Mixture of 318/320/380
318s were covering two of the ex-314 daytime diagrams, not sure about the third. There was also a 380 on the Newton via Queens Park diagram that was previously done by a 318/320.
Class 385s now run most of the peak newton runs.
2M71 0624 Newton to Glasgow Central
2P07 0741 Newton to Glasgow Central
2P09 0820 Newton to Glasgow Central
Are now 385s. The top 2 use the same unit.
I’m hoping 202 survives as long as possible.
Has now been confirmed that 314202 + 314205 are doing the tour tomorrow
More fool them but supprised that the museum of transport hasn't even taken a cab section of the 314 or even 303 though. Just a shame these are going to be scrapped.They rejected the offer.
More fool them but supprised that the museum of transport hasn't even taken a cab section of the 314 or even 303 though. Just a shame these are going to be scrapped.
Well as they didn't want a 303 "Blue Train", built in Linwood and almost unique to the Glasgow Area for much of their lives, I am not at all surprised that they have no interest in a generic BREL unit seen in various guises throughout the country.
Exactly my thoughts, I don't hold high hope for many of the PEP/Mk3-derived EMUs to be preserved.
I believe that 313201 is earmarked by the National Railway Museum, I wouldn't be surprised if no other 31x units are preserved.
Hopefully 205 gets the graffiti scrubbed off before tomorrow!Has now been confirmed that 314202 + 314205 are doing the tour tomorrow
Will be joining the farewell tour tomorrow at Cumbernauld, until the final goodbye at 7ish. Though I'm too young to remember these units in their infancy (or even when they were middle-aged), growing up as a regular traveller on the Inverclyde line has involved many a journey on a Class 314, and I've always been rather fond of them. It's also farewell to my favourite livery - I'll miss seeing that familiar carmine and cream and their aerodynamic (not) fronts at GLC.
This time tomorrow, they'll be gone for good. It's the last hurrah for the 314s.
Also if you guys do hear a roumer or so about the final fate of a 314 okay if one is going to Preservation or somewhere in Scotland as it maybe not Bo’ness do let me know if not oh well at least it lasted longer though.
It would be too sad to see these PEP family members go and it be best to display these members rather then run them unless a society in Glasgow can be formed up they’re is very little hope because the line would be busy if the train was really running excursion trains.
I have also known Scottish Railway Preservation Society have failed few times but they never did on most occasions like the recent acquisition a Caledonian Sleeper car for their collection but if no room is at Bo’ness maybe is so the unit could be part of it but in another alternate location I doubt Sumerlee is getting one or Glasgow Museum of Transport will or Keith and Dufftown is but I think will have to see.
If you do hear a roumer or if not pm me or let me know thanks.
Idiots they has got to be somewhere elseAs previously mentioned in the thread, Bo’ness was offered a 314 but they rejected it
Idiots they has got to be somewhere else
The Riverside Museum appears to have a limited understanding of the importance of illustrating Glasgow's transport heritage after the 1960s. There should at least be a cab end of a Blue Train and, now, a 314 in there.
It isn't just trains. I don't know much about buses, but the Alexander Y Type and Volvo Ailsa are both big Scottish players of the 70s and 80s and were everywhere in the city at the time.
Does anyone know why they're so weak on this era?
Objectively speaking, is there any significant reason to justify a 314 to be preserved?
I guess they probably see the model 380 as their “modern train” exhibit. Personally, I’d probably sever a 314 at the front passenger door, wall mount it with a fake tunnel behind (make the lights work obviously) and have a video presentation on Clyderail/Argyle Line underneath, maybe with some sort of interactive touchscreen thing allowing you to trace the history of the suburban network from Beeching to the mid 2010s electrifications. Ideally you could decapitate a 303 and put it next to it but that probably won’t happen.The Riverside Museum appears to have a limited understanding of the importance of illustrating Glasgow's transport heritage after the 1960s. There should at least be a cab end of a Blue Train and, now, a 314 in there.
It isn't just trains. I don't know much about buses, but the Alexander Y Type and Volvo Ailsa are both big Scottish players of the 70s and 80s and were everywhere in the city at the time.
Does anyone know why they're so weak on this era?
I'd argue no.Objectively speaking, is there any significant reason to justify a 314 to be preserved?
So, just back from Ayr on the 314 farewell trip. Was interesting to feel so far off their usual beat - any evidence of 314s in Ayrshire in the past? Can't say I ever saw any regular runs, although a pair of 303s had a booked afternoon peak trip to Ardrossan for some years.