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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 14:24:44 GMT
Don't know where this belongs, so please feel free to move/merge if felt necessary. Just to let everyone know, all the six 1985 battery locos have been scrapped in Ruislip depot during March and April, the last, L62, two days ago. All were cut up on site, rather than each being removed in one piece by the "scrappie". More LU stock with a short operating life - all withdrawn 1993/94.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 14:32:58 GMT
Shame, but still two of them are famously known for hauling a set of Gatwick Express Mk2 Coaches around the LU system
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 15:00:25 GMT
Indeed. They did have some useful use, then ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 15:05:53 GMT
What was the story with them? Why were they withdrawn early?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 15:53:17 GMT
Were they the ones stored (off track?) by the Met line?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 16:00:27 GMT
Were they the ones stored (off track?) by the Met line? Andy Yes |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 18:24:12 GMT
Thanks.
I get the impression that there is a bit of a tidy up going on at Ruislip.
The sidings visible from the Central/Chiltern side seem to be emptier recently.
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Post by Ben on Apr 23, 2012 16:24:27 GMT
The 80s was really a poor and embarrissing time for London's public transport. Wonder why...
Was any equipment salvaged? The loco's looked from the outside to be almost entirely proprietary and can't find my old copies of appendix 11/13 at the mo.
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Post by t697 on Apr 23, 2012 17:55:50 GMT
The 80s was really a poor and embarrissing time for London's public transport. Wonder why... Was any equipment salvaged? The loco's looked from the outside to be almost entirely proprietary and can't find my old copies of appendix 11/13 at the mo. D78s were introduced at the start of the 80s, but yes it did go downhill after that until rolling stock refurbs. I can't think of much on the '85 locos that would be useful for any current LU vehicles. Motors from CO/CP stock, some switchgear usable on (scrapped) 83TS, custom MA sets, custom Master Controllers, etc. Compressors would be OK for 73TS and D78... I don't know whether anything was salvaged but it would all be in very poor condition after all this time left disused. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 19:52:33 GMT
Shame, but still two of them are famously known for hauling a set of Gatwick Express Mk2 Coaches around the LU system There should do that again, but this time with standard battery locos pulling a rake of MK3 sleeping coaches, running around all night and early morning picking up passengers, who booked a sleeper berth, on the Circle Line during the Olympics and then making its way to Barking at around 8am. ;D |
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Post by alfie on Apr 30, 2012 20:18:16 GMT
Be an interesting thing to do actually, clearing up the sleepers and depositing them in one place.. course you got cleaners down there, have to navigate around them ;D
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Post by d7666 on Apr 30, 2012 20:21:08 GMT
Shame, but still two of them are famously known for hauling a set of Gatwick Express Mk2 Coaches around the LU system < nitpick > Three of them not two. The BATTERY TUBE ROVER tours on 02/10/88 had one loco at each end at any given time but there were 3 locos involved L65 L66 and L67 - L67 failed during the morning and L66 took over. See www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/881002lr.htm-- Nick |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 20:30:39 GMT
Shame, but still two of them are famously known for hauling a set of Gatwick Express Mk2 Coaches around the LU system < nitpick > Three of them not two. The BATTERY TUBE ROVER tours on 02/10/88 had one loco at each end at any given time but there were 3 locos involved L65 L66 and L67 - L67 failed during the morning and L66 took over. See www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/881002lr.htm-- Nick A nicer reminder of the railtour, highlighted by d7666. www.flickr.com/photos/24772733@N05/2643365744/ |
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Post by roboverground on May 7, 2012 15:17:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2012 10:06:30 GMT
All six were cut up on site at Ruislip by Econ Construction of Sidcup.
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Post by metman on May 9, 2012 10:39:55 GMT
What was done with the CO/CP stock motors? MV153s?
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