FOLLOWING the move of 32 Orenstein & Koppel-built JHAs for scrap at EMR, Attercliffe, in October (RE343), another 32 wagons have been sent to the same scrapper for destruction.
On October 16, Rail Operations Group No. 37608 Andromeda was tasked with a 7E25 09.14 Crewe South Yd to Attercliffe that included Nos. OK 19316/20/3/ 5/9/30/8/46/52/6/8/64/7/78/80/ 3/6. Meanwhile, ROG colleague No. 37884 Cepheus was the train locomotive for an identical diagram on October 29, that had Nos. OK 19301/17/33/41/3/53/5/60/72/4/5/81/4/7/93 in tow.
This leaves just 35 of the Foster Yeoman, later Aggregates Industries, wagons still extant from the original batch of 100. Before this year, only one wagon had been scrapped, No. OK 19318 in March 2022.
Also for the ‘chop’ are former Amey Roadstone and Hanson Aggregates JHAs, with the first…