D365
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Class 365 scrap movements + preservation discussion
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any clues when they might go please?
milankow02
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persumeably next week or so
warwickshire
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No toilets remain in situ. However the
gsmr radios do get salvaged and rescued before scrap obvious reasons.
However due to clearance issues the steps ie platform boarding steps from the units themselves have been removed in order to go for scrap so they have been. However when going for scrap I noticed one 365 unit had them all dumped in the secondmans side inside the drivers cab.
Razorblades
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Can you imagine if they were!!! All the sweaty old khazis and stinky retention tanks racked-up taking up space and effort looking in vain for a new home.
Ayman Ilham
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What about the seats to use in other Networker units like the 166 or 465 to replace any falling apart?
Class15
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166s are getting a refresh so possible
Razorblades
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Simply not worth having all that scruffy inventory sitting around 'just in case.' Who pays, it's worthless as insurance goes, and besides, the 365 seats weren't owned by the 165, 166 and 465/2 owners anyway.
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Put them on ebay and if they don't go, dispose. If they do, extra income!
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But that requires the manpower of removing them all and trying to sell them. Whereas the way it’s done now is they just drive them into the big coke can making machine!
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No, you only remove them if they sell and include removal cost in the reserve prince.
And keep the carriages hanging around for an indefinite amount of time until it is decided they are not required and need scrapping anyway?
Razorblades
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The reserve prince - Harry?
ashkeba
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It has taken about six months to scrap the fleet. That would have been plenty of time to offer reusable parts for sale.
D365
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Offer them to who? And how many staff are you going to employ to run the sales, strip parts, handle logistics etc. Is there really any kind of economic case for it?
Razorblades
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None whatsoever; this is a solution looking for a problem that isn't there.
warwickshire
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Trouble is none off these parts are compatible with anything else. Why keep them in reserve for a whole fleet going for scrap apart from the one in preservation. Especially as not one off these are in mainline service anymore.
Only possible alternative could possibly have been recycling iff it was cost effective enough to do it.
Razorblades
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Which is precisely the option offered by the Newport shredder....
This and this again. I work in IT and have been looking to move on some old (but perfectly serviceable and will still be used in some parts) laptop docks, rather than sending them to recycling. No-one wants them and those that do wanted money to take and process them (same as for recycling)
We could stick them on Ebay, but the fact of the matter is that it just isn't worth our while for what little return we may get if they did sell (and the liabilities/cost for packaging up for shipping) so to the "bin" they will probably go!
The only potential use is in the enthusiast market, but it is so niche, it wouldn't be financially viable either
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Then there was nothing to sell.
But I thought I'd seen the refurbishment seats on another train, maybe 317/6 or some refurbished Sprinter.
I stumbled across this picture of the 365 coaches taken yesterday at the East Kent Railway. Credit to Liam Ballinger.
365 524 East Kent Railway by Liam Ballinger, on Flickr
365 524 East Kent Railway by Liam Ballinger, on Flickr
D365
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Looks good as a three car unit! I’m hoping for a return to the classic toothpaste livery, one day.I stumbled across this picture of the 365 coaches taken yesterday at the East Kent Railway. Credit to Liam Ballinger.
365 524 East Kent Railway by Liam Ballinger, on Flickr
milankow02
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Yeah. the good old Network SouthEast livery
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Thats ironic. As i was there today and have photographed them myself (all 3 indivdual carraiges)I stumbled across this picture of the 365 coaches taken yesterday at the East Kent Railway. Credit to Liam Ballinger.
365 524 East Kent Railway by Liam Ballinger, on Flickr
Davester50
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I do generally agree, however the market for airline memorabilia from recently retired iconic machines has been staggering, with prices for even simple parts being customised running to hundreds.
Good luck to whoever makes a railway equivalent of Plane Reclaimers!
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