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Brooklyn wagon scrapping

In 2010 Pacific National started to clear out the multitudes of stored wagons at Tottenham Yard and selling them for scrap. A dozen or so at a time are being dragged at 20 km/h to Brooklyn, where they are being pushing into the VR tip siding to be cut up.
Upside down underframes, wagons still on the rails behind

Upside down underframes, wagons still on the rails behind

Thursday 20 May 2010 14:16 PM
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About 40 cut up louvred vans make up the pile of scrap

About 40 cut up louvred vans make up the pile of scrap

Thursday 20 May 2010 14:15 PM
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Wagon underframes attacked by the oxy torch

Wagon underframes attacked by the oxy torch

Thursday 20 May 2010 14:15 PM
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Lifting the flat wagon off the rails

Lifting the flat wagon off the rails

Thursday 20 May 2010 14:15 PM
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Wagon underframes cut up in the foreground

Wagon underframes cut up in the foreground

Thursday 20 May 2010 14:10 PM
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Pair of stacked VOJFs waiting to be cut up

Pair of stacked VOJFs waiting to be cut up

Thursday 20 May 2010 14:09 PM
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Crane at the ready, bogies stacked up

Crane at the ready, bogies stacked up

Thursday 20 May 2010 14:07 PM
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ELX up in the air full of rubble, at the dead end of the siding

ELX up in the air full of rubble, at the dead end of the siding

Thursday 20 May 2010 14:02 PM
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Abandoned ELX wagon at the dead end of the siding

Abandoned ELX wagon at the dead end of the siding

Thursday 20 May 2010 14:01 PM
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Big pile of bogies

Big pile of bogies

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:59 PM
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More grounded wagons waiting to be cut up

More grounded wagons waiting to be cut up

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:58 PM
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Lunch break

Lunch break

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:57 PM
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Wagons waiting to be lifted off the rails

Wagons waiting to be lifted off the rails

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:57 PM
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Looking down the motorail wagon

Looking down the motorail wagon

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:56 PM
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Grounded wagons given a short reprieve, waiting for the claw to be repaired

Grounded wagons given a short reprieve, waiting for the claw to be repaired

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:53 PM
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X42 waits to shunt the wagons further along

X42 waits to shunt the wagons further along

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:52 PM
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Wagons lined up in the tip siding awaiting their turn

Wagons lined up in the tip siding awaiting their turn

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:42 PM
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Crossing Somerville Road again

Crossing Somerville Road again

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:30 PM
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X42 negotiates the overgrown track on the curve

X42 negotiates the overgrown track on the curve

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:29 PM
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Shunting back into the tip siding

Shunting back into the tip siding

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:28 PM
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Passing the office at Brooklyn

Passing the office at Brooklyn

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:23 PM
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X42 coupled up to the wagons and ready to go

X42 coupled up to the wagons and ready to go

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:19 PM
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Safeworker waiting for X42 to come back

Safeworker waiting for X42 to come back

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:13 PM
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Trundling down number 3 road for the next rake of wagons

Trundling down number 3 road for the next rake of wagons

Thursday 20 May 2010 13:11 PM
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