Withdrawn Class 91s for scrap arrive at Newport Docks
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Withdrawn Class 91s for scrap arrive at Newport Docks
Image: © Gareth James Taken: 3 Feb 2023
Class 37 locomotive No. 37510 heads into the Newport Docks complex with three withdrawn class 91 locomotives, Nos. 91125, 91115 and 91112, in tow. The 91s, which worked express trains on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh from 1988, are on their final journey, coming from Doncaster for scrapping at Sims Metals' site in the docks. It seems somewhat ironic that these 35-year-old electric locomotives are being brought on their funeral run by a 60-year-old diesel.
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