TheSlash
Established Member
I have been reading with interest the posts about the 442 supposedly going for an overhaul in January and here are my educated views on the matter, starting with a C6 overhaul itself
A C6 is by all accounts, a cosmetic overhaul, especially in todays modern world. In the days of the slammers, C6's involved the mandatory replacement of all door locks etc etc etc. This was either done at Eastleigh or Chart Leacon
Staying in the days of the slammers. Bournemouth had 24 units to maintain aswell as the occassional slammer. This meant a largely under utilised depot, so were given extra staff and then told to do the C4 overhaul on the 455 fleet, an on going contract.
The C4 overhaul is much larger and technically more important than the C6.
Slammers had their C4 done at Wimbledon or Chart Leacon {bearing in mind we are talking South Western side here}
Now lets move to today. The slammers have gone and Eastleigh works has shut, depending on who you talk to.
So combined with the reduction / extinction of the 458's, Wimbledon's fleet has been cut by 62.5% roughly. Also they no longed have slam door C4's or emergency lifts from derailments etc
Now lets move onto the main topic, 442's going to Ilford, an Eastern region depot. With respect, WTF does Ilford know about 442's apart from their MK3 similarities? {granted it's only a comsetic overhaul}
Now lets theoretically re jig the SWT maintenance system. Wimbledon now has time and resources to do 455 C4 overhauls. This leaves Bournemouth short of work, unless they do the 442 C6 overhaul on site?
GBRf have various 66's kicking about, but would prefer to haul 210 tons of train with 2 x 73, bearing in mind this would give the train a total of 1,200 hp once it left the southern 3rd rail system} ?
Anybody else still on the same wave length and come to the same conclusion?
A C6 is by all accounts, a cosmetic overhaul, especially in todays modern world. In the days of the slammers, C6's involved the mandatory replacement of all door locks etc etc etc. This was either done at Eastleigh or Chart Leacon
Staying in the days of the slammers. Bournemouth had 24 units to maintain aswell as the occassional slammer. This meant a largely under utilised depot, so were given extra staff and then told to do the C4 overhaul on the 455 fleet, an on going contract.
The C4 overhaul is much larger and technically more important than the C6.
Slammers had their C4 done at Wimbledon or Chart Leacon {bearing in mind we are talking South Western side here}
Now lets move to today. The slammers have gone and Eastleigh works has shut, depending on who you talk to.
So combined with the reduction / extinction of the 458's, Wimbledon's fleet has been cut by 62.5% roughly. Also they no longed have slam door C4's or emergency lifts from derailments etc
Now lets move onto the main topic, 442's going to Ilford, an Eastern region depot. With respect, WTF does Ilford know about 442's apart from their MK3 similarities? {granted it's only a comsetic overhaul}
Now lets theoretically re jig the SWT maintenance system. Wimbledon now has time and resources to do 455 C4 overhauls. This leaves Bournemouth short of work, unless they do the 442 C6 overhaul on site?
GBRf have various 66's kicking about, but would prefer to haul 210 tons of train with 2 x 73, bearing in mind this would give the train a total of 1,200 hp once it left the southern 3rd rail system} ?
Anybody else still on the same wave length and come to the same conclusion?