Tom
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Post by Tom on Jul 21, 2024 17:45:06 GMT
There was a plan in the early 2000s to free up the 1992 stock operating on the W&C for use on the Central (noting that at the time the two fleets hadn't diverged that much technically), with the W&C service being operated by surplus 1972 Mark 1 stock then in storage following withdrawal from the Northern Line.
It did not happen, in part due to objections from the Corporation of London who had been involved in providing finance towards the Class 482 fleet less than a decade earlier.
The signalling and track layout on the line is highly tailored to the 1992 stock; I am not sure other stock could run without significant changes.
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Post by d7666 on Jul 21, 2024 20:13:24 GMT
Of course there is always the possibility someone could come along, buy a whole load of them, hide them in some ex military base, convert a handful to an eclectic assortment of petrol / pedal / pigswill / plutonium / promethium power, and sell to some unsuspecting end user.........................
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Post by spsmiler on Jul 21, 2024 21:44:27 GMT
nah, its more likely that they will be shipped off to the Martian colony!
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although I did hear one of the trains extolling the virtues of soft drinks cans!
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Post by brigham on Jul 23, 2024 7:43:12 GMT
"TBH barring possibly maybe one or two units being retained as engineers vehicles (i.e. maybe permanent RAT), and one car for Acton museum, I see and predict no future for them other than scrap. Unless some fire brigade somewhere wants a car or two for fire training. Or some nutter wants a big garden shed."
I have to disagree.
The non-rail related uses of withdrawn rolling stock are legion, and from them are derived many of the preserved rarities of today. I know this from experience; I've helped dig them out.
The stories of their survival are as interesting as their careers in service. Christine Keeler was born in one.
I have yet to come across a single one surviving because some nutter wanted a big garden shed.
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Post by d7666 on Jul 23, 2024 8:07:53 GMT
"Unless some fire brigade somewhere wants a car or two for fire training. Or some nutter wants a big garden shed." I have to disagree. The non-rail related uses of withdrawn rolling stock are legion, and from them are derived many of the preserved rarities of today. I know this from experience; I've helped dig them out. The stories of their survival are as interesting as their careers in service. Christine Keeler was born in one. I have yet to come across a single one surviving because some nutter wanted a big garden shed. Amazing (1) amazing anyone should take that tongue in cheek wording seriously and or literally (2) amazing never come across rolling stock used as sheds, garden or otherwise; certainly in the past I can think more than one, as well as the one my grandad converted to a coal shed |
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Post by brigham on Jul 23, 2024 8:40:51 GMT
I rather think it was the 'nutter' element that caught my attention!
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Post by linus on Jul 23, 2024 10:26:56 GMT
Replace the wheels with rubber-tyred ones, add steering gear, some blade batteries and hey presto! a bus.
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Post by spsmiler on Jul 23, 2024 21:32:30 GMT
OK then, better than a bus ... lay some rails in the road surface and we could have a tram-train!
But seriously, I doubt that these trains could comply with the many legal requirements for road compatible vehicles (of any kind) except at level crossings.
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Post by rincew1nd on Jul 24, 2024 20:40:30 GMT
Several preserved railway carriages and trams only exist today because they spent time as Bowling Green shelters or Chicken coops.
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