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Title: |
40163 |
Description: |
Cabs often outlived the rest of the locomotive due to possible asbestos contamination |
Photo Date: |
1/31/1987 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:31:15 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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BR1 40163(Class 40) |
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514 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Last Rites for a Class 40 |
Description: |
An unidentified class 40 cab sits on top of a wrecked passenger car |
Photo Date: |
1/31/1987 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:31:42 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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478 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Space problem? No Problem! |
Description: |
26 locomotives in one shot - a rather different way to store scrap locomotives! One, 25095, top row third from the right, displays its number on its cab front |
Photo Date: |
1/31/1987 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:31:58 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 25095(Class 25) |
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2121 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
50006 'Neptune' |
Description: |
The two cabs of 50006, first of the class to be cut, sandwich a class 31 cab |
Photo Date: |
1/31/1987 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:32:13 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 50006(Class 50) |
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722 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
All Jumbled Up |
Description: |
Make sense of the mess - various loco types all stacked together waiting the final chop |
Photo Date: |
1/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:59:06 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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297 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Squashed! |
Description: |
A diesel railcar looks to have suffered after having a loco stacked on top of it |
Photo Date: |
10/23/1988 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:32:25 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 45074(Class 45) |
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515 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Half the loco it used to be |
Description: |
After chopping in half each half is reduced to a pile of scrap metal in days |
Photo Date: |
10/23/1988 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:33:28 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 45074(Class 45) |
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420 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
31227 |
Description: |
Does any locomotive deserve such an undignified end? |
Photo Date: |
10/30/1988 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:59:50 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 31227(Class 31) |
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464 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Triple Stack! |
Description: |
25095, 27208 and 27045 form part of the diminishing stack of scrap locomotives |
Photo Date: |
1/15/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:32:40 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 25095(Class 25) |
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563 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
One needed on top |
Description: |
The loco on the extreme left should be on top to make the perfect pyramid! |
Photo Date: |
1/15/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:33:05 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 25095(Class 25) |
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571 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Room on top? |
Description: |
A stack of locomotives await the cutters torch |
Photo Date: |
1/15/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:33:16 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 25095(Class 25) |
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535 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
33049 and other fallen comrades |
Description: |
The two cabs of 33049 are all that remain that can be recognised of this particular loco |
Photo Date: |
3/5/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:59:21 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 33049(Class 33) |
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392 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Going, Going... |
Description: |
The faint number D7544 suggests the cab belongs to 25194 but as that loco was scrapped elsewhere it is more likely a different loco that has had a cab transplant from 25194 |
Photo Date: |
3/5/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:00:14 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 25194(Class 25) |
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461 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Nothing but scrap metal |
Description: |
A class 25 loco bogie (truck) meets its fate |
Photo Date: |
3/5/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 4:59:35 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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361 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Another load of scrap |
Description: |
A class 25 loco bogie (truck) meets its fate. Loco cabs lurk in the background awaiting the torch too. |
Photo Date: |
3/5/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:14:27 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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334 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Seeing Double |
Description: |
The practice of cutting locos in half can lead to some strange double-takes! Here are the two halves of 25911 |
Photo Date: |
3/5/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:15:50 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 25911(Class 25) |
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500 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
THE END 50047 |
Description: |
The former 50047 'Swiftsure' slowly decomposes alongside 47103 |
Photo Date: |
5/7/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:14:39 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 50047(Class 50) |
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418 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
R.I.P. |
Description: |
Doubtless the favourite of many railfans, this unidentified class 50 cab is suitably marked |
Photo Date: |
5/7/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:14:49 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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247 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
How the mighty have fallen |
Description: |
Cabs from one or two unidentified class 50's sit side by side |
Photo Date: |
5/7/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:15:01 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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239 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
RIP 47420 |
Description: |
The two freshly-cut halves of 47420 sit side by side |
Photo Date: |
5/7/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:15:16 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 47420(Class 47) |
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328 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BR1 47103 |
Description: |
47103 surrounded by the hardware that will ultimately help destroy it |
Photo Date: |
5/7/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:15:28 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 47103(Class 47) |
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355 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Bleeding to Death |
Description: |
A trail of Traction Motor Suspension Unit lubricant trails away from the remains of 50014 |
Photo Date: |
5/7/1989 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:15:39 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 50014(Class 50) |
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437 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
New Arrival |
Description: |
47415 had only recently arrived for disposal so had yet to suffer much damage beyond broken glass |
Photo Date: |
3/18/1990 Upload Date: 7/12/2006 5:16:04 PM |
Location: |
Leicester, UK |
Author: |
Gary Thornton |
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Locomotives: |
BR1 47415(Class 47) |
Views: |
445 Comments: 0 |
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