Re: C505 gone a wandering again?

["Rod" <berlina@bigpond.com>]

>>of steel & gas pipes.
>
>Is C505 going to Islington to be with the other C's?  It's starting to
sound
>like C505 will no longer be a yard shunter at the steel terminal :(
>
>I've also heard a _rumour_ that the nose and cab is to be chopped off it
and
>the unit driven behind an NR...anyone know if there is any truth to this?
>
>Rod?  Krel?
>
>Reuben
No word up here about it. What a pity, I used to like the C's
I still remember the rattles, the drivers windows that would just explode
inwards sometimes, fridges that never worked, draughts in the winter, and
hot as hell in the summer, even after the air conditioning was fitted.
But they vibrated raw power when you notched 'em up! they felt like they
were pulling! and they pulled as much as 33% above their rated loads when
you were in trouble[ second unit dead] Even the leslie sounded
tough! Now just political scrap metal??
Rod