19850223_ZD_AdrianNicols
73 132 in Tonbridge West Yard. March 1990.
73 132 in BR mainline livery stands idle between turns in Tonbridge West Yard parked up on a rake of Seacow ballast hoppers., , 73 132 survived the BR era into privatisation but was stored unserviceable by EWS on 12/11/1998 and moved to Old Oak Common depot for storage. The locomotive was then earmarked as a spares doner and was never to work again being authorised for parts recovery on 06/07/2001 but not officially withdrawn. This decision entailed the locomotive being towed all the way to Wigan Springs Branch TMD where EWS had set up their CRDC (Component Recovery and Distribution Centre). In April 2002 the loco reached the front of the queue for stripping but only saw minor parts recovered, it was then returned to the storage yard largely intact but the paperwork then caught up with the locos condition with it being officially withdrawn on 29/09/2003. Within three months the locomotive was sold to the Harry Needle Railroad Co. in December 2003 but only for more parts recovery. It moved by road to Fragonsets workshops in Derby on 26-27/03/2004. The locomotive was stripped to a shell and scrapped on site some time after June 2006.
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