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• Ben Williams

  17 May 2010, 17:41:46

  Current owner I think is still a mystery (although I am making more enquiries) otherwise I fear these will all be soon making their way into a rather large skip in rather small pieces...

• kev

  17 May 2010, 19:58:48

  strange to see these vehicles still at the depot, they havent left for at least 20 years, the last remnants of the original MML wiring - they are all worthy of preservation as a complete train !!

• Jon Horswell

  17 May 2010, 23:14:09

  They have been exposed to the elements for so long that all bodyside identification has faded away. On this side at least.

  Does anyone know what W2 stands for, as carried on both ends, which while we are on the subject appear to actually be made of wood?

• Phil Hetherington

  18 May 2010, 11:35:58

  Wooden ends wouldn't be so surprising. As built these had full-width (wooden) end doors and drop-down flaps for loading road vehicles, so it's clearly been altered for its electrification role.

• Ben Williams

  18 May 2010, 15:23:27

  OK I have heard via DBS that they are still officially Carillion owned and I now have a contact name / number / email for anyone who is seriously interested. Contact me at the usual email, thanks.

• Ben Williams

  18 May 2010, 15:24:44

  This is what official records apparently show:

  * ADB 889005 (type ZPX) is owned by Carillion, in registered status, last reported movement 28/02/05

  * ADB 715006 (type ZXX) is owned by Carillion, in registered status, last reported movement 02/11/03

  * ADB 715038 (type ZVX) is owned by Carillion, in registered status, last reported movement 02/11/03

  * ADB 715015 (type ZVX) is owned by Carillion, in registered status, last reported movement 02/11/03

• SD0853

  19 May 2010, 16:27:28

  Unless someone can show me otherwise, I don't really see a future for this train. Not wanting to knock anyone or shatter there dreams, but there's enough "Heritage Railways" full of useless tat like this owned by dreamers and tyre kickers without adding more to the pot.

• preservation nut

  19 May 2010, 17:36:43

  too true sd0853,just ditch the stupid things

• Ben Williams

  20 May 2010, 09:24:17

  I think the van is potentially useful to someone for storage as its a nice size for a small / mid-size railway project. I would also say that all "Heritage Railways" need to have a massive clear-out of the "useless tat" and accept some vehicles are just beyond repair and are never going to get restored.

  I admit the wagons here are not of much use.

• Jon Horswell

  21 May 2010, 10:08:35

  But are Carillion aware they own these vehicles? They probably thought they owned track machines.

• Ben Williams

  21 May 2010, 14:47:56

  Well if they didn't, they do now as my DBS email was copied into them too!

• perverstion nut

  21 May 2010, 17:34:56

  do carillion even exist now!? i thought pepsi colas took over everything?

• Dave Shell - Northumbria Rail Ltd.

  25 May 2010, 18:34:36

  http://www.carillionplc.com/ certainly seem to exist to me

• Ben Williams

  5 December 2010, 19:30:38

  Just received a photo of this van after it was damaged by fire yesterday - not completely gone but badly burnt at this end. Apparently the contractors working on behalf of the Thameslink programme are breaking up the drum wagons at present (not a scrap merchant) but it is thought at this stage it may have been someone sleeping rough inside the van that lit a fire to keep warm!

  Either way it looks like the end is finally near....

  Thanks to my contact.

• Andy Dickinson

  15 December 2010, 19:25:37

  I went past the site yesterday (14th) and there was no sign of this vehicle or the 3 drum wagons. The siding that they were stood on had been lifted.

• SD0853

  15 December 2010, 20:30:35

  Looked like they were being broken up last week when I passed by on Thursday.

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