Cobbam incident 455 unit

[phil281]

Hi i'm pretty new to this forum?

Just wondering what happened to the 455 that the lorry fell onto a few months ago? Was it scrapped or repaired?

Phil

 

[NXEA!]

Hi i'm pretty new to this forum?

Just wondering what happened to the 455 that the lorry fell onto a few months ago? Was it scrapped or repaired?

Phil

Apparently its being repaired with a coach from one of the 210 units, although how this is going to happen I don't know.

 

[phil281]

I thought they had all been scrapped years ago!

 

[NXEA!]

I thought they had all been scrapped years ago!

I think one sets intact, don't quote me on it though, and I'm fairly sure its preserved at the Coventry Railway Centre, but again, open to correction. Personally I would've though it would be easier to just rewire the whole vehicle to make it compatible with the 455 to replace the driving car. Will be interesting to see what they do with it!
Oh, and on behalf of everyone on RailUK I'd like to welcome you to the forum.

 

[phil281]

I think one sets intact, don't quote me on it though, and I'm fairly sure its preserved at the Coventry Railway Centre, but again, open to correction. Personally I would've though it would be easier to just rewire the whole vehicle to make it compatible with the 455 to replace the driving car. Will be interesting to see what they do with it!
Oh, and on behalf of everyone on RailUK I'd like to welcome you to the forum.

Thats got me thinking what about a electro thumper 455? Would make the journey home from Waterloo more interesting! In all seriousness wouldn't be a bad idea for the Reading to Gatwick line?

 

[starrymarkb]

I think one sets intact, don't quote me on it though, and I'm fairly sure its preserved at the Coventry Railway Centre, but again, open to correction. Personally I would've though it would be easier to just rewire the whole vehicle to make it compatible with the 455 to replace the driving car. Will be interesting to see what they do with it!
Oh, and on behalf of everyone on RailUK I'd like to welcome you to the forum.

Isn't it the MS that got hit? So a rewire is out of the question!

 

[455/8]

Two coaches were damaged when the lorry hit 5913, the worse off was the Motor coach (MC) and the other carriage that was hit was one of the Driver Trailers (DT).

 

[NXEA!]

Isn't it the MS that got hit? So a rewire is out of the question!

Is it? I felt sure it was the Driving vehicle?

 

[Matt Taylor]

The DT was the least damaged of the two, it was the MS that took the brunt of the impact.

 

[theblackwatch]

This thread may be of interest:
http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=43657