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All Our Yesterdays – 35 Years Ago – July 1976

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  1. Johnw

    Johnw Part of the furniture

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    Extracts from The Railway Observer

    Locomotives Withdrawn
    03009/13/75/90, 03128/34/37, 08057, 08426, 24009/27/30/32/37/38/39/41/46/54/77/79/84/85, 24108/19/23/28/37/41/42/47, 25287, 27013, 31001/09/10/11/16/18, 40021/41/89, 44003

    Locomotives Reinstated
    24087

    Locomotives Stored:
    24052/82, 24124

    Locomotives Modified
    Dual Brake Fitted:
    27038, 47096

    Air brake fitted and vacuum brake removed
    08521, 08700

    On the 1st July 1976 27013 ran away from Eastfield MPD and derailed at the end of the depot headshunt. The damage to 27013 was sufficient for it to be withdrawn.

    The 4th July 1976 was the start of the “Leicester holiday period” and the following additional services were provided, 45117 – Blackpool, 45116 – Poole, 45046 – Paignton, 25176/78 – Skegness and 25165+25280 – Yarmouth.

    A number of the above I have photographed and can be seen below

    03009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5946507379/
    03137 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5714649745/
    24038 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5831757934/
    24054 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5721005146/
    24082 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5945821499/
    24123 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5835336464/
    25176 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5946373852/
    25178 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5946379636/
    25280 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5945816407/
    31018 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5947056368/
    44003 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5528101869/
    45046 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5947153238/
    45116 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5947149730/
    45117 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530080609/
    47096 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5564751978/
     
    Johnw, Jul 17, 2011
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