(18 Nov 2020, 11:04 pm)Andreos1 wrote Fukc knows where things go these days. 
Suppose this thread is as good as any. 

Watching Look North just now and there was a segment about the miners strike and police behaviour. 
There were loads of bits of footage from various pockets, but there were some dramatic shots of Northern 4691 surrounded by fleeing miners and the chasing police.
Managed to get a couple of photos.

No idea which pit it was outside or when during the strike the footage was recorded. But the (then fairly new) vehicle is there in its poppy red and without its roof pod. Pretty sure it lasted all the way through without it.

I remember United having quite a few without the pod, but Northern's National's tended to have them in the main on delivery.

Northern’s National 2s were all delivered with roof pods except 4691 which I believe was a diverted order (East Yorkshire comes to mind but I’m not sure). United’s new National 2s were delivered without the pods but I think some of their later second hand ones had them. The podless National 2s were a more basic model with a different heating system I think.