Class 20 - 20029 at Derby RTC in July 1987
The Derby RTC sidings always had a large variety of vehicles either awaiting test or awaiting departure following completion for testing. The sidings also provided stabling for locomotives awaiting investigations and those arriving for test train haulage duties. Class 20 locomotive 20029 spent a few days at the RTC in Derby including a visit inside the EDU (Engineering Development Unit) workshop. It is seen here stabled on the No 1 road at the south end of the RTC sidings on the 6th July 1987. The locomotive was built in 1959 as D8029 fitted with tablet catcher recess below each cabside window for operation on single line routes. With the development in signalling systems, the tablet catcher equipment was removed and bodyside recesses plated over. The locomotive was renumbered as 20029 in 1973 and remained in service until 1991, being scrapped during 1993 at MC Metals.
© Dave Bower
RAIL VEHICLE TESTING - www.bowerbooks.co.uk
Class 20 - 20029 at Derby RTC in July 1987
The Derby RTC sidings always had a large variety of vehicles either awaiting test or awaiting departure following completion for testing. The sidings also provided stabling for locomotives awaiting investigations and those arriving for test train haulage duties. Class 20 locomotive 20029 spent a few days at the RTC in Derby including a visit inside the EDU (Engineering Development Unit) workshop. It is seen here stabled on the No 1 road at the south end of the RTC sidings on the 6th July 1987. The locomotive was built in 1959 as D8029 fitted with tablet catcher recess below each cabside window for operation on single line routes. With the development in signalling systems, the tablet catcher equipment was removed and bodyside recesses plated over. The locomotive was renumbered as 20029 in 1973 and remained in service until 1991, being scrapped during 1993 at MC Metals.
© Dave Bower
RAIL VEHICLE TESTING - www.bowerbooks.co.uk