Class 504's At Stoke On Trent

[northernrail]

Hi
Sorry if ive got this in the wrong thread.
I remember reading why some Class 504's were at Stoke On Trent but ive completly forgot.
Can anyone refresh my memory please.

 

[theblackwatch]

They were stored there for some time (several years) in Cockshute sidings before being sent for scrap.

 

[northernrail]

Was there a reason it was Stoke, couldnt it have been Bury, and how come they had no doors??

 

[Peter Mugridge]

The doors were probably removed for spares ( slammer doors are very vulnerable to damage! ) before the units were removed from their depots and despatched for scrap.

I have several pictures in my albums of EPBs and SUBs en route for scrap or in yards minus doors, so it would have been a standard practice.

 

[NXEA!]

They were stored there for some time (several years) in Cockshute sidings before being sent for scrap.

Cockshute.

 

[OuterDistant]

I've got a book that shows some 506s stored there as well, sometime in the 80s.

Incidentally, ask anyone around here about "Cockshute", and they don't know what the hell you're on about!