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Heavily stripped Class 45 'Peak' 45045 (ex "Coldstream Guardsman")seen awaiting its fate at Derby Works Open Day in 1984
Sat. 2nd June 1984 1Z38 - 'The Midland Executive' railtour, A rather excellent railtour that managed to include scheduled stops at Derby and Crewe for the two works open days :), , This shot taken outside Derby Works shows one of the Class 45 'Peak' fleet 45045 - originally named 'Coldstream Guardsman' - heavily stripped after sustaining accident damage, and awaiting scrapping., , The cannibalized hulk is seen dumped in BREL Derby Locomotive Works Yard after the decision had been made not to repair the locomotive after accident damage. 45 045 had become derailed on 12/02/1983 and collided with brickwork on the approach to Saltley Viaduct in Birmingham sustaining nose end damage. After a period stored at Lawley Street Freightliner Terminal it was then condemned on 09/05/1983, it was moved the same month to Derby Locomotive Works where component recovery was undertaken. The locomotive wasn't cut up at Derby though and instead as a derelict shell was removed to Vic Berry's scrapyard at Leicester on 23/10/1986 and was cut up by 05/11/1986. Many thanks to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08] for the info, taken from his photo caption [see comments below], , Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned from the original negative with no digital restoration, , You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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