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421W GH8004

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07/06/2007

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Details: 421W was another of the fleet of lorries created in 1939 by the extensive rebuilding of former T-type coaches. It was one of just three such vehicles that took advantage of the low-framed chassis to provide a lower loading surface (at the expense of greater wheelarch intrusion). 396W had this configuration for its role as a battery carrier, but 420W and 421W were dropside lorries for general duties. This view was almost certainly taken at Epsom Downs, the vehicle being used to carry temporary fence panels. Interestingly, when similar 420W was withdrawn in 1961, the two vehicles apparently swapped bodies. 421W was itself withdrawn less than a year later.

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