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Photo of 975386 at The Pump House - Walthamstow

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  • 975386 - Laboratory 4 'Hastings'

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  • The Pump House - Walthamstow
  • 13 April 2003
  • © Ben Williams

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  • Ian Butler

    4 June 2003, 23:29:56

    Lab 4 was purchased on 8/4/03 by the Hastings 60750 Group and moved overnight to Walthamstow where repair will begin shortly. The vehicle is to be restored as a static buffet car with the side not shown here painted green with its original number S60750. I would like to thank Hastings Diesels Ltd for their considerable assistance.

  • Kit Spackman

    9 July 2007, 15:46:28

    It's perhaps interesting to note that 'Hastings' was the left over buffet car after the Hither Green disaster in November 1967. So many of the Class 201 vehicles were destroyed in the crash that there was one spare buffet surplus. Derby RTC staff found her at Mickledever sidings being used as a paint store while searching for a 'narrow body' vehicle for use in the APT development programme.

  • Darren

    26 May 2010, 16:20:40

    Poor old thing! It needs rescuing and reuniting with a 6B set :(

  • Martin Barnsdall

    7 June 2010, 17:21:34

    It used to be owned by Hastings Diesels Ltd, who did seriously look at restoring it to its original condition for use in 1001 - their preserved 6S/6L DEMU set. However, the interior was changed beyond recognisable original condition when it was taken into departmental service and HDL considered it a step too far. It was then sold to Hastings 60750 Group for use by them.

  • Steve Rimell

    4 November 2010, 20:41:44

    Cant it be restored to the Lab 4 ?. It would look good again. I was so used to passing it everytime i left Derby towards Spondon.

  • Ben Williams

    22 April 2011, 20:05:10

    I'm told ownership of this vehicle today passed to the APT-E Support and Conservation Group and will move to Coventry soon for restoration. Anyone interested in helping should get in touch with Kit via the Yahoogroup

    http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Advanced-Passenger-Train/

  • steve rimell

    27 October 2013, 22:04:50

    Hi, Any latest news on the vehicle please ?.

  • Kit Spackman

    26 May 2016, 16:03:07

    Lab 4 has been at the Electric Railway Museum site in Coventry for a few years now. Shane Wilton has done sterling work on the roof and the east side of the coach, but it needs some welding and de-rusting on the non-re-painted side as it was stored at St Leonards with that side right against the sea wall with predictable results....

    When Hastings Diesels were considering converting Lab 4 back into a buffet car it wasn't just the interior changes that stopped them. The replacement of the standard bogies by the H4Xs meant we had to make lots of changes to the underframe and they were pretty well irrecoverable.

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