40060 Vic Berry's 12.3.88
Class 40 number 97405 (formerly 40060) at Vic Berry's scrap yard, Leicester on 12th March, 1988.
40060 had been withdrawn in January, 1985 but was re-instated and renumbered to 97405 during May of that year for use on ballast trains associated with the re-modelling of Crewe station.
It was finally withdrawn in March, 1987 (the last class 40 in departmental operation) and moved to Leicester on 9th March, 1988. Cutting commenced within a week of its arrival and it was gone by the end of the month.
40060 Vic Berry's 12.3.88
Class 40 number 97405 (formerly 40060) at Vic Berry's scrap yard, Leicester on 12th March, 1988.
40060 had been withdrawn in January, 1985 but was re-instated and renumbered to 97405 during May of that year for use on ballast trains associated with the re-modelling of Crewe station.
It was finally withdrawn in March, 1987 (the last class 40 in departmental operation) and moved to Leicester on 9th March, 1988. Cutting commenced within a week of its arrival and it was gone by the end of the month.