Class 56 No. 56023 arrives at Shirebrook on 12th July 1985. The 56 arrived at Harwich from Romania on 1st April 1977 and was taken into stock at Tinsley on 11th July 1977. She was withdrawn on 17th December 1993 and sold to a private buyer in September 2001 and stored at MoD Defence Storage and Distribution Agency at Ashchurch, Gloucestershire. Then on 24th June 2004 she was exchanged for 56003 (which was preserved) and sent to C.F.Booth, Rotherham and was cut between the 8th and 16th August.
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