‘DEAD LOAD’ VEHICLES

CLASSES 35 & 42

ithdrawn in May 1973 and December 1972 respectively, Class 35 ‘Hymeks’ Nos. D7076 and D7096 were taken on in August 1974 by the Research Department, that had originally been acquired by the RTC at Derby as an APT-P transmission test bed (for which it was allocated the number 97401, but never carried). Once the trials were over, the ‘Warship’ returned to Derby, while the ‘Hymeks’ appear to have moved to the Mickleover test track. By 1977 all three had moved to the RTC departmental sidings at Eggington Junction, where they were dumped with ‘Clayton’ No. S18521 (D8521).