Class 08 13180 stands in the yard at Ruddington, Great Central Railway (North), 26th May 2013.
Locomotive History
13180 was built at Derby works and entered traffic in October 1955 allocated to Derby MPD. Two months later it transferred to Saltley however its stay was brief as it was back as a Derby engine in March 1956. In June 1956 it transferred to Cricklewood East where in December 1959 it was re-numbered D3180 under the 1957 re-numbering scheme. It would remain at Cricklewood until November 1967 when it returned to Derby. Its final transfer to Doncaster was in October 1971 where it was renumbered 08114 under the 1973 TOPS scheme and from where it was withdrawn in November 1983. 08114 managed to evade the scrap yard and by 1993 was at the Great Central Railway at Loughborough. It has since made the short journey to the Great Central Railway (North).
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There is little in the way of a breeze to “fly” the flag of Saint George as 156410 passes in the early morning sunshine working 2L55, 06:33 Leicester – Nottingham approaching Beeston, 1st May 2013. On arrival at Nottingham I suspect the unit forms the 06:41 Skegness service hence the destination blind.
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Northern Rail 158848 passes through Beeston working 1Y03, 06:00 Sheffield – Nottingham, 14th May 2013. Most of the Northern Rail services to Nottingham use the Trowell branch however the first two services in the morning from Sheffield are routed via Toton and Attenborough Junction in order to retain route knowledge for the Northern Rail train crew of the alternative route.
Unit History
158848 was built at Derby works in 1992 and is from the second batch of class 158 units (158815—158862) which are fitted with 350 bhp Perkins engines in lieu of the 350bhp Cummings engines fitted to the majority of class (158701—158814 and 158901—158910) or the 400 bhp Cummins engines fitted to the final batch (158863—158872). 158848 was initially allocated to Norwich for East Anglia – Midlands and North West services but is now operated by Northern Rail and allocated to Neville Hill.
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170111 is the rear unit working 1V04, 06:56 Nottingham – Cardiff approaching Beeston station, 14th May 2013.
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222005 departs platform 2 at Derby working 1F01, 07:20 Derby – Sheffield, 10th May 2013.
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