20 903 in Morecambe Sidings. June 1992.
In an era when open access didn't exist pre privatisation the arrival of six private owner class 20's onto the national network in 1989 was big news. Prior to their arrival only Foster Yeoman Aggregate had managed to achieve open access with their five class 59's. The key to gaining acceptance was the use of BR drivers. Although that said in the case of Hunslet-Barclay they recruited BR drivers from Ayr depot to work for them using route conductor drivers wherever the weedkiller trains ran which kept ASLE&F and the BRB happy.
Here 20 903 named 'Alison' and formerly 20 083 (see previous upload) is seen one end of the Scherings Agriculture Ltd weedkiller train with sister 20 902 just visible at the other end. Hunslet Barclay provided 3 pairs of class 20's during the spring/summer season to Scherings, Fisons and Chipmans to work top and tail on the weedkiller train sets owned by those companies. The concept was killed off by privatisation and the last season of class 20/9's on the weedkiller trains was 1998. In August 1998 all six locos plus the stored spare (20 209) were sold to DRS. The Scherings spray train set seen here was exported to Belgium in 1999.
20 903 in Morecambe Sidings. June 1992.
In an era when open access didn't exist pre privatisation the arrival of six private owner class 20's onto the national network in 1989 was big news. Prior to their arrival only Foster Yeoman Aggregate had managed to achieve open access with their five class 59's. The key to gaining acceptance was the use of BR drivers. Although that said in the case of Hunslet-Barclay they recruited BR drivers from Ayr depot to work for them using route conductor drivers wherever the weedkiller trains ran which kept ASLE&F and the BRB happy.
Here 20 903 named 'Alison' and formerly 20 083 (see previous upload) is seen one end of the Scherings Agriculture Ltd weedkiller train with sister 20 902 just visible at the other end. Hunslet Barclay provided 3 pairs of class 20's during the spring/summer season to Scherings, Fisons and Chipmans to work top and tail on the weedkiller train sets owned by those companies. The concept was killed off by privatisation and the last season of class 20/9's on the weedkiller trains was 1998. In August 1998 all six locos plus the stored spare (20 209) were sold to DRS. The Scherings spray train set seen here was exported to Belgium in 1999.