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I drove past Padmore Street depot today for the first time this decade and I noticed 20202 is still parked in the graveyard at the bottom of the patch. Can anyone remember the date it was withdrawn?

AdamH wrote: ↑

21:40 Saturday 1st February 2020

I drove past Padmore Street depot today for the first time this decade and I noticed 20202 is still parked in the graveyard at the bottom of the patch. Can anyone remember the date it was withdrawn?

Sorry, I can't find an exact date, but...

On Tuesday 17th September 2019, DD12 said in a post that he had seen 20202 parked in the scrap corner if that helps.

The odd thing is, the tax has been renewed (according to the GOV.UK checker) and is due on the 1 Nov 2020, so I wonder if this means that 20202 was still in use after the 1 Nov 2019...

I have often looked at the official (First) list of movements and withdrawals that appears on the wmbusphotos website, and I have never seen 20202 listed, -- but I may have missed it !!

Damn ! -- Just finished watching some DVDs on my lap-top, and I see I've just missed the opportunity to put on a post at 02.20 on 02/02/2020 to say that maybe the company wanted to wait to officially withdraw 20202 in 02/2020 !!

Although it looks very shabby I don't remember seeing parts missing (?) - so perhaps it remains taxed and ready for emergency rail-replacement work ??

DD12 wrote: ↑

02:42 Sunday 2nd February 2020

Damn ! -- Just finished watching some DVDs on my lap-top, and I see I've just missed the opportunity to put on a post at 02.20 on 02/02/2020 to say that maybe the company wanted to wait to officially withdraw 20202 in 02/2020 !!

Oups, that was very careless of you.

However, it looks like someone with access to the database log files knows how to rewrite history...

Meanwhile, I'll mark 20202 as being stored. There is a good chance it has been kept in reserve for rail work as just after I left a new manager was appointed who is well connected with the rail side and bought with him quite a lot of rail work. Unfortunately that manager has now also moved on...

20202 has now gone from the depot -- -- presumably to the scrap man !