ChrisTheMightyHoodVB
Dead Rats at Vic Berry's, Leicester
Scrapyard scenes - one of many shots that I have now had scanned from my visits to Vic Berry's infamous locomotive and stock graveyard in Leicester back in the 1980s :) , , Rat & McRats 25095, 27208, 27045 seen here dumped in the infamous Stack of Doom ;), , Early-build Rat 25095 showing signs of fire damage which must have pre-empted its end., 27208 one of the well-remembered Push-Pull 'Tip Tops' that used to get slogged to death on the Edinburgh-Glasgow shuttles back in the day., , 'Tip Top' 27045 I was particularly fond of as I had a fine ride behind her on the G & SW between Glasgow central and Carlisle back in 1986 - see photos below - happy days :), , See here for an excellent history of the fate of the Rats at Vic Berry's: www.derbysulzers.com/vicberry.html, , Vic Berry's was closed down just a couple of years after this photo was taken, as a consequence of a serious fire - see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Berry, , Locomotive History - D5245 was new to Toton (16A) on January 21st 1964. Further transfers were:, September 1964 to Southern Region., December 1964 to Toton (16A)., January 1965 to London Midland Midland Lines (LMML)., January 1965 to Saltley (2E)., April 1966 to Birmingham Division (D02)., April 1966 to London Midland Midland Lines (LMML)., August 1966 to London Division (D14) on loan., November 1966 to Nottingham Division (D16)., March 1967 to London Midland Western Lines (LMWL)., March 1967 to London Midland Midland Lines (LMML)., June 1968 to Nottingham Division (D16)., July 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08)., May 1969 to Nottingham Division (D16)., May 1973 to Toton., , Renumbered as 25095 in April 1974., November 1977 to Cricklewood., February 1982 to Toton., January 1983 to Cricklewood., January 1984 to Bescot., July 1985 to Crewe., Withdrawn July 28th 1986., , 25095 was the 286th Class 25 withdrawn, one of three retired during July 1986., , After withdrawal 25095 was stored at Crewe depot, then to Basford Hall Yard by March 1987. 25095 was moved to Vic Berry, Leicester on May 29th 1987 accompanied by 25034/037/190/199. The increased number of arrivals saw 25095 added to the stack by October 1987. Final cutting up started during late January 1989 and was completed by February 18th 1989. More info here: www.derbysulzers.com/25095.html, , Locomotive History - D5374 Delivered new in February 1962 as D5374 - spent the first eight years allocated in the Thornaby and Leicester areas before moving to Eastfield in November 1969. Was fitted with air brakes from July 1971 for working on the high speed push/pull services between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Renumbered as 27101 in April 1974. By September 1984 the loco had been renumbered again to 27045 - finally being withdrawn from service in May 1986, and ironically returning to Leicester for cutting up at Vic Berry's by the end of 1988. Info courtesy of D9020 :), , Locomotive History - D5407 Delivered new to Cricklewood. Renumbered 27114 in 1974 after conversion to push/pull. Renumbered 27208. Withdrawn from Eastfield in February 1986, Vic Berry's broke it up at Leicester in January 1989., , Taken with a Nikon F-501 SLR camera. Scanned from the original slide with a small amount of 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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