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Class 455 Preserved

Discussie in 'Diesel & Electric Traction' gestart door DismalChips, 17 feb 2026 om 18:34.

  1. DismalChips

    DismalChips Member

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    Being of the North, these aren't units I know or have an affection for, but this seems like welcome news:

    https://www.modernrailways.com/article/southern-electric-traction-group-saves-class-455

    The stuff on FB/Insta etc make a big deal of it all being done in a very hush-hush way/
     
    DismalChips, 17 feb 2026 om 18:34
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    35B vindt dit leuk.
  2. M59137

    M59137 Well-Known Member

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    What fascinates me about this initiative, in common to some extent with the 4-VEP 3417 project, is that the proposed model almost has more in common with the 1980's/1990's "shed pet" EMU's (such as the Class 306) than 21st century unit preservation.

    Having an EMU based at a mainline depot and looked after by staff predominantly drawn from the mainline railway rather than heritage lines, was said to have been killed off around the time of privatisation.

    Given that EMU's (with an incredibly small number of exceptions) have done spectacularly badly in "traditional" preservation, I'm very hopeful and have my fingers crossed that whatever these guys have cooked up to work on the 2026 railway, as opposed to the 1996 one, is going to succeed. EMU preservation could do with a boost in this area!

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    M59137, 17 feb 2026 om 22:38
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    silversteellady en 35B vinden dit leuk.

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