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Off the beaten track. 141 102 at Kilmarnock.
Four years after being built this class 141 Railbus had still yet to carry a passenger when photographed in 1989. Originally numbered 141 001 (55502+55522) The unit was handed over to BR at Derby on 22/9/83 and exhibited a week later at Leeds station for inspection by West Yorkshire PTE officials. It was allocated to Leeds Neville Hill Depot in October 1983 but then returned to Derby RTC for testing. By March 1984 it was back at its home depot for driver training trips on the Leeds - Harrogate - York route. After prolonged use for driver training it returned to Derby RTC in March 1985 for further testing. By May 1985 it was sent back north and stored unserviceable at Holbeck Depot being stripped for parts to keep 141 004 in traffic. It languished at Holbeck for two years until being towed to Kilmarnock on 9/10/87 for rebuilding at Andrew Barclay Ltd, Caledonia Loco Works. Rebuilding was not carried out immediately and it remained in store until entering the works in 1989 to emerge renumbered from 141 001 to 141 102. Officially handed back to BR on 5/5/89 it remained where it was in Kilmarnock Goods Yard and started to loose components again to other class members in the refurbishment programme. It wasn't until January 1990 it returned to its home depot at Neville Hill a full 7 years after construction. It then saw 7 years in traffic before being laid up on 20/3/97. In December 2000 it was sold to the Islamic State Railways of Iran but didn't leave the UK until January 2001.
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