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Demolition of the Bacon Factory, and Railway Dereliction, Ipswich and London - 5th March 2013

There's some random running action on the cycle through London, as there's an Oompah band and a load of runners ready to run up to the top of Tower 42, formerly known as the NatWest Tower, in an event called Vertical Rush. Then, there's the ongoing demolition of the old Bacon Factory on the edge of Ipswich, which has almost reached completion. Finally, there's more documenting of the dereliction and graffiti along the line into Liverpool Street, and at the station is 975025 Caroline, an inspection unit also used as a VIP excursion unit, which was even used by the Pope in 1982. There's also Class 37 37423 "Spirit of the Lakes", which is in service to haul Caroline around.

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Runners mill around at the bottom of Tower 42

Runners mill around at the bottom of Tower 42

Some videographer takes some footage

Tower 42, formerly known as the NatWest Tower

Ipswich Goods Junction

An EWS Class 66, 66149 at Ipswich Goods Junction

The pile of scrap that was the Bacon Factory

The remains of the Bacon Factory

More crushed concrete and scrap metal

Hack graffiti near Liverpool Street

Graffiti from Özil and Bake

More silver tags

Blackened arches and curious buildings

A couple of pigeons peer out

Smashed windows

Mystery doors into the world of arches

Ferm and Easy graffiti

Graffiti near Brick Lane

975025 Caroline at Liverpool Street

Another view of Caroline, the VIP train

Class 37 37423 and Caroline on platform 11