Bradford Exchange station pilot on the 20th July 1976 is 03162.
Locomotive History
03162 was built at Swindon works as D2162, entering traffic in September 1960, initially allocated to York MPD before quickly transferring to Gateshead. In February 1967 it transferred to Leeds Neville Hill and five years later in November 1972 to Bradford Hammerton Street. It gained its TOPS number in February 1974 and was transferred to East Anglia (Colchester) in January 1977. It stayed in East Anglia for five years before it transferred back to Gateshead with a three month stay at Lincoln on the way north. Its final home was Birkenhead and it transferred to Birkenhead Mollington Street MPD in June 1983 moving over to Birkenhead North when Mollington Street closed in November 1985. Along with 03073 and 03170 it was withdrawn from in May 1989 at Birkenhead and towed to Chester. In the October 1989 03162 was brought by Wirral Council and moved to the Llangollen Railway where it currently (April 2017) can be found.
Re-scanned and re-edited 29th April 2017
Praktica LTL, Orwochrome UT18
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