hexagon789
Veteran Member
Apologies if this has already been mentioned on a thread and if this is the wrong discussion area but Angel Trains have decided to keep one Class 314 unit aside for preservation: https://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/scotrail-class-314-electric-unit-to-be-preserved/
I'm quite fond of the Class, the may be getting on a bit and oft derided as "clapped oot auld buggies", but they are pretty reliable units and have served Scotland's electric network well over the past 39 years. While I'm quite glad one is being kept aside for preservation, I fear that if preserved the unit will either end up like the sole Class 303, preserved in running order but incapable of running under its own power or like the Class 311, plinthed in a museum.
Angel Trains said that it will lay a unit aside for preservation
The pending departure of the faithful 314s has been flagged up to passengers with specially designed notices on the sets themselves, as these classic, electric traction units come closer to working their final journeys on the Glasgow suburban network.
Sixteen units were built by BR at York in 1979 specially for the reopening of Glasgow’s Argyle Line, and the class immediately impressed the travelling public ....
I'm quite fond of the Class, the may be getting on a bit and oft derided as "clapped oot auld buggies", but they are pretty reliable units and have served Scotland's electric network well over the past 39 years. While I'm quite glad one is being kept aside for preservation, I fear that if preserved the unit will either end up like the sole Class 303, preserved in running order but incapable of running under its own power or like the Class 311, plinthed in a museum.
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