58042 Stroud - St Marys 23rd May 2001
58042 runs through the Stroud Valley near St Marys crossing with 4V27, the 10:36 Longbridge to Swindon Rover on 23rd May 2001. The train is made up of a raft of empty KSA "Cube" wagons which had been bought by Rover for this traffic in the mid 90's, replacing the IZA Cargowaggon twin sets. that were used at the time. Once at the Rover "Pressed Steel" plant at Swindon they would be reloaded with car body panels and return to Longbridge via Oxford. The job was booked a Class 66 which had replaced pairs of RFD Class 47's but the service would sometimes be a Saltley kick out as obviously happened on this occasion.
The Rover plant at Longbridge was shut down in April 2005 after the company collapsed and the trains of which there was three a day stopped running and the wagons stored. A number had their bodies removed and repurposed as log carriers for Colas retaining their TOPs code and original numbers.
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58042 Stroud - St Marys 23rd May 2001
58042 runs through the Stroud Valley near St Marys crossing with 4V27, the 10:36 Longbridge to Swindon Rover on 23rd May 2001. The train is made up of a raft of empty KSA "Cube" wagons which had been bought by Rover for this traffic in the mid 90's, replacing the IZA Cargowaggon twin sets. that were used at the time. Once at the Rover "Pressed Steel" plant at Swindon they would be reloaded with car body panels and return to Longbridge via Oxford. The job was booked a Class 66 which had replaced pairs of RFD Class 47's but the service would sometimes be a Saltley kick out as obviously happened on this occasion.
The Rover plant at Longbridge was shut down in April 2005 after the company collapsed and the trains of which there was three a day stopped running and the wagons stored. A number had their bodies removed and repurposed as log carriers for Colas retaining their TOPs code and original numbers.
Mamiya 645 Slide Scan