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I can tell you what I know as I was ‘In the room when it happened’….. The 501 Project was initially run by the Suburban Electric Railway Association and was funded by the sale of shares in the project, the shareholders would become (and still are) the owners of any vehicles purchased. It took a...

Probably just a coincidence as it is all down to miles.

I can confirm that there is zero chance of that happening.

It’s much the same as the first gen DMUs with a number of ‘preserved’ vehicles being scrapped to provide parts to keep the better examples running over the last few decades. As said elsewhere with 150s becoming available who wants to throw good money at a knackered pacer with better options...

J Watson & Sons, Stafford Week commencing 11/03/2024

In the last five and a half years HETT spent £18000 storing this unit undercover in an attempt to offer it the best home it has ever had in preservation after being cast aside by Wirral in 1996. During that period donations in support of the project in respect of the 503 totalled just over...

This one sounds right up your street then, group has spent time and money restoring the vehicle and has secure tenure for its display and just need a little help to finish it off - https://gofund.me/d57b9cc0

Not relevant to this thread. However if you want to see the only ex 210 vehicle that has a safe future in preservation looking it’s best for the summer season please donate here: https://gofund.me/d57b9cc0 A fiver, gets us some brushes, £50 is over two litres of paint. Every pound you donate...

The 457 vehicle is not included and is not available to the 210 003 project.

EMUPS, the owners of 4-BEP unit 2304, have issued this press release. The unit is currently based at Chinnor but now in urgent need of a new home. https://emups.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EMUPS-PR-moving-v3.pdf

I am confident there will be no attempt made to install electrification on any standard gauge heritage railway in the UK in my lifetime, the biggest driver of that is the prohibitive cost. Battery traction already happens on standard guage heritage operations in very limited scope. It certainly...

‘Retained’ Class 503 DMBS M28690M has arrived at Llynclys today and has been unloaded. Photos courtesy of Cambrian Heritage Railways. Donations are still invited to help pay the cost of moving this vehicle the length of the country. paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3714281

Quite, there isn’t reallly a comparison to be made between museum tramway OHLE and that required for a mainline train that needs more current. It’s like comparing Volks third rail to that of the Southern electric.

Due to move to Llynclys this week. It’s got a ten year storage agreement, will be reviewed in five years and if it is no longer viable then we go through this process again. Would be nice if we could afford decent covering for it, when it was sheeted at Coventry there was no noticeable...

People will spend their money on what interests them. There is no obligation on anybody to complete an imaginary tick list of preserving one of everything; and that is collecting not preservation. The 503 is a victim of consequences, in this case the consequence of inaction. Fair warning was...