Graveyard shift
A shot uploaded for interest value finds a number of Hymeks, and a Warship, lounging in the scrapyard at Swindon Works, awaiting the cutter's torch, in March 1975.
The cold, bleak day sort of sums up the mood as, by now, BR's drive to rid themselves of diesel-hydraulics locomotives was underway with nothing short of a vengeance.
Nearest the camera looking decidedly sorry for itself is 7068 and, just behind her, is Warship class 806 (previously "Cambrian"), and then another Hymek, 7023.
Just to the left of 7068 can be seen the remnants of 7054 - one of the few and perhaps the only one, to still be carrying its original green livery when withdrawn. See also link attached ....
www.flickr.com/photos/davidhayes/5769434558
Fujichrome 100
1st March 1975
Graveyard shift
A shot uploaded for interest value finds a number of Hymeks, and a Warship, lounging in the scrapyard at Swindon Works, awaiting the cutter's torch, in March 1975.
The cold, bleak day sort of sums up the mood as, by now, BR's drive to rid themselves of diesel-hydraulics locomotives was underway with nothing short of a vengeance.
Nearest the camera looking decidedly sorry for itself is 7068 and, just behind her, is Warship class 806 (previously "Cambrian"), and then another Hymek, 7023.
Just to the left of 7068 can be seen the remnants of 7054 - one of the few and perhaps the only one, to still be carrying its original green livery when withdrawn. See also link attached ....
www.flickr.com/photos/davidhayes/5769434558
Fujichrome 100
1st March 1975