seriesonewelder
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As said previously many were acquired by preservation groups, however what helped the locos was that the carriages were easier to cut up so the yard workers concentrated on these.
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A good number of the replacement diesel locos had a short life too when classes were deemed non-standard after scant few years service.
Shocking waste of resources especially when you see that some class 20s and 37s have had a service life of 60 years or more.
If EWS hadn't been allowed to be so spiteful in the late 90s then a few more locos could have had a longer life rather than being scrapped to prevent competitors investing in them; the way they have let the class 60s sit and rot at Toton is horrific.
Rail rant over
In the spirit of the thread I bought myself a couple of Rapido N Gauge Peaks last week; class 45 and 46
The class 45 represents the same loco that I had in OO gauge at xmas 1981 and the prototype class 46 I saw at an open day at Coalville depot in the late 1980's
I'm not a foamer but I do love Peaks
Shocking waste of resources especially when you see that some class 20s and 37s have had a service life of 60 years or more.
If EWS hadn't been allowed to be so spiteful in the late 90s then a few more locos could have had a longer life rather than being scrapped to prevent competitors investing in them; the way they have let the class 60s sit and rot at Toton is horrific.
Rail rant over
In the spirit of the thread I bought myself a couple of Rapido N Gauge Peaks last week; class 45 and 46
The class 45 represents the same loco that I had in OO gauge at xmas 1981 and the prototype class 46 I saw at an open day at Coalville depot in the late 1980's
I'm not a foamer but I do love Peaks
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