1982 – 4-SUB in the Rain..
Taken in May 1982
SR/BR 4-SUB unit 4298 at Slade Green station, on a gloomy day in May 1982. The route indicator has been replaced by a hand-written board..
The unit had entered service with BR in July 1949, and was withdrawn in September 1983, and scrapped in April 1986. One example has been preserved, and operated for some years in an (incorrect) Southern Railway livery, and was later put into storage. After spending 20 years in the open air, it is now (2025) in the old Hornby factory in Margate, and funds are being raised for its – cosmetic – restoration.. The station looks tidier now, and passenger services are provided by Southern Railway and Thameslink.. The open area on the left has more trees on it, and most of the tower blocks in the distance, have gone..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
1982 – 4-SUB in the Rain..
Taken in May 1982
SR/BR 4-SUB unit 4298 at Slade Green station, on a gloomy day in May 1982. The route indicator has been replaced by a hand-written board..
The unit had entered service with BR in July 1949, and was withdrawn in September 1983, and scrapped in April 1986. One example has been preserved, and operated for some years in an (incorrect) Southern Railway livery, and was later put into storage. After spending 20 years in the open air, it is now (2025) in the old Hornby factory in Margate, and funds are being raised for its – cosmetic – restoration.. The station looks tidier now, and passenger services are provided by Southern Railway and Thameslink.. The open area on the left has more trees on it, and most of the tower blocks in the distance, have gone..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon