45149 31420 Tinsley TMD

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45149 31420 Tinsley TMD
45149 31420 Tinsley TMD

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A fine morning at Sheffield's Tinsley TMD on 16 August 1987 as 45149 and 31420 are seen on the depots fuel point. 45149 has only a month left in operational service with British Rail, withdrawal coming just four weeks later on 14 September 1987. However, this was not to be just another Class 45 destined for scrap, and entered into preservation, initially after a successful bid by Pete Waterman. These days 45149 can be found at Toddington, on the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway in the care of the Cotswold Mainline Diesel Group, more details can be found here www.cmdg.online/locomotive-history---45149.html

Unfortunately 31420 wasn't quite as fortunate as 45149, although it would soldier on until withdrawal during January 2001, with final disposal at Booths of Rotherham during July 2007.

Even the depot that these two locomotives are seen at; Tinsley, would succumb to closure on 28 March 1998, and within 12 months had been demolished.

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Taken on: August 16, 1987
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