Re: Electrification.
Von: MIG (googlespam@doreenbird.co.uk) [Profil]
Datum: 09.10.2008 11:38
Message-ID: <2452565f-21d5-40c4-9abf-0cc157539dd2@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
Newsgroup: uk.railway
Datum: 09.10.2008 11:38
Message-ID: <2452565f-21d5-40c4-9abf-0cc157539dd2@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
Newsgroup: uk.railway
On Oct 9, 12:45 am, darkprince66 <darkprince17031...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 8 Oct, 22:38, Tony Polson <docnews2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > MIG <googles...@doreenbird.co.uk> wrote: > > >Charles Ellson <char...@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > >> > > > >> Fill them with old ballast and use them to stop coastal erosion. > > > >Yes, by far the best use of them suggested so far (and any use of them > > >to carry fare-paying passengers on the railway network must be a long > > >way down the list). > > > With a thorough refurb they would be perfectly satisfactory units. Far > > cheaper than buying new. > > We should not even consider scrapping of any rolling stock when we are > so bloody short of it. I am sure the poor sods who regularly have to > stand on some of the electric operated services I have previously > mentioned would welcome them with open arms. As we all know, > Merseyrail has similar class 507/508 stock, with refurbishment and a > bit of TLC, they would provide commuter rolling stock somewhere for > another 10 years. I wish some sense had prevailed when the refurbished 312s were scrapped and the 313s were kept. They could have covered bits of WCML and related routes rather more comfortably.[ Auf dieses Posting antworten ]