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Post by roboverground on Jul 9, 2007 14:04:03 GMT
Apologies if this is raking up old ground, in 1985 4 new battery locos (L62-L65) shortly joined by L66 & L67 in 1986 were delivered but by 1993 they had all been stored. Are they still stored some 14 years later ?? Can they be viewed from any public place/passing service? And the all important question, what caused the storage/ short operating life?? Regards Robin  |
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Post by 100andthirty on Jul 9, 2007 16:20:28 GMT
as to why they were withdrawn:
they were less reliable than the old locos and, crucially, not as powerful as locomotives
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Post by Tomcakes on Jul 9, 2007 16:32:51 GMT
As far as I am aware they are stored at Ruislip depot, and can be viewed from Picc/Met trains between Ruislip and Ickenham. Between the reversing siding/link to depot and the bridge immediately up from the siding, look south on the triangle formed between the Met/Central/link where they are stored. Unless they've changed since last time I was up there.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2007 18:39:06 GMT
Apologies if this is raking up old ground, in 1985 4 new battery locos (L62-L65) shortly joined by L66 & L67 in 1986 were delivered but by 1993 they had all been stored. Are they still stored some 14 years later ?? Can they be viewed from any public place/passing service? And the all important question, what caused the storage/ short operating life?? Regards Robin Here is L63 in happier times, starring at the Morden Depot open day during the CSLR centenary in 1990... davidhenderson.fotopic.net/p25961167.html |
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Post by Colin on Jul 11, 2007 1:22:11 GMT
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