0820 - Photo: Nigel Petre.

55020 (D9020) "NIMBUS" at King's Cross on 26th March 1978 after arrival with the 1E35 20:40 Edinburgh - King’s Cross overnight service. This would be one of the locomotives final moves - as of the 30th March 55020 was restricted to one power unit only and worked its final train the 6E05 Oxford - Newcastle parcels from York on that day. No.20 became a source of spares at Gateshead thereafter until the 25th April when it was dispatched to Doncaster Works for repairs. Sadly the repairs were never sanctioned and it was cut up at Doncaster in January/February 1980.

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