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The DB5 is probably the most famous Aston Martin ever produced thanks to its role in several James Bond films, beginning with
Goldfinger in 1964. The car used in that film was the original DB5 prototype, with another standard car taking over for the stunts.
Regarded by many as the most beautiful Aston Martin produced, the DB5 shares many similar traits to the DB4. However, DB5’s
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also one of the most successful Astons, despite the fact that it cost twice as much as the Jaguar E-Type, probably its biggest
rival, when it first went on sale in 1963. Photo © Car and Bike Photo Library
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D9009 Alycidon on a northbound charter on the S&C just north of Kirkby Stephen on 28 December 2013. The fleet of 22 Deltics,
numbered from D9000 to D9021, entered traffic during 1961-62 on the East Coast Main Line, replacing the 55 steam locos which
had previously operated on the route. The Deltics were the most powerful diesel locomotives on British Railways, and were
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fastest locomotives at the time of construction. All 22 production Deltics were named after regiments or famous racehorses,
and the name ‘Deltic’ comes from the Greek letter Delta after the arrangement of the engine. Photo © John Cooper-Smith
Av ro Vu l c a n
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The world’s last airworthy Vulcan, B2 XH558 made its first flight in more than 14 years on 18 October 2007. Having been retired
from RAF service on 23 March 1993, it resided at Bruntingthorpe, in Leicestershire, throughout this time until it was acquired
by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust in the late 1990s. The bomber was one of six Vulcans converted into stopgap K2 tankers
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remained a favourite until its retirement at the end of the airshow season in 1992. Having made numerous flights since 2007,
it was retired again in 2015 due to financial reasons. Photo © John Dibbs – The Plane Picture Company
Sunbeam Rapier and Ford Consul Capri
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With the Sunbeam and Ford you have early 1960s affluence in two quite different yet contemporary forms – these gave
drivers a new experience after the austerity of the ‘50s. The Ford Consul Capri had obvious influences of Americana, and the
experience of feeling like a movie star whilst driving it overcame the somewhat interesting handling! On the other hand the
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Sunbeam Rapier was a delight to drive with a beautiful cabin, typical of Rootes cars of the period, and a top speed of 91mph.
They both sit alongside the Princess Margaret – one of six Saunders Roe Nautical 4s built between 1967 and 1977. It was the
world’s largest commercial hovercraft and could carry up to 418 passengers and 60 cars. Photo © Tony Baker/Haymarket Group
1 9 6 5 S c amm e l l H igh way ma n
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This Scammell Highwayman was built in 1965 at the works in Watford as a Gardner engined tractor unit and was originally
paired with a tanker trailer and used by Arrow Bulk Carriers Ltd. It was later bought by a showman who converted the lorry
for use as a mobile workshop until it fell out of use and was abandoned in a garden in Boston, Lincolnshire. The Scammell
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was later recovered and restored as a Showman’s Ballast Tractor and with the permission of the family was completed in the
colourful livery of R Edwards & Sons Ltd. The Scammell is pictured in typical fairground surroundings at the Bedford Steam
Engine Preservation Society rally at Shuttleworth Park. Photo © Alan Barnes
A 4 C l ass e s 6 0 0 0 7 S i r Nig e l G r e s l e y
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Seen here in their first ever double header in preservation, A4 Classes 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley and 60009 Union of South Africa are
passing Burrs just north of Bury on the East Lancashire Railway on 18 October 2014. The iconic A4 class of LNER Express Pacifics have
come to be a symbol of 1930s luxury and fascination with speed. To combat increased competition from road and air, and with a
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the existing A3 train design. The end result was in fact a set of extremely reliable, fast, and easy to operate locomotives that were
used well into the 1960s, even after diesels had been introduced on the same routes. Photo © Andrew Rapacz
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An atmospheric photo, firstly featuring two of the six Spitfire trainers based in the UK and secondly the SM520 in the
foreground showing HRH Prince Harry in the second seat during a flight around spring 2015. SM520 didn’t start as a trainer;
it was built in 1944 as a single seat Mk IX and was sold to the South African Air Force in 1948. Its restoration began when
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service at the end of the war and was converted to a T9 trainer in 1950. Both are based with the Boultbee Flight Academy
at Goodwood Aerodrome. Photo © John Dibbs – The Plane Picture Company
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The last seagoing passenger carrying paddle steamer in the world, PS Waverley was built in 1946 by A&J Inglis of Glasgow and
launched on 2 October 1946. Waverley was withdrawn from service in 1973 as she was too costly to operate and needed significant
restoration. After a successful public appeal, she was renovated and refitted, and then began operating a cruise ship operation
‘Waverley Excursions’, each year making extensive sailings around the British coast. In all three incidents that Waverley was
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Photo © Peter Zabek
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Seen here sitting at Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man, in May 1982, the Vickers Viscount was one of the most successful
British civil aircraft ever built and was the brainchild of Sir George Edwards, also a key figure in the Concorde programme.
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gas turbine was born out of a post-war belief that it was in some form the power of the future, although we now know this is
unchallenged, at the time it was revolutionary. Photo © Peter Zabek
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The XJ series ushered Jaguar into a new age with these elegant, sophisticated saloons and marked a new era of stability,
comfort and driving relaxation. Even Sir William Lyons, the CEO of Jaguar Cars for 50 years, admitted that the XJs were his
proudest achievement. Costing between £2,333 and £3,700 new, their levels of smoothness and refinement outclassed the
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modern standards. This series was the last product of Jaguar as an independent company and survived through the turbulent
years of British Leyland. The Series 3 XJ12 was still in production as late as 1990. Photo © Tony Baker/Haymarket Group
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46233 Duchess of Sutherland at Greenholme (bottom of Shap) with the northbound Cumbrian Mountain Express on 31 January
2015. The ‘Princess Coronation’ class were the most powerful LMS express passenger locomotives built, and hauled heavy
express trains such as the ‘Royal Scot’. The Royal Scot is a train with a tradition that began in 1862. It was on 1 June, at 10am,
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at the same hour. Shap always presented a challenge for railway engineers, with its summit of 916 feet at the highest point.
The response to this challenge culminated in Sir William Stanier’s unique Princess Coronation class. Photo © John Cooper-Smith
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The Routemaster has in recent years become the most well-known London bus and, perhaps, the most famous bus in the world.
Despite there being other London bus types of equal significance, the Routemaster achieved its fame, firstly, because it was the
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came out of front-line service in 2005, some still run today on heritage routes. The RM1962 seen here on Westminster Bridge
is considered to be the best-preserved example. Photo© Peter Zabek