We simply weren’t that interested in diesels. Their arrival at the head of an express was always a relative disappointment. The end of the age of steam in 1968 must have been a tipping point for many enthusiasts, especially if they were at the age that they thought they should perhaps be giving up trainspotting, anyway.
I went on to collect their numbers and to photograph them partly because I had developed an interest in the railway scene, in general. Diesels and electrics were what was available. It was not that I found them particularly interesting. Some types, like the Westerns and Deltics, grew on me over time.
Some diesels had been around for years, notably the examples shown here. John Dyer photographed Nos. 10000 and 10001 on the down Royal Scot at Crewe on 5/10/58, Nos. 10201 and 10203 after overhaul at Derby works on 18/8/62 and No.10202 at London Euston in August 1959.
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