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20196_1976_06_Nottingham

            20196 and 20068 trundle trough Nottingham station with a class 9 unfitted train of loaded coal hoppers bound for Staythorpe Power Station, 26th June 1976.

Locomotive History
20196 was originally D8196 and was built by English Electric in 1967. It was allocated to Toton from new and spent virtually it whole career allocated to this Nottinghamshire depot. However it would spend over eighteen months stored unserviceable until given a classified repair at Glasgow works in October 1984. It was briefly renumbered 20308 in the late 1980’s when dedicated to Peak Forest aggregate duties but had reverted back to 20196 prior to withdrawal in January 1992. It was broken up by MC Metals in September 1993. 20139 was originally D8139 and was built by English Electric in 1966. Withdrawn in May 1991 it was one of four class 20’s sold for further use in France becoming 2003 in the Compagnie de Chemins de Fer Departementaux fleet. On withdrawal in France it was returned to the UK in September 2005 with a view to preservation, however it was sold for scrap and was broken up in May 2010 at EMR, Kingsbury. 20068 was originally D8068 and was built by English Electric at the Robert Stephensons and Hawthorn works, Darlington, entering traffic in June 1961. 20068 was withdrawn July 1987 and would linger for six years before being broken up by MC Metals, Glasgow in December 1993.

Taken in: UK / England / Meadows (show map)

Taken on: June 26, 1976

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26th June

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Sets appears in: • Class 20 • June 1976

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