THE long sojourn of the Clayton-built Class 18s at Wolverton Works finally showed signs of coming to an end during February, with the departure of two locomotives.
First to leave, on February 5, was No. 18003, which moved to British Steel’s Scunthorpe Steelworks, while No. 18002 left around a week later for the former Brush workshops at Loughborough.
No. 18003 is the first of the Beacon Rail-owned locomotives to find employment since the trial of No. 18001 at Whitemoor Yard concluded a year ago. It had been in residence at Wolverton since April 2022. The use of one of the class by British Steel is unexpected as the company’s management had previously indicated it
