Metrocar 4052
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| Status | Scrapped |
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| Grim reapers | 4017+4024 |
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4052 was a production Metrocar built by Metro-Cammell at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.
Oddly 4052 had LED displays and new door buttons installed before its doors were repainted from red with the yellow Metro M triangle to fully yellow to be DDA compliant at the time and door window surrounds installed instead of all the slight modification being done at the same time.
4052 and 4086 were involved in an incident on the 8th of January 2013 where an arc flash happened in the electrical equipment of 4052 just outisde of South Gosforth Depot while the unit's were on their way to Longbenton Station due to the overhead wire with the acring causing the electronics to catch fire and fill the unit with smoke and passengers evacuated themselves by using the emergency door release handle while the driver was trying to contact the signaller back at South Gosforth Station. Thankfully none of the 45 passengers on 4052 were injured by the fire or smoke or killed by any passing trains. 4052's burnt up electrical equipment was replaced and both units went back into service only over a month later.
