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[Andy H]

Andy, that looks like 57604 Pendennis Castle.

They call them body snatchers as they were originally a class 47 loco (in the case of the above 47209) built in the early/mid 60's.

What happened was that Brush re-engined them with second hand 2 stroke V12 EMD 645-F3B diesel engines (as this worked out less than a third the price of a new loco at circa £300k).

There are a fair few about as well and virgin used to have a fleet of them named the 'Thunderbirds' with names such as TinTin and Scott Tracy (my lad got to fire TinTin up at Railfest a few years ago) for recovering failed electrics and Pretendoleno drags in north wales.

Yes - Pendennis Castle.

[Taxi_Driver]

Yes, as with a few of the Italian airports, they double up as military bases (they do the same in Brasil to),

But yes, Pisa is a dump, had to go quite a few times as we had a development unit based at Pisa University......along with a factory in Naples (another dump), office in Genova, Rome, Latina, Milan and Florence. So loads of Italian travel!

I went there once, about 20years ago, stayed in a £130/night hotel, so that the receptionist would speak English.....docks down the road and a brothel opposite  So, yes, I agree and seems it hasn't changed much over the years.