Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Defunct battery charger

 

Spotted beside Platform 4 at Leamington station, this (presumably) defunct DMU battery charger. 

I'm sure someone can give chapter and verse on these things, there's probably an enthusiasts society, but I just know they have been in residence for many years.

What caught my eye was the ivy growing over the top of it. I love modelling ivy, it hides all sorts of dodgy workmanship on model buildings, and blends things into the countryside really well, naturally softening hard edges. I'd never considered it on something like this, but I will in the future. 

Once this was the future of course. Now it's just old junk. We all go that way eventually, I suppose.  

 

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