Being a Sunday afternoon Graham and I had no bother

'bagging' Llandudno Junction depot! I recall that the gate was open and that we just walked in finding it devoid of any staff. The prize for our clandestine visit was to find 40003 (ex D203) on-shed among a huge number of ancient vacuum wagons of various types. I am not sure as to when 40003 arrived at the depot with the fabled Mother List website having it placed at Holyhead depot the previous day. The 40 survived for just over a year after this photograph was taken being withdrawn at Healey Mills on 12.09.82 taking a further two years to be cut up at Doncaster, a process completed by January 1984.