03 020 at Snailwell Scrapyard. 07/10/90.
A very shabby 03 020 is seen coupled to class 302 EMU trailer 75225 outside the coaching stock crematorium otherwise known as Snailwell's fire tunnel. This facility reduced interior fittings to ash and sped up the process of dealing with scrap coaching stock.
03 020 had lead a chequered existence here having been withdrawn by BR on 03/12/75 from Norwich Thorpe Depot it was sold to A. King & Sons Ltd the then owners of Snailwell Scrapyard in July 1976. It had left BR in a run down condition and in need of overhaul and within a year it was out of use at the scrapyard with mechanical failure. Unlike most scrapyard shunters that fail and end up on the scrap heap 03 020 was put to one side and infact remained stored here for 10 years before sister 03 012 expired and became a parts donor to reactivate 03 020. It retured to operational use in November 1987 and worked a further 8 years at the scrapyard before being sold into preservation with the SYRPS at Meadowhall on 09/11/95. It is now to be found at Mangapps Rauilway Museum, Burnham-on-Crouch where it arrived on 13th December 2010.
03 020 at Snailwell Scrapyard. 07/10/90.
A very shabby 03 020 is seen coupled to class 302 EMU trailer 75225 outside the coaching stock crematorium otherwise known as Snailwell's fire tunnel. This facility reduced interior fittings to ash and sped up the process of dealing with scrap coaching stock.
03 020 had lead a chequered existence here having been withdrawn by BR on 03/12/75 from Norwich Thorpe Depot it was sold to A. King & Sons Ltd the then owners of Snailwell Scrapyard in July 1976. It had left BR in a run down condition and in need of overhaul and within a year it was out of use at the scrapyard with mechanical failure. Unlike most scrapyard shunters that fail and end up on the scrap heap 03 020 was put to one side and infact remained stored here for 10 years before sister 03 012 expired and became a parts donor to reactivate 03 020. It retured to operational use in November 1987 and worked a further 8 years at the scrapyard before being sold into preservation with the SYRPS at Meadowhall on 09/11/95. It is now to be found at Mangapps Rauilway Museum, Burnham-on-Crouch where it arrived on 13th December 2010.