From my diary for the day our first visit to Stratford, “got taken round shed and got 54 cops there, it is a brilliant place”.
To a couple of very keen and impressionable 13 year old spotters to see, once coming out of the tunnel under the station, past the DMU’s in the old steam shed, and then spotter’s heaven, line and lines of power, unforgettable….
Stratford depot, Saturday January 30th 1971
1525, 1528, 1563, 1608, 1756, 1758, 1772, 1778, 1796, 1870, 2158, 2216, 2278, 3338, 3597, 3920, 4192, 5500, 5503, 5504, 5505, 5507, 5508, 5509, 5510, 5511, 5513, 5514, 5515, 5516, 5519, 5569, 5581, 5588, 5629, 5633, 5639, 5657, 5659, 5697, 6729, 6750, 6960, 6962, 6964, 8032, 8055, 8056, 8200, 8201, 8204, 8211, 8216, 8218, 8220, 8222, 8226, 8229, 8230, 8231, 12105, 12108, 12114, 12115, 12132, 12136
Notes
66 locos were present, 8032 was transferred to Tinsley in May 71, 8055 was transferred to Eastfield in Oct 71, 8056 to Tinsley in Oct 71. 2216 was withdrawn in May 71 for export, 2278 was withdrawn.
6960 survived as a Stratford loco until transfer to Eastfield in April 82.
Most of the 82ers were withdrawn in March 71, Most of the 12xxx shunters were already withdrawn, being cut up at Stratford later in 1971.
For our younger readers heres the TOPS nos for the class 03, 04.08, 20, 31, 37 and 47s, the class 04, 15 82ers and 12xxx gronks never got renumbered
47422, 47006, 47446, 47478, 47162, 47571, 47177, 47579, 47315, 47220, 03158, 08268, 08482, 08752, 08958, 31018, 31003, 31004, 31005, 31007, 31008, 31009, 31010, 31011, 31013, 31014, 31015, 31016, 31019, 31151, 31163, 31170, 31205, 31209, 31215, 31230, 31232, 31419, 37029, 37050, 37260, 37262, 37264, 20032, 20055, 20056,
DMU depot
51004,50564, 59243, 50547, 50543, 50549, 59213, 50564, 59354, 50881, 50846, 51155, 59463, 51104, 51001, 51166, 59449, 59212, 50988, 51125, 50574, 50568, 59462, 59349, 50570
Stratford depot Phot spot
John Williams visited Stratford 2 years later and these photos add that bit more to my 1971 log…..
D4192 (later 08958) was the last 08 built and was on Stratford depot on January 30th 1971 and on November 3rd 1973 when photographed by John and still in green livery too.
Most of us who visited Stratford in the 70s will remember long lines of class 31’0 “toffeeapples”, here John Williams captures 5501 (later 31001) at the head of a long line of her classmates on November 3rd 1973
Again on November 3rd 1973 John captures 5599 (later 31178) and other classic classes on the refuelling roads at Stratford.
much more Stratford depot reports and phots to follow
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