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Reddish depot site 19.02.1983 & 19.07.2015
Difficult to believe I know, but I am stood in approximately the same position for both of these photos. There's been a bit of backfilling!
In the photo on the left, various withdrawn class 76s await removal for scrapping, two class 506 e.m.u. are parked up and a class 104 d.m.u. is in the background, presumably visiting for wheel turning.
Reddish depot closed in May 1983 and maintenance of the 1500V d.c. class 506 units was transferred to Longsight. As the overhead at Longsight was 25kV a.c. the units had to be dragged to and from there and a means of producing suitable d.c. was required to run the electrical equipment on the 506s, which continued in service until December 1984. This was achieved by using class 83 83009 as a stationary d.c. generator.
When Reddish closed, the wheel turning lathe was moved to Allerton depot.
Reddish depot site 19.02.1983 & 19.07.2015
Difficult to believe I know, but I am stood in approximately the same position for both of these photos. There's been a bit of backfilling!
In the photo on the left, various withdrawn class 76s await removal for scrapping, two class 506 e.m.u. are parked up and a class 104 d.m.u. is in the background, presumably visiting for wheel turning.
Reddish depot closed in May 1983 and maintenance of the 1500V d.c. class 506 units was transferred to Longsight. As the overhead at Longsight was 25kV a.c. the units had to be dragged to and from there and a means of producing suitable d.c. was required to run the electrical equipment on the 506s, which continued in service until December 1984. This was achieved by using class 83 83009 as a stationary d.c. generator.
When Reddish closed, the wheel turning lathe was moved to Allerton depot.