07001 is stabled in the yard at Barrow Hill, 17th November 2012
Locomotive History
Fourteen 0-6-0 diesel electric shunting engines (D2985 – D2998) were built in 1962 by Ruston and Hornsby specifically for dock yard shunting at Southampton Docks. They became class 07 however with the drastic reduction in wagon load traffic through Southampton Docks in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the class started to become surplus. Being a small class and with the tendency to run hot when required to travel any distance the class started to be withdrawn as early as May 1973 when D2988/91/92/98 were condemned. Three further locomotives 07003/09/10 were withdrawn in October 1976 and the remaining seven were withdrawn en-block in July 1977. 07001 was originally D2985, entered traffic in June 1962 and condemned in July 1977. All bar three locomotives were sold for further use and 07001 was sold to Tilsley & Lovatt at the Newstead Trading Estate, Trentham in Stoke-on-Trent, on the 5th April 1978. The locomotive was overhauled and sold to the Staveley Lime Co. (Peakstone) at the Dove Holes quarry, Peak Dale on the 30th May 1978. In 1986 the loco was stored out of use and was sold to the Harry Needle Co. on 26th April 1989 moving to Needle's headquarters at Meadowhall, Sheffield, and later to Barrow Hill in June 1999. 07001 was Mainline registered in December 2000 and was moved to OTIS, later Creative Logistics, Salford, in March 2001 where it remained until 2009 when it returned to Barrow Hill.
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08502 stands in the yard at Barrow Hill, 17th November 2012.
Locomotive History
Originally D3657 it was one of a batch of twenty four class 08’s (D3608 – D3611, D3652 – D3664, D3680 – D3686) built at Doncaster works in 1958. Entering traffic in May 1958 initially allocated to Stourton MPD, Leeds it was quickly transferred two months latter Manningham, Bradford. In November 1964 it transferred to Neville Hill and its final transfer was in August 1971 to Thornaby where it would remain until withdrawn in October 1988. Following withdrawal it was sold to ICI at Wilton and in the summer of 2007 to HNRC who placed it on hire at Heaton depot where it arrived in September 2007 until it returned to Barrow Hill in June 2012.
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Northern Pacer 142017 is stabled in platform 5 at Carlisle and will eventually form 2N24, 11:27 Carlisle – Newcastle, 9th November 2012.
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142020 is about to depart Kiveton Park station with 2R21, 12:27 Lincoln – Ardwick, 17th November 2012.
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144010 plus an unidentified class 150 arrive at Shireoaks with 2P69, 12:18 Scunthorpe – Lincoln, 17th November 2012.
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