Or to take some HST trailers for disposal?20311, 47813 & 20314 made their way to Ely Papworth Sidings today sandwiching some barrier vehicles. Not sure if this is to drag some of the first 317s off to scrap, or to drag another 442 to Eastleigh for component recovery.
Indeed, another possibility, but I've seen no paths for any specific breakers' yard for tomorrow.
From what I've heard it's not for 317s, it's taking GWR MK3s to Arlington, potentially for scrap or component recovery.20311, 47813 & 20314 made their way to Ely Papworth Sidings today sandwiching some barrier vehicles. Not sure if this is to drag some of the first 317s off to scrap, or to drag another 442 to Eastleigh for component recovery.
723 732 as last page...
20311, 47813 & 20314 made their way to Ely Papworth Sidings today sandwiching some barrier vehicles. Not sure if this is to drag some of the first 317s off to scrap, or to drag another 442 to Eastleigh for component recovery.
I saw them on Sunday 22nd with some GWR carriages in both green and dynamic lines20311, 47813 & 20314 made their way to Ely Papworth Sidings today sandwiching some barrier vehicles. Not sure if this is to drag some of the first 317s off to scrap, or to drag another 442 to Eastleigh for component recovery.
Only 317663, 317669 and 317722 are withdrawn. Almost every Anglia 317 has worked since the lockdown timetable started, even though only 10 are required each day.
708 719 repeating this performance this weekend.
And that perfectly sums up how efficiently rail privatisation has worked in the UK
Took the words out of my mouth. What do they actually check at handback? I recall the old Southern units being towed for scrap at Newport. There were still coffee cups on the tables and copies of the Evening Standard on seats. Clearly the cleaners knew which ones were off for scrap.
If leasing is such a bad thing, why is it now widely used elsewhere?
Depends if they are for scrap. Demics for scrap can and are handed back busted and just dragged to the axeman, even if not robbed for spares beforehand.
Leasing is fine if the asset has some sort of a value at the end of a lease. As a for instance, a car is normally leased for around three years from new and then sold, for around 40% of its value new - therefore the depreciation can be worked out. If a train is leased until it is only worth scrapping, then it only has scrap value at the end. Leasing isn't fundamentally the issue, what we all forget is that if a train is fixed at a cost of say £20k to then be scrapped purely to meet leasing guidelines, that £20k is being paid for by someone - indirectly the taxpayer or rail traveler. A sensible lease option for when a train is going to be end of life at the end of the lease, is to lease it ot as is done now, and then a final compulsory payment to buy of, say, £100, at which point the operator at the time buys it and then does with it what they wish, primarily scrap it and get the scrap money back to reinvest into services. They could also sell it to heritage lines, community projects, etc, which operators may be more involved with and the operator collects the sale income or donates as they see fit
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Left clacton last night
Realtime Trains - 514R 0901 Kilmarnock Bonnyton Depot to Ilford E.M.U.D.
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317511 on route back to Ilford.
What's that all about? I thought that PRM mods were being done at Clacton as well as Kilmarnock.
No idea, but I'd look back through the thread to see if someone explained it before.
