made a number of tape recordings at the time - many from the front window, some from the platform - using my trusty 'ghetto-blaster' or 'boom box' - and now these recordings can finally be heard :) Join me at the front window for three more recordings of Class 50 50032 'Courageous' on 1B56 18.07 Paddington - Hereford. We begin with some last minute passengers boarding at Worcester Shrub Hill, accompanied by some door banging, before we travel the short distance round the curve to Foregate Street. After lots more Mark One door slamming, it's off again heading for Malvern. In the second recording, we pause at Malvern Link - then, after an aborted departure, we get the signal and thrash off down the cross-country route towards Hereford. Finally, after I alighted at Great Malvern, we hear 50032 storm off into the sunset 😎 :) all recorded on 8th August 1986. Genre Railways Comment by Sound&Vision I miss "Courageous"! 😎 2023-05-24T19:44:20Z