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46055, Blackwell, May 1982
Having topped the Lickey incline, BR Sulzer Type 4 No. 46055 picks up speed with the 08.35 Taunton - Newcastle on 8th May 1982., , 46055 was built at Derby works as D192 and entered traffic in January 1963, allocated to Gateshead MPD for North East – South West cross country and secondary East Coast Main Line duties. It was one of fifty six Peak class locomotives fitted with Brush electrical equipment instead of Crompton Parkinson which would form class 46. It would spend the 1960’s and early 1970’s as a Gateshead or Holbeck engine being transferred between the two depots a number of times before settling down at Gateshead for the rest of its career. In May 1981 46055 was withdrawn and dispatched to Swindon works arriving in October 1981. However an increased demand for Type 4 locomotives at the end of 1981 found 46 055 being officially reinstated and it departed from Swindon on the 19th January 1982. By October 1982 46055 was in poor condition and suffering from multiple faults and was again withdrawn. Following storage at Healey Mills it returned to Swindon works and was broken up in November 1984., [Thanks to John Woolley for this information] , , 106'4054
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