Further to the item published yesterday, Chris Finch has supplied this picture from April 1988 at Eastleigh of the burned out motor car 61871 from 4-CEP unit 7204, adjacent to a former South Tyneside 2-EPB. I believe that this was seen at Strawberry Hill, Basingstoke, Micheldever and then Eastleigh over a number of years, before eventual disposal.
Updated 06May: Two images from the collection of David Mant
Updated 06May: Two images from the collection of David Mant
Micheldever, 8th May 1974
Basingstoke, 12th September 1985. This is how I recall it, looking like a pick-up truck.
Updated 15th September 2017.
A further picture on Flickr.
A note from David Nolan:
"I had seen the same one in 1990 ,back then I was a Southampton Yard shunter & there had been a number of class 9 unfitted scrap coaching stock movements mostly from Eastleigh East Yard and one from the dis-used East Grimstead china clay sidings near Dean.
"So I had a look back at some of the paperwork I have from that period and I found it. It was sent on 9X42 23:07 Eastleigh East Yard - Southampton Up Yard 31st March 1990 with DEMU motor coaches 60121 [ex 204002] & 60143 [ex 207018] with brakevan ADS56289, hauled by 33030
for sending to Vic Berry's."
61871 - withdrawn June 1971, broken up V Berry, Leicester, April 1990
60121 - withdrawn February 1980, broken up V Berry, Leicester, March 1990 (according to Ashley Butlin's book, may have been April)
60143 - withdrawn September 1987, broken up V Berry, Leicester, April 1990
ADS56298 - preserved at Swanage
33030 - in pool AWCX (WCRC Non Operational Locomotives), stored at Carnforth
Does anyone have any further images?
