Down to nowhere
47299
The story of 47299 is like an episode of "The X-Files", albeit a really dull one... In 1981, a psychic contacted British Rail, claiming they had forseen a fatal accident featuring a 47216. Presumably, after much high level discussion (and maybe a certain amount of cynicism) the locomotive 47216 was renumbered to 47299. And then 47299 was involved in an accident at Wrawby Junction. One person died... If 47299 was blessed with supernatural powers, however, they did it little good when it arrived at Wigan Component Recovery and Distribution Centre, as they scrapped it. It is seen here on Christmas Day 1999 during it's dismemberment.
47299
The story of 47299 is like an episode of "The X-Files", albeit a really dull one... In 1981, a psychic contacted British Rail, claiming they had forseen a fatal accident featuring a 47216. Presumably, after much high level discussion (and maybe a certain amount of cynicism) the locomotive 47216 was renumbered to 47299. And then 47299 was involved in an accident at Wrawby Junction. One person died... If 47299 was blessed with supernatural powers, however, they did it little good when it arrived at Wigan Component Recovery and Distribution Centre, as they scrapped it. It is seen here on Christmas Day 1999 during it's dismemberment.