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ANGEL TRAINS

A FOURTH MTU-repowered HST power car has gone for scrap with the removal of the shell of No. 43313 from Laira on February 23. Delivered in February 1979 as No. 43113 as part of set No. 254029 (with No. 43112), it was reworked at Brush Traction with an MTU 4000-series power pack in September 2007, gaining its new 433xx series number. It was involved in a shunting accident with No. 08441 at Bounds Green in November 2019, which was not repaired. It was moved to Ely in March 2020 and then to Laira the

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