BR Class 52 Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive D1048 'Western Lady' emerging from Dainton Tunnel in Devon at 13.08 on 20th July 1974
Class 52 Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive D1003 'Western Pioneer' with Class 52 D1036 'Western Emperor' behind at Laira depot on 21st July 1974
BR Class 52 Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive D1065 'Western Consort' departing westbound from Newton Abbot at 09.50 on the 18th July 1974
BR Class 52 Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive D1041 'Western Prince' approaching Exeter St Davids at 11.08 on the 18th July 1974
BR Class 45 Diesel Locomotive 45012 departing from Newton Abbot at 15.16 on the 17th July 1974
BR Class 52 Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive D1006 'Western Stalwart' climbing Hemerdon Bank at 15.13 on 22nd July 1974
BR Class 47 Diesel Locomotive 47131 in green livery climbing Dainton Bank in Devon at 11.47 on the 20th July 1974
BR Class 52 Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive D1045 'Western Viscount' passing Swindon Station on the morning of 22nd September 1973
BR Class 47 Diesel Locomotive D1964 (later 47264 then 47619 and finally 47829) inside Old Oak Common Depot on the 6th April 1974
BR Class 52 Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive D1010 'Western Campaigner' passing Aller Junction Signal Box at 14.14 on the 5th September 1973
Class 52 Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive D1023 'Western Fusilier' and Class 45 Diesel Loco D118 later 45068 at Newton Abbot Depot 14th July 1974
BR Class 47 Diesel Locomotive 47531 at Newton Abbot Railway Station at 13.16 on the 24th. July 1974
BR Class 52 Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive D1010 'Western Campaigner' passing Newton Abbot West Signal Box at 12.16 on the 4th September 1973
BR Class 52 Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive D1014 'Western Leviathan' inside Plymouth Laira Depot on the afternoon of 21st July 1974
BR Class 47 Diesel Locomotive 47149 climbing Dainton Bank in Devon at 10.52 on the 20th July 1974
BR Class 52 Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive D1022 'Western Sentinel' arriving at Swindon Station from the West on 30th March 1974
BR Class 47 Diesel Locomotive 47447 departing Swindon with a westbound train on the 24th February 1974
Class 52 Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive D1054 'Western Governor' and Class 52 D1055 'Western Advocate' at Westbury Shed on the 13th July 1974
BR Class 46 Diesel Locomotive 46004 at Laira Depot Plymouth on the afternoon of 21st July 1974

Meet Western Cameraman.


Hello and welcome to Western Cameraman. My name is Andy. I took all the pictures on the site - apart from the one with me in!

If you have a soft spot for British Railways in the 70s and ’80s - especially the iconic Western Region Diesel-Hydraulics - then you’re in the right place.

I grew up in Swindon, spending countless hours on the station platform there — collecting numbers, and eventually filming & photographing the trains I loved.

I'm pictured here, at nineteen years of age, sitting in the driver's seat of Western Fusilier. It was the morning after the 'Western Tribute' Railtour. The location was Swindon Works Weighbridge where I was part of a team of WLA volunteers restoring D1062 'Western Courier'.

Now, decades later, I’m digging into the archives to bring many wonderful memories back to life and share them with you here.

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Andy Collett looking out of BR Class 52 Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive D1023 'Western Fusilier' at Swindon Works on 27th February 1977

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