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All Our Yesterdays – Ten Years Ago – January 2001.


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Traction changes

Stored: 31420, 37109, 37203/19, 37676/80, 37884/93, 47052, 56069, 86249

* Subsequently reinstated

Reinstated: 07001, 12082, 73005, 73906

Broken Up: 37191 47530

 

Two long time “withdrawn†locomotives have been reinstated with 07001 at Barrow Hill and class 11, 12082 at Wabtec, Doncaster. 07001 was originally withdrawn from Eastleigh in July 1977 whilst 12082 was withdrawn as long ago as October 1971 from Llandudno Junction.

 

92040 returned to traffic on the 16th January 2001, it's first active duty since September 1997 following just over three years “under repairâ€.

 

47756 returned to traffic on the 9th March 2001 following protracted repairs at Motherwell having been out of use since April 2000, however after eleven hours in traffic it failed with contaminated oil and was again under repair at Motherwell.

 

A number of the above can be seen in this collection

 

http://pics-by-john.photoblog.org.uk/c1937346.html

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