Class 50 50013 ex-'Agincourt' withdrawn outside the 'Factory' at Old Oak Common
<b>Memories of the fine art of Vac bashing</b>
Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many, many happy hours with my friends riding the rails behind the mighty 'Hoovers' or Class 50s. As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;)

50013 'Agincourt' was withdrawn on 06 April 1988 after 20 years of service, and the locomotive was cut up on site the following year at Old Oak Common by Vic Berry's of Leicester - one of eleven Class 50s to end their days on Old Oak Common shed.

The locomotive is seen in the spring of 1988, already stripped of nameplates and awaiting the cutter's torch. I should be very grateful to 'Agincourt' for giving up her engine to keep my machine 50031 'Hood' on the road and into eventual preservation.

<b>Locomotive History</b>
D413 entered service 09-Mar-68
Renumbered 50013 in 1974
Named 'Agincourt' 19-Apr-78
Withdrawn 06-Apr-88

<b>50013 'Agincourt'</b> was one of the very early casualties, being the fourth Class 50 to be withdrawn, on 06 April 1988 after being in storage since 13th March 1988 with fire damage. The locomotive languished at Old Oak Common for another year, before being broken up on site by Vic Berry's in June 1989, along with crash-damaged 50025 'Invincible' and 50038 'Formidable'. The loco donated her engine to my adopted loco 50031 'Hood' :)

<u><b>'A day in the life' - log book update:</b></u>
<u>Saturday 13th August 1988</u> - 50031 on 'E' exam in the Factory at Old Oak Common - 50013's engine in place now.

50013 R.I.P. awaiting scrapping
50022 on the turntable
50025 lifted in the Factory
50038 on PD-OX
50039 failed?
50041 also in the Factory

Had seen 50026 + 50039 on the previous day paired on the 14:00 OX-PD ('39 failed?)

More details on the fate of each of the Class 50s here: <a href="http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/names_and_numbers.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.fiftyfund.org.uk/names_and_numbers.htm</a>

Taken with a Nikon F-501 SLR and 75-200mm zoom lens.

You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: <a href="http://www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/</a>
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