This article was closed on 25 January 2004
On the morning of Thursday 15 January 2004, South Central DEMU 207 017 required assistance at Eastbourne; motor coach 60116 Mountfield, and Network Rail’s deicing trailer plus motor coach ADB977939 were sent to fetch ’017. Following battery-charging, 207 017 was able to enter service with the 1324 departure from Hastings for Ashford (diagram 903).