Class 365 scrap movements + preservation discussion

[Mag_seven]

Another reminder that this thread is for discussion of Class 365 scrap movements and preservation.

If anyone wants to discuss anything else then they are welcome to start a new thread.

thanks

 

[YSTrains]

Is it alright to say all units have stripped down of parts?

 

[SolomonSouth]

Is it alright to say all units have stripped down of parts?

I think so. Except for 365524 which is having one carriage preserved as is at the East Kent Railway (cause HRH the Queen used it)

 

[AzureOtsu]

And any updates on the 3 carriages in preservation?

 

[gmaguire]

Is it alright to say all units have stripped down of parts?

No parts were saved from the units which were scrapped, if that’s what you meant.

It would have made sense to save things like doors, windows and seats for the other Networkers.

 

[Magdalia]

I think so. Except for 365524 which is having one carriage preserved as is at the East Kent Railway (cause HRH the Queen used it)

Do you have a date for that please?

I have 13 known class 365 journeys by HM the Queen and none involve 365524 (or 365540).

 

[D365]

No parts were saved from the units which were scrapped, if that’s what you meant.

It would have made sense to save things like doors, windows and seats for the other Networkers.

Eversholt obviously decided that it wasn't worth the added expense of striping down the units.

 

[gmaguire]

Eversholt obviously decided that it wasn't worth the added expense of striping down the units.

That's if they even thought of it

 

[SolomonSouth]

Do you have a date for that please?

I have 13 known class 365 journeys by HM the Queen and none involve 365524 (or 365540).

Don't know but a member of staff at East Kent told me so. Maybe he's wrong

 

[D365]

That's if they even thought of it

Either way - the most important electrical components will have been recovered.

 

[AzureOtsu]

Is there any feasibility for the preserved driving cars to have their original front ends restored?

I know this may not be the most ethical thing to post but I found images from a 365 (531) involved in a collision in 2004 (easily found from a Google search) which have the air con modified smiley front partly destroyed from one half of the leading carriage revealing the original networker cab front behind the modified front.

I don't know much about engineering but it looks to me the modified cab front was fitted directly in front of the original cab. The yellow front end is still clearly visible once revealed.

It seems the modified light clusters are fed through an adapter into the original sockets for the networker style light clusters.

If there are spare parts for original networker lights, which is likely given how they are basic BR era light clusters shared by many units, how feasible would it to convert a cab front to its original state, even if its only one just to show the history of the unit?