08 705 at March Depot. 1992.
08 705 had been an Eastern Region shunter all its working life allocated new to York Depot in March 1960 its first move came 21 years later in July 1981 when it was reallocated to March Depot. It spent two brief spells in the 1980's allocated to nearby Cambridge Depot before returning to March again in July 1990 which was to be its final home depot. The demise of the Speedlink wagon load network in 1991 decimated the workload in nearby Whitemoor Yard for March allocated shunters with the yard eventually sold for redevelopment. With the depot being run down 08 705 left in early 1993 on hire from BR to TML Construction and it worked at the Cheriton Channel Tunnel Terminal construction site numbered CT78. It returned to BR in December 1993 stored surplus at Stratford Depot in East London but never worked again being cut up on site in March 1994.
08 705 at March Depot. 1992.
08 705 had been an Eastern Region shunter all its working life allocated new to York Depot in March 1960 its first move came 21 years later in July 1981 when it was reallocated to March Depot. It spent two brief spells in the 1980's allocated to nearby Cambridge Depot before returning to March again in July 1990 which was to be its final home depot. The demise of the Speedlink wagon load network in 1991 decimated the workload in nearby Whitemoor Yard for March allocated shunters with the yard eventually sold for redevelopment. With the depot being run down 08 705 left in early 1993 on hire from BR to TML Construction and it worked at the Cheriton Channel Tunnel Terminal construction site numbered CT78. It returned to BR in December 1993 stored surplus at Stratford Depot in East London but never worked again being cut up on site in March 1994.