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Not a lot left of SMS 635 at Wombwell Diesels on 25 May 1979. One of many that only lasted until the expiry of their seven year certificate of initial fitness. Had these been fitted with a more powerful engine and better ventilation around it, maybe these quickly unloved buses could have lasted longer. Can`t help looking back at the sixteen hundred mile trip to Italy that I participated in with ten SMS`s and how they ran so much better than expected once out of urban areas. The build quality was far superior to how buses are made forty years on.
Scan from a negative, D683 and D669, two from Summerhills batch of AN68/1rs are seen in Frank Traynors' yard in Castlewellan County Down
Ok, so it`s not quite in line with the `buses` title but it is at least LT relevant. Many R and CO/CP District Line carriages ended up at Booths for scrapping such as car 21101 on 2 October 1982.
The blunt end of 91132 amongst other scrap vehicles all waiting for the crusher at Sims metals Beeston
With a registration plate like this it wouldn`t be surprising if this bus has been put aside undercover in the hope of generating some cash. But the position of the letters and number doesn`t look quite right and therein is the mystery for this is RT 3951 and the correct registration is LUC 110. What`s this all about?
Taken at Wombwell Diesels on 25 May 1979.
A return trip to the "local" scrap yard allowed captures of all the goodness I missed the first time around. SO many of these old logo appliques are missing but this one, minus two letters, is on there for good.
Abandoned vehicle yard in Pripyat.
Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has a special status within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: ?????? ????, mirnyj atom) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
A 35 man (plus guides) trip to the Ukraine exploring Chernobyl, the village, Duga 3, Pripyat and Kiev including Maidan (Independence Square) and observing the peaceful protests underway.
Some new faces, some old, made new friends and generally we were in our elements.
Rhetorical question but did we have a blast? You bet!
Amazing group, top guys. Till the next time!
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Fowler (Midland) 0-6-0 43924 caught on Kodachrome 25 slide film by John Wiltshire in all its rusty glory on a sunny day at Barry Docks in June 1968.
This engine is not the most magnificent of steam engines but it is famous for being the very first to be purchased and rescued from the scrapyard in September 1968 having spent exactly 3 years at Barry. The loco can be seen today as a regular performer on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in Yorkshire.
Quite the find, a 1925 built British Thompson Houston 3MW steam turbine! She was placed in use at Hatfield Main Collieries Power House from 1925 through to her retirement and removal from the colliery in 1974! Not in the best of nick but a restoration project would see her through...
A view of Trevor Wigley’s scrapyard at Carlton in February 1985 with an unidentified West Yorkshire PTE Scania Metropolitan.
One of the ex Alexander prewar buses 'stored' at Blairlogie .
Taken on a trial Fuji film... 13/11/82.
A beautifully exposed 35mm Kodachrome 25ASA slide taken by John Wiltshire off the footbridge at Barry Docks good shed in May 1967.
The number of the LMS Jinty in the foreground is unknown but the 2nd loco is LMS Crab 42859 as identified on the slide notes. Behind that is a BR Standard 9F, a BR standard class 5, another 2 Jinty and then 2 Ivatts.
Plenty here for the railway modeller. Dont you just want to go in and polish them , light the fire and steam them to a safe place ?
Wombwell Diesels on 2 October 1982. RT`s no longer dominate but a fair quantity of SM family buses can be seen here including an SMA and an SM that had spent time with another owner after leaving London Country. Is that a Southampton Corporation decker on the left?
The scrapyard of Cohens of Kettering in the mid-1980s with three class '48DS' Ruston & Hornsby 4-wheel diesel-mechanical locomotives awaiting the torch. From left to right: (W/No.224346 built in 1945) in yellow, which was acquired from British Leyland at Coventry circa February 1982. In green "Grazebrook" (W/No.279597 built in 1949), which arrived from Midland Rollmakers at Crewe in September 1983, and in black an unidentified '48DS' Class Ruston.
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Forty one years ago tonight there were numerous LT garages with anything from one to several RM`s parked up, de-blinded and no longer required for service as from the schedule change of 4 September 1982.
Around two hundred RM`s were removed from weekday schedules and with less buses required for service there was still room for those that had been withdrawn to remain until moved to storage at EnsignBus over the coming days. It was several weeks before fifty left London for parts reclaim and subsequent breaking at Norths near Leeds and many were still intact there when I visited on 4 November 1982. RM`s 1541, 1169, 1203 and 1706 awaiting their turn for dismantling look just like I remember seeing many parked up withdrawn in garages. Fully intact and capable of being used but deemed to be surplus to requirements.
91132 in Sims scrapyard Beeston waiting its fate, can still make it out despite the best efforts to hide it away. Was surprised they hadn't thrown a tarpaulin over it.
Routemasters were being withdrawn from service by the dozen and were being unceremoniously stripped of useful parts and dragged up the M1 to the Barnsley scrapyards. I had to visit one of the scrapyards to pay homage to the departing icons. These pictures still sadden me, although many Routemasters live on because of the sacrifice these vehicles made.
At Norths on 4 November 1982, RM 1538 is being systematically dismantled on a parts reclaim basis - which was the requirement for the fifty RM`s that went there a few weeks previously. Those at the back of the queue lasted on site a lot longer than would have been the case if straightforward breaking had been undertaken. Removed parts did come back to LT - I recall seeing a big stash of these that included lower back ends with registration numbers visible.
The penultimate class '03' shunter to be built, D2398, never received its TOPS number and was withdrawn from service in October 1971. It is seen at the site of the former Fratton steam shed in the process of being cut up by Pounds Shipbreakers on 8th October 1972.
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