47 565 Hungerford, Berkshire, June 1981.
With its trade mark "Stratford Silver Roof" 47 565 hammers east through Hungerford with Summer Saturdays 1A09 10.35 Newquay to London Paddington. The Stratford embellishment was rendered somewhat redundant when the locomotive was transferred to Laira Depot Plymouth in April 1981.
47 565 was named 'Responsive' at Wolverton Works open day on 25/09/1993 in anticipation of it being renumbered 47 723 and modified for use in the Rail Express Systems class 47/7 pool. The conversion was never undertaken and the locomotive remained as 47 565. It survived long enough to see rail privatisation but was taken out of service at Crewe in December 1998. With no formal withdrawal date the loco was moved to Wigan CRDC and component recovery started with most of the bodywork cut away by February 2000. The wheeled underframe and both cabs remained intact as disposal wasn't completed at Wigan. Instead the remains were removed by road to Booth's of Rotherham on 23/06/2003. the final rights came on 16/02/2004 when it was reduced to scrap.
47 565 Hungerford, Berkshire, June 1981.
With its trade mark "Stratford Silver Roof" 47 565 hammers east through Hungerford with Summer Saturdays 1A09 10.35 Newquay to London Paddington. The Stratford embellishment was rendered somewhat redundant when the locomotive was transferred to Laira Depot Plymouth in April 1981.
47 565 was named 'Responsive' at Wolverton Works open day on 25/09/1993 in anticipation of it being renumbered 47 723 and modified for use in the Rail Express Systems class 47/7 pool. The conversion was never undertaken and the locomotive remained as 47 565. It survived long enough to see rail privatisation but was taken out of service at Crewe in December 1998. With no formal withdrawal date the loco was moved to Wigan CRDC and component recovery started with most of the bodywork cut away by February 2000. The wheeled underframe and both cabs remained intact as disposal wasn't completed at Wigan. Instead the remains were removed by road to Booth's of Rotherham on 23/06/2003. the final rights came on 16/02/2004 when it was reduced to scrap.