ChrisTheMightyHoodVB
Scrapline 4-CEP unit 7204 (S61871) seen languishing in Basingstoke Yard
S61871 4-CEP - withdrawn June 1971, broken up Vic Berry's, Leicester, April 1990., , Unit history, New to Ramsgate 9/61 formed 61870+70044+70242+61871 & was an additional order (along with 7203) to the Kent Coast Phase 2 Order for 7154 - 7202 to cover for the loss of 6 PAN / 6 PAN units 3014 & 3032 wdn due to collision damage sustained at Eastbourne 8/58. 7204 was wdn with fire damage sustained at Stewarts Lane 4/71 with 70044 repaired & put into unit 7189 8/71 & 61870 (undamaged) to 7151 4/71. 70242 & 61871 both condemned 6/71 with 70242 scrapped at BR Ashford Chart Leacon 2/72., As to 61871 well by rights it should have been scrapped with 70242 but for some strange reason BR decided to keep the burnt out wreck for 2 decades & you might be surprised to find it went to Swindon Works in 71 for stripping & returned to the SR 3/72. Not only did it stay at Strawberry Hill it also visited Twickenham 1/80 moving to Slade Green Repair Shops 10/80 where it's bogies were exchanged for a scrap pair, It was after this that it was moved to Basingstoke then Eastleigh until one dark night in the last days of March 90 it was moved with a couple of scrap DEMU motor coaches & a brake van to Southampton Up Yd & taken by road to Vic Berry on April Fools day. , Info courtesy of blindpugh09 , , Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL SLR camera. Scanned from the original negative., , You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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