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The case for preserving a class 483...

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Journeyman said:
Thanks for the update - are they going to be restored?
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A very long term ambition, likely to only be realised once the Q stock is completed and a solution to operate heritage stock on the new signalling system is installed and verified on both the Q and 1938 stock.
 
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A very long term ambition, likely to only be realised once the Q stock is completed and a solution to operate heritage stock on the new signalling system is installed and verified on both the Q and 1938 stock.
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Ah, that makes sense. I'm glad to hear that action is being taken to future-proof preserved stock and allow it to run on lines with new signalling. Presumably something similar needs to be done with battery locomotives - a small batch were fitted with Victoria Line ATO equipment back in the sixties, so it's been done before.
 
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Journeyman said:
It would corrode into iron filings within about a month.
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I saw them lift The Mary Rose out of the Solent in the 1980s.
This could be our offering to future historians...
 
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I saw them lift The Mary Rose out of the Solent in the 1980s.
This could be our offering to future historians...
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You mean chuck one off the end of Ryde Pier for it to be recovered in 400 years time?
 
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You mean chuck one off the end of Ryde Pier for it to be recovered in 400 years time?
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Yep.
And you’ll earn a Blue Peter badge if you can find any of it after six decades weeks.
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Journeyman said:
Ah, that makes sense. I'm glad to hear that action is being taken to future-proof preserved stock and allow it to run on lines with new signalling. Presumably something similar needs to be done with battery locomotives - a small batch were fitted with Victoria Line ATO equipment back in the sixties, so it's been done before.
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Without getting too OT, the original Vic line ATO is a hugely different beast to modern systems. There are some significant issues at the moment with getting Engineers' Vehicles (EVs) working on the sub-surface resignalling. As an aside, none have been fitted with the Vic's new system either.
 
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