|
|
Post by jimbo on Aug 14, 2024 16:23:53 GMT
..... Do we know how much these TfL assets represent 'on the books'? ..... Isn't that irrelevant? It's what you can get for them, which is more what they would be worth to a purchaser given that they need more work before they can be used. |
|
brigham
Posts: 2,531 
Member is Online
|
Post by brigham on Aug 14, 2024 17:07:45 GMT
It's called 'accountability'. It's very relevant when a publically-funded body is selling publically-funded assets.
|
|
|
|
Post by 100andthirty on Aug 14, 2024 18:26:43 GMT
These were built for the construction of JLE. They were needed for that purpose and when purchased there was no assumption of re-use after construction finished. Liken it to tunnel boring machines which are usually scrapped after they've been bored to death (sorry) and sometimes buried on site. But their conversion to battery operation has been a complete waste of money.
|
|
DWS
every second count's
Posts: 2,487
|
Post by DWS on Aug 15, 2024 12:53:42 GMT
Does anyone know if the Schoma locomotives got sold at the action on Wednesday 14 August 2024.
|
|
|
|
Post by d7666 on Aug 15, 2024 15:08:07 GMT
These were built for the construction of JLE. They were needed for that purpose and when purchased there was no assumption of re-use after construction finished. Liken it to tunnel boring machines which are usually scrapped after they've been bored to death (sorry) and sometimes buried on site. But their conversion to battery operation has been a complete waste of money. I agree. They would have been fully written down for scrap at end of JLE construction phase, LU then got a bargain. Battery conversion seems a waste, but, then, we are looking backwards with hindsight, and hindsight vision is always 20:20 especially from commentators outside of the specific issue. |
|
|
|
Post by t697 on Aug 15, 2024 18:06:50 GMT
Benefit of hindsight yes, but I suspect the comment about the battery conversion came from one who at the time was closer to the action than most of us!
|
|
gefw
Gone - but still interested
Posts: 201
|
Post by gefw on Aug 16, 2024 8:17:52 GMT
What's the chances that at least one will end up in a childrens playground
|
|
brigham
Posts: 2,531
Member is Online
|
Post by brigham on Aug 19, 2024 18:45:55 GMT
What's the chances that at least one will end up in a childrens playground Probably nil. The safety-case paperwork would be horrific. Probably more so than if you wanted to use them as locomotives. |
|
