A Stock withdrawals - Discussion

Ok then, Eastleigh is the best place for A Stock and any other to be scrapped, now we should go there, hold our arms up and sing a chorus of kumbaya!
Veritas, it seems obvious that you work in Eastleigh, and therefore that you're biased. You told me not to believe Booth's never did, because that is not my source of info, nor am I going to your claims about Eastleigh, BIASED!!!

I agree with Charlie, you're being a bully! Don't discard other people's thoughts straight away, that is not only disrespectful, but also will not gain you any Brownie points.

Also, the racks could get £20 at least.

Gentlemen

I apologise if my tone offended. I'm new to this forum and I clearly failed to realise how much these trains mean to some of you. However a sense of humour is important isn't it? When all is said and done we are talking about an aluminium bracket not the Mona Lisa here.

As regards work, I am at work in my office now some 130 miles away from the South Coast although I do go that way pretty regularly and do know the people there from their time at the MOD. They are good people.
To be honest as an ex southern man I am simply made up that the Works is still open for business years after it "shut".
I also have done business with Booths and they too are good to work with, which is why I haven't bad mouthed them or anybody else. Their site is a wholly different place with trains only being a small part of what they do.
However I can at least speak as somebody who has been to both locations

Still, if you want racks then why not contact them to ask to buy them? Or Booths when they had some?

Just trying to get a sense of perspective here

Finally, at the risk of causing more offence, I do find it odd how certain some of you are of facts that you don't seem to have any way of knowing. For example
LuL aren't making anything out of scrappage ? How do you know?
Eastleigh used non eco conscious methods? Again, says who?

It seems to me that only a very few people on LuL know about these things and I doubt if they'd share that information

After all its was only last week you were certain these were all going to Booths.
I don't think I'm alone in maybe needing to show a bit of humility

Do you know what? I don't think thats the most charitable post I've ever read to a new member of a forum.
Making a very small and not particularly funny joke about luggage racks is not a hanging offence either is it?

I wouldn't say your post was written in polite or measured tones.
I leave it to others to judge who has bullied and also who has posted the correct information.

However perhaps I should keep quiet and leave it to you to post any future gen on these units.

Your wish is granted. I will leave this forum to you all

LOL! ;D
But luggage racks could be sold to Heathrow Express... (OK, Farfetched)
They could be used as shelves if bought by LU fans... Creativeness

Gosh everyone is quite angry today aren't they? Hands up who wants a Vallium....




And then some, I've just paid £40 cash-in-hand for a narrow gauge headboard to be cast, I suspect there is more metal in a large luggage rack. I guess it depends on how deep the pockets of prospective purchasers are. Oh, did you know that the Co-op made record profits this year and shares its profits with charities, customers and staff.. ;D ;D

little has been seen in photographic terms of these disposals' and the indications are tfl aren't keen on those that have taken photos at northwood stating health and safety.

also the fact that no fixings from these units have surfaced for sale suggests that sale has been forbidden perhaps in the contract.the main concern is how may of these trains will survive no doubt a few will be left around the main depot,the Buckinghamshire railway museum may take one its hard to see that not happening at some point.

it seems strange that trains are making there own way to northwood when there's been so much talk of spares shortage and then taken away one car at a time from what looks to be a less then ideal location and means equally so,when the usual pictures tend to show they are towed for disposal behind locomotives.

In fairness, I asked very nicely!
I'm sure everyone can appreciate the hazards of entering an operational site and furthermore the activities being conducted within the Northwood area make it dangerous even for LU staff. We rely on staff who have had experience in these sorts of activities (moving cars around without braking/power) to complete the removal safely.


The LT Museum have requested a DM with the option to maintain a four car unit. As for the fixings, it is not normal practise for LU to sell off items from outgoing stock.


Removal at Northwood for road disposal is only a temporary solution and a more permanent rail based route will be secured in due course.

Quoting won't work properly. But I don't see how you can pull fact from the wording of said posts, if you care to peer.

Also; I fail to see how posting something that may offend some people but not others is appropriate; I took offense to it, the general tone IMO would be very hard to interpret as a joke, of the post in question.

As for haulage; Eastleigh is probably about 100 miles at a guess from Northwood. Haul 25 tons for that distance on the back of a flatbed lorry, and to be less than the scrap value? I still doubt it, given the amount of processing required to regain the scrap metal from the wood and plastics and other stuff that are mixed in!

I quite like being called a Rack Fetishist, quite tame compared to what some members of this forum put on YFrog...

So what about old moquettes sold by the LT museum reused and retrimmed into various items?

You've missed a good commercial oppertunity

So had I. Also with the Overground one being available...

Some of it is or was; weren't there shoes or something with reused moquette from the district pre-refurb though? I remember someone commented that having seen what regularly went on them they wouldn't wear a pair even if steam cleaned or something!

Let's hope it's not for a while....