37185 Middle Hill 3rd October 1998
37185 "Lea & Perrins" runs past the location of Box station with 7Z94 09:04 Westbury to Machen quarry on 3rd October 1998. Due to engineering work the train had to run round at both Bristol East Depot and Swindon. The locomotive was built by English Electric at the Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns works in Darlington as D6885 and new to traffic in late December 1963 allocated to Swansea Landore. In April 1986 it ended it's long association with the Western region and moved to Thornaby in Teeside. The next 13 years it moved around all the regions before being finally stored in September 1999, soon moveing for component recovery at EWS's Wigan CRDC. Its recorded as being finally broken up at CF Booths, Rotherham on 21st January 2006.
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37185 Middle Hill 3rd October 1998
37185 "Lea & Perrins" runs past the location of Box station with 7Z94 09:04 Westbury to Machen quarry on 3rd October 1998. Due to engineering work the train had to run round at both Bristol East Depot and Swindon. The locomotive was built by English Electric at the Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns works in Darlington as D6885 and new to traffic in late December 1963 allocated to Swansea Landore. In April 1986 it ended it's long association with the Western region and moved to Thornaby in Teeside. The next 13 years it moved around all the regions before being finally stored in September 1999, soon moveing for component recovery at EWS's Wigan CRDC. Its recorded as being finally broken up at CF Booths, Rotherham on 21st January 2006.
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