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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > The End > LPPC DSL CO 00970117-Edit

 

 

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 CO 00970117-Edit ‘The name’s Spartan, James….’, as the headcode box that someone at Swindon has arranged as a spoof suggests, 844 ‘Spartan’ looks as if it is about to go into battle stripped for action as its namesakes would have done, but sadly the loco is on a scrap line outside the back of the works in December 1971, hence its lean and hungry look. It still looks presentable though and certainly as good as some that were still running, considering the state the Western Class 52s were allowed to descend into before withdrawal. I have said before about the scandalously short lives of the Standard steam classes, but these hydraulic types of diesel come close. ‘Spartan’ was completed on 12/4/61 and enjoyed only ten years of action, being withdrawn on 3/10/71 and scrapped on 19/5/72. It is said that when taken out of service, classmate 857 was in faultless order. Keywords: BR, Western, Swindon Works, 1971, Scrap, Withdrawn, Class 43, Warship, 844, 'Spartan'
LPPC DSL CO 00970117-Edit ‘The name’s Spartan, James….’, as the headcode box that someone at Swindon has arranged as a spoof suggests, 844 ‘Spartan’ looks as if it is about to go into battle stripped for action as its namesakes would have done, but sadly the loco is on a scrap line outside the back of the works in December 1971, hence its lean and hungry look. It still looks presentable though and certainly as good as some that were still running, considering the state the Western Class 52s were allowed to descend into before withdrawal. I have said before about the scandalously short lives of the Standard steam classes, but these hydraulic types of diesel come close. ‘Spartan’ was completed on 12/4/61 and enjoyed only ten years of action, being withdrawn on 3/10/71 and scrapped on 19/5/72. It is said that when taken out of service, classmate 857 was in faultless order. Keywords: BR, Western, Swindon Works, 1971, Scrap, Withdrawn, Class 43, Warship, 844, 'Spartan'
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‘The name’s Spartan, James….’, as the headcode box that someone

at Swindon has arranged as a spoof suggests, 844 ‘Spartan’ looks as if it is about to go into battle stripped for action as its namesakes would have done, but sadly the loco is on a scrap line outside the back of the works in December 1971, hence its lean and hungry look. It still looks presentable though and certainly as good as some that were still running, considering the state the Western Class 52s were allowed to descend into before withdrawal. I have said before about the scandalously short lives of the Standard steam classes, but these hydraulic types of diesel come close. ‘Spartan’ was completed on 12/4/61 and enjoyed only ten years of action, being withdrawn on 3/10/71 and scrapped on 19/5/72. It is said that when taken out of service, classmate 857 was in faultless order.