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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > The End > LPPC DSL BW 0308

 

 

The photographs in this collection are from the The End section of Peter Collins' Railwayman's View Book Volume One - BR Western Region.

LPPC DSL BW 0308 North British-built Type 2 Class 21, number D6122, of a type that was keen on many varieties of self-destruction from engine blow-ups to major fires, was one of two diesels to be dumped at Woodham’s Barry yard. Meanwhile 4979 ‘Helperly Hall’ probably can’t resist a smirk at having had a far longer and more productive life than its adjacent opposition. It turns out that D6122 is at the centre of a controversy concerning identity as there seems to be some evidence to suggest that at one time it swapped identities with D6121. Apparently that number appeared on one of its cabsides after being weathered for years at Barry. Also, as D6122 it was used in a re-railing exercise at Hither Green shed in November 1967 en route from Scotland to Barry! Keywords: BR, Western, Wales, Woodham's Barry Yard, Barry, 4979, 'Helperley Hall', D6122, Class 21, Scrap, Withdrawn
LPPC DSL BW 0308 North British-built Type 2 Class 21, number D6122, of a type that was keen on many varieties of self-destruction from engine blow-ups to major fires, was one of two diesels to be dumped at Woodham’s Barry yard. Meanwhile 4979 ‘Helperly Hall’ probably can’t resist a smirk at having had a far longer and more productive life than its adjacent opposition. It turns out that D6122 is at the centre of a controversy concerning identity as there seems to be some evidence to suggest that at one time it swapped identities with D6121. Apparently that number appeared on one of its cabsides after being weathered for years at Barry. Also, as D6122 it was used in a re-railing exercise at Hither Green shed in November 1967 en route from Scotland to Barry! Keywords: BR, Western, Wales, Woodham's Barry Yard, Barry, 4979, 'Helperley Hall', D6122, Class 21, Scrap, Withdrawn
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North British-built Type 2 Class 21, number D6122, of a

type that was keen on many varieties of self-destruction from engine blow-ups to major fires, was one of two diesels to be dumped at Woodham’s Barry yard. Meanwhile 4979 ‘Helperly Hall’ probably can’t resist a smirk at having had a far longer and more productive life than its adjacent opposition. It turns out that D6122 is at the centre of a controversy concerning identity as there seems to be some evidence to suggest that at one time it swapped identities with D6121. Apparently that number appeared on one of its cabsides after being weathered for years at Barry. Also, as D6122 it was used in a re-railing exercise at Hither Green shed in November 1967 en route from Scotland to Barry!