Schoma locos for auction

I see all the name plates have been removed what has happened to them. The locos all had female names from when the were in use on the Jubilee Line extension.

I seem to recall most if not all the names used were women working in the LUL JLE teams.

I knew it was something to do with JLE.

When the Jubilee Line stock went from 6 to 7 cars the Schoma locomotives were used to shunt 96 tube stock cars to make up the longer trains, they worked in pairs. At one time up to 8 or 10 of the locos were based at Stratford Market Depot for this task, they had not been converted to battery power at this point.

The inspection report, on the auctioneer's site, says the battery converted locos "were never released into operational service, with completion works required at the time to achieve EMC compliance etc. .... Since 2017 the locomotives have not been used and are due both overhaul completion works, and maintenance."

Would the batteries take a charge after such a long time?

Before the JLE was opened there were regular transfers of 96TS between Neasden and SMD,these were Schoma hauled on the JLE.

From a potential buyers point that would not be a blocking point - anyone considering these for use as battery locos would almost certainly expect to carry out work to adapt them for a new role, and a block of new cells is probably peanuts ££££ compared to safety case costs etc, even for non main line. I'd suggest the biggest loser might be a heritage railway, but then again I can't think of one who would obviously want and need such a locomotive.

Don’t remember that.

Wikipedia lists the original names as follows. Perhaps the plates were removed when the locos were transferred from the JLE contractor to LUL.
1 Britta Lotta
2 Nikki
3 Claire
4 Pam
5 Sophie
6 Denise
7 Annemarie
8 Emma
9 Debora
10 Clementine
11 Joan
12 Melanie
13 Michele
14 Carol
From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_diesel_locomotives

The name plates were still in place when I worked at Stratford Market Depot when the Jubilee Line 1996 stock was converted from 6 cars to 7 car trains.

I am unsure of the precise terminology, but was not the 'ownership' change went from LU JLE Project; out of use at end of 'project' then to Tube Line subsidiary Transplant before returning to LU at end of TLL ? Something like that ? Pretty sure there ws an 'ownership' change with them somewhere on the way.

Think they worked at 30 South Collonade Canary Wharf,was where JLEP was based.When doing training for SMD tower operator had to visit there several times.

From what I've heard they were severely underpowered when running on battery.

The condition report on the auction website is not clear on this point. It includes:

"Our ‘Schoma’ locomotives have undergone a traction conversion project to switch from diesel to battery electric power. This conversion does not affect gauge or haulage capacity but will allow Engineering Vehicle (EV) to operate the locomotives in deep tube sections (LG1) with no emissions.
The ten locomotives in the fleet provide a versatile alternative to our existing battery locomotives. As with all of EV locomotives, the ‘Schoma’s’ always work in pairs (or more) to navigate the infrastructure of the underground network."

"This conversion project was undertaken over the years 2015-2017. These 10no converted Schoma Locomotives were never released into operational service, with completion works required at the time to achieve EMC compliance etc"

"Since 2017 the locomotives have not been used and are due both overhaul completion works, and maintenance."

The website also says all lots are “sold as seen”.