Southern 4 VEPs scrapping runs?

[heart-of-wessex]

Hello all,

I can find a lot of info on the Class 421/423's scrap drags from Ramsgate and Wimbledon, but not much on the Southern side of things. Where did Southern's lot go from?

Was there Class 47 scrap drags from Brighton (or any other type of loco?) or were they sent under their own power to somewhere to be towed from there?


Cheers,

James.

 

[Donny Dave]

I'm not sure if it's related, but I remember seeing a few years ago a couple of slam door sets being hauled Eastbound through Althorpe station and over Keadby Bridge by an EWS shed. Made me do a double take and have a face something like .... hock:

I presume they were on they're way to Immingham from somewhere in the South East.

 

[Boothby97]

I'm not sure if it's related, but I remember seeing a few years ago a couple of slam door sets being hauled Eastbound through Althorpe station and over Keadby Bridge by an EWS shed. Made me do a double take and have a face something like .... hock:

I presume they were on they're way to Immingham from somewhere in the South East.

I think some Slam Door sets were cut up at Immingham Railfreight Terminal, but I'm not sure which operators stock got cut there.
Thanks, Sam

 

[fgwrich]

In short, quite a few of them ended up all over the place. Quite a few of them ended up in Shoeburyness, Caerwent, Immingham and Eastleigh to name a few.

 

[SWT158]

is there a site where all slammers withdrawn have been logged on there last trip to the scrap man
as trying to build up history on the slammers in some form

 

[Peter Mugridge]

In short, quite a few of them ended up all over the place. Quite a few of them ended up in Shoeburyness, Caerwent, Immingham and Eastleigh to name a few.

Didn't quite a large volume end up at Beeston near Nottingham?

 

[heart-of-wessex]

is there a site where all slammers withdrawn have been logged on there last trip to the scrap man
as trying to build up history on the slammers in some form

Any particular TOC? You could try the Yahoo! Groups 'se-gen' as I've seen posts in there with the Class 47 or xx loco towing units to the scrap destination. As the slammer numbers are usually in the post, the date of the post will tell you what day it was too.

I just can't find anything on there to suggest where they went from Brighton. I'm guessing the last slammers went elsewhere to be stored instead..?