Recent content by DirtyJohn

That would have slowed the production down. Once a vehicle has been stripped, it goes straight to the weld shop, and from the weld to the next station. That is usually the team who work on the underframe. Also in between stations there is sometimes arising work from previous stations. I...

It was getting shared, but the quality of work on the refurb side at kilmarnock was not upto scratch.

If i was a guessing man, i reckon all 26 sets could be done by december. Especially as a contact finishes in March which, would release a lot more welders and fitters/vehicle builders.

The asbestos was only minimal, it was found in the bitumen paint that was put on the inside shell when first built. It was classed as non licensed removal, and was removed in certain areas before it went to the welders and then vehicle builders. We are talking 0000000.1% but as we all know...

The first set started being stripped around September 2017, id like to know who said they could strip and build 26 sets in 1 year lol. There was issues at first with corrosion, asbestos, mold and workers leaving for Hitach. Even without those problems, there's no chance you're gonna get all...

Its all but confirmed that there will be some more GWR, maybe around 12 cars.

Set 12 is due to leave Friday, GWR is all but done and the XC will be around June time. There is another contract finishing in March, so that will give the ASR a big push.

By Easter that could well be the case, the GWR and another contract at Wabtec will finish. Those spare men will all move over to the ASR side, hopefully speeding things up.

Set 19 and most of 20 are all stripped, and moving along the stations. The next few sets are all close, with 16 being scheduled to leave for May time.

Around 12 sets have been stripped already.

Just the Scotrail sets. GWR and XC will be staying at Doncaster.

I think the Kilmarnock guys will be starting within the next 2 weeks.

Deadline for those two sets, not sure of the implications if they don't get them out.

You're right, 4 and 5 are the closest to being completed. 6 and 7 are being worked on, and 8 and 9 are all but stripped and ready for the next phase.

They need to be completed by the end of April.