Image 47263 & 20097, Crewe Works
47263 & 20097, Crewe Works
47263 & 20097, Crewe Works With the tablet catcher equipment recess under the number still in place, 20097 is giving away a little about its history. This equipment was only fitted to Scottish machines and indeed, as D8097 it was new to Eastfield in November 1961. In this image, it looks as if it has met with a relatively minor accident judging by the damage to the cab front. Repairs were authorised but took a long time as I saw the same locomotive in the same condition on a subsequent visit some seven months after this picture was taken. The locomotive remained in service until September 1989 eventually returning to Scotland, where it started out its working life, to be cut up at Springburn in 1992. To the left of the Class 20 is 47263 that as D1963 was new to Cardiff Canton in 1965. It was obviously at Crewe for overhaul as I had haulage behind it three months after this picture was taken when it was still in very smart and fresh paint! It survived into the privatisation era becoming 47736 as a RES (Rail Express Systems) machine ending its days at Ron Hull's scrapyard in Rotherham towards the end of 2007. Keywords: 47263 20097 Crewe Works
47263 & 20097, Crewe Works With the tablet catcher equipment recess under the number still in place, 20097 is giving away a little about its history. This equipment was only fitted to Scottish machines and indeed, as D8097 it was new to Eastfield in November 1961. In this image, it looks as if it has met with a relatively minor accident judging by the damage to the cab front. Repairs were authorised but took a long time as I saw the same locomotive in the same condition on a subsequent visit some seven months after this picture was taken. The locomotive remained in service until September 1989 eventually returning to Scotland, where it started out its working life, to be cut up at Springburn in 1992. To the left of the Class 20 is 47263 that as D1963 was new to Cardiff Canton in 1965. It was obviously at Crewe for overhaul as I had haulage behind it three months after this picture was taken when it was still in very smart and fresh paint! It survived into the privatisation era becoming 47736 as a RES (Rail Express Systems) machine ending its days at Ron Hull's scrapyard in Rotherham towards the end of 2007. Keywords: 47263 20097 Crewe Works


With the tablet catcher equipment recess under the number still

in place, 20097 is giving away a little about its history. This equipment was only fitted to Scottish machines and indeed, as D8097 it was new to Eastfield in November 1961. In this image, it looks as if it has met with a relatively minor accident judging by the damage to the cab front. Repairs were authorised but took a long time as I saw the same locomotive in the same condition on a subsequent visit some seven months after this picture was taken. The locomotive remained in service until September 1989 eventually returning to Scotland, where it started out its working life, to be cut up at Springburn in 1992. To the left of the Class 20 is 47263 that as D1963 was new to Cardiff Canton in 1965. It was obviously at Crewe for overhaul as I had haulage behind it three months after this picture was taken when it was still in very smart and fresh paint! It survived into the privatisation era becoming 47736 as a RES (Rail Express Systems) machine ending its days at Ron Hull's scrapyard in Rotherham towards the end of 2007.