Journeyman
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Some experienced corrosion due to the location of St Leonards depot on the seafront. Not all was terminal though. I'm sure it would have been possible to select some of the better vehicles.
But what for? BR had a surplus of vehicles of lots of types knocking around at the time, they had no use for a micro-fleet of non-standard, narrow vehicles in terrible condition, and in urgent need of asbestos stripping and refurbishment. The need for DEMUs also dropped sharply after 1987 as the East Grinstead line was electrified. Both the Hastings and East Grinstead electrifications were cheap because there were enough spare EMUs to work all the trains.