Having made the short journey from Wembley Yard as the 5S95 ECS, 90041 is detached from the Caledonian Sleeper stock in readiness for its departure in a couple of hours. At the time of writing, this stock, introduced in the mid 1980s, is on borrowed time . The new Mk.IV sleeper stock (built abroad) is under testing ready for introduction by the end of 2018. In 1984. I remember chasing Mk.I sleeper stock all over the country, who would have thought some 35 years later I would be photographing their replacements prior to withdrawal?
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