Nottingham carriage pilot 08894 basks in the winter sunshine between carriage shunts, 25th January 1976. Behind the pilot engine can be seen the station buildings of what was Nottingham London Road station, opened for traffic in 1857 which became the terminus for the London and North Western Railway and Great Northern Railway traffic. The station finally closed during World War Two becoming a parcels depot and remained in use as such until 1988. It is now a health centre and gym.
Locomotive History
08894 was originally D4124 and it was built at Horwich in 1961 and on entering traffic was allocated to Swindon MPD. It remained a Swindon engine until 1974 when it was transferred to Newport Ebbw Junction, however its stay was short because following a works visit in August 1975, when it acquired dual brake equipment it was transferred to Toton. It remained a Toton engine until the late 1980’s when it transferred to Allerton. Withdrawn in August 1998 it would languish at Allerton until early 2007 when it made its last journey (by road) to TJ Thompson, Stockton and was broken up in September 2007.
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