Class 314 Withdrawals

[GLC]

I'd love to know their definition of "spares"; I wouldn't have thought the Metro-Cam D Stock would have much in common with the BREL EMUs of the era.

I could imagine the motors being broadly similar, certainly both DC anyway, but of course the motors were in the driving carriages so I’m not sure what value the pantograph coaches have. Maybe the transformers and rectifiers are in that coach?

 

[Chris125]

I'd love to know their definition of "spares"; I wouldn't have thought the Metro-Cam D Stock would have much in common with the BREL EMUs of the era.

Wasn't recovering bits of 314 how Vivarail planned to create a prototype 25kv unit?

 

[Defiance149]

Some suggestion the TS cars at Long Marston have been scrapped in the last couple of weeks or so, anyone know more?

 

[ScottDarg]

314209 moved (by rail) to Shields Depot today between 318253 and 320414 (5V05 from Yoker). Video of the move was posted to a private Facebook group.

Apparently due to be collected from Shields and moved to Bo'ness by road.

 

[Peter0124]

314209 moved (by rail) to Shields Depot today between 318253 and 320414 (5V05 from Yoker). Video of the move was posted to a private Facebook group.

Apparently due to collected from Shields and moved to Bo'ness by road.

That wouldve made for a very rare video!

 

[scotraildriver]

Under power as well.......

 

[adrock1976]

Could someone please explain why 314209 has gone from north of the Clyde to a depot south of the Clyde, only to switch to road and go north of the Clyde again?

Also, what was wrong in going direct to Bo'ness from Yoker, as the route is fully electrified to the junction near Linlithgow? This would have been far easier.

Sometimes I totally despair at how the country has got into the terrible state that it is in nowadays.

 

[JModulo]

Could someone please explain why 314209 has gone from north of the Clyde to a depot south of the Clyde, only to switch to road and go north of the Clyde again?

Also, what was wrong in going direct to Bo'ness from Yoker, as the route is fully electrified to the junction near Linlithgow? This would have been far easier.

Sometimes I totally despair at how the country has got into the terrible state that it is in nowadays.

Not sure if you can actually load onto a lorry at Yoker.

 

[Ewan M]

Could someone please explain why 314209 has gone from north of the Clyde to a depot south of the Clyde, only to switch to road and go north of the Clyde again?

Also, what was wrong in going direct to Bo'ness from Yoker, as the route is fully electrified to the junction near Linlithgow? This would have been far easier.

Sometimes I totally despair at how the country has got into the terrible state that it is in nowadays.

Well the 314 hasn't moved in over a year and I don't think any of the Bo'ness locos would be able to drag the unit directly without the need for a coupling adaptor

 

[ScottDarg]

Could someone please explain why 314209 has gone from north of the Clyde to a depot south of the Clyde, only to switch to road and go north of the Clyde again?

Also, what was wrong in going direct to Bo'ness from Yoker, as the route is fully electrified to the junction near Linlithgow? This would have been far easier.

Sometimes I totally despair at how the country has got into the terrible state that it is in nowadays.

No idea on the first point - can only assume Yoker doesn't have the facilities to load onto a lorry.

On the second point; the preserved line into Bo'ness had a landslide around the time of the Carmont derailment and repairs to the enbankment are still ongoing, so I imagine that rules out bringing it in by rail.

 

[Mag_seven]

YouTube clip (by "Alebbio Rail") of the move at Scotstounhill:

314209 at Scotstounhill with 318253 and 320414 moving to Shields and Bo'Ness for Hydrogen Conversion - YouTube

 

[Journeyman]

Could someone please explain why 314209 has gone from north of the Clyde to a depot south of the Clyde, only to switch to road and go north of the Clyde again?

Also, what was wrong in going direct to Bo'ness from Yoker, as the route is fully electrified to the junction near Linlithgow? This would have been far easier.

Sometimes I totally despair at how the country has got into the terrible state that it is in nowadays.

Deciding to take a train somewhere by lorry is hardly the end of civilisation.

 

[d9009alycidon]

Well the 314 hasn't moved in over a year and I don't think any of the Bo'ness locos would be able to drag the unit directly without the need for a coupling adaptor

Actually the 314 was under power for the move!

 

[Journeyman]

Actually the 314 was under power for the move!

314s were never cleared for operation over the E&G, as far as I know, and the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway is currently under possession for land slip repairs. Plus, as others have said, EMUs fitted with automatic couplers need translator vehicles for loco haulage.

All of those factors made a movement by road simpler and easier.

 

[JModulo]

One of the driving vehicles has now since arrived at Bo'ness.

 

[D365]

Could someone please explain why 314209 has gone from north of the Clyde to a depot south of the Clyde, only to switch to road and go north of the Clyde again?

Also, what was wrong in going direct to Bo'ness from Yoker, as the route is fully electrified to the junction near Linlithgow? This would have been far easier.

Sometimes I totally despair at how the country has got into the terrible state that it is in nowadays.

I am confused as to how this comment relates to the rest of the posting.

 

[Journeyman]

I am confused as to how this comment relates to the rest of the posting.

The poster seems to imply that moving the unit by road somehow indicates that the country has gone to the dogs.

 

[Peter0124]

Is this the first time a 385 has visited Neilston?

Realtime Trains - 2N30 1703 Glasgow Central to Neilston

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It came off an Edinburgh via Shotts:

Realtime Trains - 2Y67 1526 Edinburgh to Glasgow Central

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Arriving into Platform 9, where the Neilston train departed from just afterwards.

And then after returning from Neilston, it went and joined with another unit onto a Lanark service.

Realtime Trains - 2B76 1824 Glasgow Central to Lanark

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I believe sets were swapped at Glasgow Central today as the platform numbers showed red, but from what RTT platforming data/unit number allocations shows, a 385 visited Neilston today!