Chris Gordon wrote:
> Z2.102 was scrapped after a fire in High St, Northcote in the early 1980s.
>
> I have been sent a link to a blog post from today which has some
> information and photos taken at the time of the fire.
> http://iains-archaeologyheritageandtrains.blogspot.com/2010/03/end-of-z-102.html

Thanks Chris,

Those are impressive pictures!

I can't match them, but can supplement them with some 'after the event'
pictures of 102 in Preston after the fire and before it was scrapped.
http://tdu.to/102-after-the-fire-1.jpg
http://tdu.to/102-after-the-fire-2.jpg

The pictures are from a collection given to me to share on TDU by list
member Ray Doré who rescued the collection from a Preston area op-shop.

I understand that some electronic /control components from 102 were used
in No 5 and thus survive in the care of the TMSV at Bylands.

Mal Rowe - grateful to Ray