312708 Caerwent 23rd December 2004
312708 is seen at Caewent being stripped ready for scrapping at the former Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent in Monmouthshire. This unit was one of 49 built in the mid 1970’s with a Mk 2 slamdoor bodyshell for outer-suburban passenger services. Delivered in 1976 as 312008 it worked on the newly electrified lines of the Great Northern out of Kings Cross, mainly to Royston. By the 1980’s it had been displaced by faster 317’s so moved over to the Great Eastern Main lines out of Liverpool Street being used on Colchester to Walton-on-the-Naze and Manningtree to Harwich services along with London Liverpool Street to Ipswich and Clacton peak trains and now numbered as 312708 after refurbishment. By 2003 new Class 360 units rendered the 312’s redundant and they were all sent for scrap, 10 unit being delt with at Caerwent. 312708 had arrived with fellow units, 312716 & 312720 on Monday 27th October as a 5Z21 from Ilford. For the last few miles from the mainline at Caldicot a former MOD shunting loco was used. The unit was finally broken up between 4th and 7th January 2005. Only vehicles DTCOL
78037 and TSO 71205 from unit 312792 have been preserved, the rest were cut up.
In the background 87016 can be seen being broken up.
Picture taken on an official visit.
312708 Caerwent 23rd December 2004
312708 is seen at Caewent being stripped ready for scrapping at the former Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent in Monmouthshire. This unit was one of 49 built in the mid 1970’s with a Mk 2 slamdoor bodyshell for outer-suburban passenger services. Delivered in 1976 as 312008 it worked on the newly electrified lines of the Great Northern out of Kings Cross, mainly to Royston. By the 1980’s it had been displaced by faster 317’s so moved over to the Great Eastern Main lines out of Liverpool Street being used on Colchester to Walton-on-the-Naze and Manningtree to Harwich services along with London Liverpool Street to Ipswich and Clacton peak trains and now numbered as 312708 after refurbishment. By 2003 new Class 360 units rendered the 312’s redundant and they were all sent for scrap, 10 unit being delt with at Caerwent. 312708 had arrived with fellow units, 312716 & 312720 on Monday 27th October as a 5Z21 from Ilford. For the last few miles from the mainline at Caldicot a former MOD shunting loco was used. The unit was finally broken up between 4th and 7th January 2005. Only vehicles DTCOL
78037 and TSO 71205 from unit 312792 have been preserved, the rest were cut up.
In the background 87016 can be seen being broken up.
Picture taken on an official visit.