Grateful thanks to the Class 50 Alliance for the loan of the lifting beam and their technical support. Much preparation work shown in the full gallery included removing the roof hatches and releasing the remaining power unit fixings.
We took the opportunity of having the crane on site to lift two turbochargers from the ex-50008 power unit to send them away for overhaul.
Another task successfully completed during the day was to split the main generator off the 50008 power unit, again to send it away for overhaul. The main generator on the power unit removed from 50030 suffered flashover damage and was the cause of the locomotive's BR withdrawal in 1992.