Railway Herald
Class 56 No. 56017 at Shirebrook on 17th March 1985 sandwiched between 56100 and 56008. There were 13 Class 56s on shed that day 56001, 56004, 56008, 56017, 56074, 56091, 56100, 56104, 56113, 56119, 56122, 56123 and 56126. No. 56017 arrived at Harwich Docks from Romania on 10th January 1977 and was withdrawn at Crewe on 8th May 1992 and moved to Toton on 11th August 1992 where it was robbed of useful parts until sold for scrap to Bird's of Long Marston who cut it up on site by 13th October 1994.
Keith Partlow
