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BR1 86242 |
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Now in Hungary carries 91 55 0450 008-2. Operates for Floyd ZRt. Involved in the 1975 Nuneaton Rail Crash. Killed 8 people. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1986 Upload Date: 7/19/2022 12:42:54 PM |
| Location: |
Preston, UK |
| Author: |
Mark Davies |
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| Locomotives: |
BR1 86242(Class 86) |
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| Title: |
BR1 86242 |
| Description: |
Named after a brave security guard killed trying to prevent 7 armed robbers from robbing a payroll at British Rail Engineering in 1973. Despite having been beaten savagely about the head, he continued to tackle the robbers finally being shot twice by a shotgun. All 7 robbers were subsequently arrested, tried and jailed. IN 1975, two years after the robbery, James Kennedy received the highest honour for civilian bravery, the George Cross posthumously. The locomotive was exported to Hub gary and currently carries the number |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1987 Upload Date: 7/19/2022 12:42:35 PM |
| Location: |
Birmingham New Street, UK |
| Author: |
Mark Davies |
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| Locomotives: |
BR1 86242(Class 86) |
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