28th June 1996

At 10.52 Railfreight Distribution Class 47 no. 47348 "St. Christopher's Railway Home" brings a string of Cargowaggons into Willesden Yard from Stratford. I recall seeing this loco dumped for several years at Meldon Quarry, Devon, waiting for reuse by Fragonset, which never came. It was left to fade and rust away in the harsh Dartmooor weather, with a string of other engines, before the gas axe was summoned.