| A fine study of Bedford TL tractor unit 2300B making the turn into Acton Works sometime in the mid-1980s. One of a pair of TL1930s bought in 1981, these were the most powerful versions of the model taken. 2300B was withdrawn in late 1989 and scrapped (or exported) the following year. Sister vehicle 2301B was withdrawn earlier but had an extended life working for Billy Smart's circus. The trailer is CT37, one of 8 single-axle Crane Fruehauf trailers bought in 1984. Rather surprisingly, this remains in the fleet as of late 2009, repainted blue and without the equipment box visible here behind the lifeguards. The environs of Bollo Lane have changed little over the past 20 years, although the road is rarely this empty nowadays, and the vacancy board outside the works (which showed No Vacancies on this day) has long gone. |
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2876 |
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c.1986 |
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09/11/2009 |
