08220 stands in a rather green part of the yard at the Great Central Railway (North) headquarters, Ruddington, 29th June 2013.
Locomotive History
Originally 13290 and then D3290 it was built at Derby works and entered traffic in December 1956, allocated to Nottingham MPD. It was transferred to Crewe ten years later on the closure of Nottingham MPD in 1966 where it would remain until withdrawal. It received it last classified repair at Swindon works in March 1978 and this repair would keep 08220 in traffic for another eight years until withdrawn in March 1986. Following withdrawal it was sold as a source of spares and moved to Carnforth where it would slowly decay for almost twenty years. After a spell at a contractors yard at Wrenbury from 2006 it arrived at Ruddington in October 2008 and after twenty three years of neglect has been fully restored.
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