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83 TS on the M25
North past the junction with the M40 this afternoon (sunday) I saw an
entire train of 1983 stock on 6 low loaders heading northbound. I was under the impression that this stock had all been sold or scrapped about a decade ago. Did they still have some hanging around Neasden? FWIW the train was utterly wrecked. Even the graffiti louts had obviously given up on it since the graffiti itself was covered in a nice layer of green mould. Most of the windows were smashed and some of the shoebeams had snapped presumably due to wood rot. -- Spud |
83 TS on the M25
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North past the junction with the M40 this afternoon (sunday) I saw an entire train of 1983 stock on 6 low loaders heading northbound. I was under the impression that this stock had all been sold or scrapped about a decade ago. Did they still have some hanging around Neasden? FWIW the train was utterly wrecked. Even the graffiti louts had obviously given up on it since the graffiti itself was covered in a nice layer of green mould. Most of the windows were smashed and some of the shoebeams had snapped presumably due to wood rot. I wonder if they need the siding space it used to occupy? Could it have previously been stored in the South Harrow sidings? One wonders why they left it hanging around for so long. Perhaps they once planned to re-use some of the carriages for an engineering train, but never got round to it? |
83 TS on the M25
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83 TS on the M25
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:22:10 +0100
Roland Perry wrote: Ah-ha! I saw three of them northbound on the M1 in Leicestershire at around 7pm. I wonder what had happened to the other three. Probably fell apart from the vibrations somewhere around Watford. -- Spud |
83 TS on the M25
On 28/06/2015 20:27, Recliner wrote: wrote: North past the junction with the M40 this afternoon (sunday) I saw an entire train of 1983 stock on 6 low loaders heading northbound. I was under the impression that this stock had all been sold or scrapped about a decade ago. Did they still have some hanging around Neasden? FWIW the train was utterly wrecked. Even the graffiti louts had obviously given up on it since the graffiti itself was covered in a nice layer of green mould. Most of the windows were smashed and some of the shoebeams had snapped presumably due to wood rot. I wonder if they need the siding space it used to occupy? Could it have previously been stored in the South Harrow sidings? One wonders why they left it hanging around for so long. Perhaps they once planned to re-use some of the carriages for an engineering train, but never got round to it? I've some vague idea there was such a notion. The 83TS were hardly LU's finest hour. That said, they were designed in a different era, where the expectations of passenger numbers were rather more pessimistic. A mistake not to be repeated. (Though having written that, the Roastmaster comes to mind...) |
83 TS on the M25
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:57:41 +0100
Mizter T wrote: On 28/06/2015 20:27, Recliner wrote: wrote: North past the junction with the M40 this afternoon (sunday) I saw an entire train of 1983 stock on 6 low loaders heading northbound. I was under the impression that this stock had all been sold or scrapped about a decade ago. Did they still have some hanging around Neasden? FWIW the train was utterly wrecked. Even the graffiti louts had obviously given up on it since the graffiti itself was covered in a nice layer of green mould. Most of the windows were smashed and some of the shoebeams had snapped presumably due to wood rot. I wonder if they need the siding space it used to occupy? Could it have previously been stored in the South Harrow sidings? One wonders why they left it hanging around for so long. Perhaps they once planned to re-use some of the carriages for an engineering train, but never got round to it? I've some vague idea there was such a notion. The 83TS were hardly LU's finest hour. That said, they were designed in Apart from the single leaf doors, were there major issues with them? -- Spud |
83 TS on the M25
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83 TS on the M25
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83 TS on the M25
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:40:59 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote: wrote: How did their reliability compare with other stocks? I thought it was much worse. Yes, that's my memory, too. But didn't they have the same control gear as the D stock which seemed to be pretty reliable? -- Spud |
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