Apologies for what is a pretty old-hat topic but I am confused......very confused.
This class was built with 16 units 325001-325016. No problem there. 325010 seemingly had a bogey failure and the rest of the set was used as a donor for the rest of the class. Or was it? Allegedly the unit went off to CF Booths around April 2012 and was scrapped . Again was it? The last sighting/photo on Locoscene (At Willesden) was around March 2006 and before that 2005 at Rugby.
Then we come to 325017. There are several Locoscene sightings between June 2005 and 2010 - some with clear photographs. The last time it was shown as seen was December 2011 at Crewe.
Clearly Locoscene sightings are unsubstantiated - and one important sighting was at night anyway - but the sheer volume of both of them (including photos) suggest that something is amiss. My 2010 "Combine" says 01-016 whereas 017 was definitely in existence complete with the unique-ish numbering.
Can somebody let me know what the actual history was.
This class was built with 16 units 325001-325016. No problem there. 325010 seemingly had a bogey failure and the rest of the set was used as a donor for the rest of the class. Or was it? Allegedly the unit went off to CF Booths around April 2012 and was scrapped . Again was it? The last sighting/photo on Locoscene (At Willesden) was around March 2006 and before that 2005 at Rugby.
Then we come to 325017. There are several Locoscene sightings between June 2005 and 2010 - some with clear photographs. The last time it was shown as seen was December 2011 at Crewe.
Clearly Locoscene sightings are unsubstantiated - and one important sighting was at night anyway - but the sheer volume of both of them (including photos) suggest that something is amiss. My 2010 "Combine" says 01-016 whereas 017 was definitely in existence complete with the unique-ish numbering.
Can somebody let me know what the actual history was.
