Current number: (no longer numbered in departmental/IU series)
6351
Departmental number:
977435
Any other previous number(s):
3050 / 977435
Notes:
Formerly 977435 - moved from Battlefield Steam Railway to Nemesis Rail Burton on Trent mid 2013.
Livery:
BR BLUE & GREY
Mainline Operator (no public access):
Nemesis, Burton-on-Trent
Categories:
Preserved vehicles
977xxx series
Barrier & Translator vehicles
Other

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Comments

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  15 December 2009 - Jon Horswell

  Assume this to be another departmental that never carried its allocated number.

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  15 December 2009 - Bill McTavish

  whats that on the side?!

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  16 December 2009 - Jon Horswell

  Graffiti!!

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  17 December 2009 - Matt

  There's what looks like a rusty filing cabinet with a white bin stuck on it, but A) it's +by+ the side, not +on+ the side, and B) my description is useless, as it's probably some important piece of rail equipment I'm not familiar with!

  Either that or you really are talking about the graffiti. Which appears to say "Upism"!

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  17 December 2009 - Simeon Gaskell

  The lettering on the far end says "IC225 Barrier Vehicle". I think the class 91s plus mark 4 stock were originally marketed at Inter-City 225s because they travel at 140miles per hour which is 225 kilometres per hour. The name was later dropped, perhaps because it caused confusion.

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  17 December 2009 - Mike Smith

  Going back to Jon's original point at the top - I assume you mean the 977435 number! To which I'm not sure if it did...

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  17 December 2009 - Jon Horswell

  Thankyou very much mike. My point understood exactly!

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  19 December 2009 - Dave Shell - Northumbria Rail Ltd.

  The rusty filing cabinet is probably a shore to ship supply point for plugging stock in which had either a charging point or a connection for external power to save draining the batteries when static.

• 8 August 2013 - Jon Horswell

  This has now moved to Nemesis premises (!) in Burton, apparently.

• 20 October 2023 - Dan Adkins

  What I'm sure is this coach is currently outside at Burton. 99% of it is covered by a thick green tarpaulin, but the bit left at the bottom shows faded BR blue paint. The red springs on the bogies (which aren't Commonwealths or BR1s, another important clue) are clearly visible. It's out the back of the depot building, with 82306, 9490 etc. The vents on the roofline also seem to match the profile of an FO.

• 22 October 2023 - Greg Hartle

  Great stuff Dan I've been after this for a while! Whereabouts can it be viewed from? There are two road bridges each end of the depot, or from a passing train, or from the main road running adjacent behind the depot?

• 22 October 2023 - Dan Adkins

  It can be seen from either of the two road bridges, but the best view is from the 'main' one that looks over the front of the depot, good binos or a good camera lens will still be required though. You'll need to look at the back of the depot, finding the line with the power cars and FGW fag packet Mk2 in it. The green tarp has two white marks or bits of graffiti on it.

• 23 October 2023 - Greg Hartle

  Brilliant great work Dan ;)

• 28 November 2023 - Greg Hartle

  Dan you are correct in your investigative work! This vehicle could be clearly viewed today from a nearer vantage point. There is some waste ground behind Kwik Fit and you get up to the fence. Green tarpaulin covers the majority of the carriage but I could spot the red band which runs along the top of the coach and around the end, which can be partially seen. The dead giveaway though is the now fading red coil springs on the bogies..