Class 150 Preservation Group.

[trains2064]

Does any know of anyone who is/has set up a Class 150 Preservation Group?

 

[pemma]

Northern Rail, Arriva Trains Wales and First Great Western are all preserving 150s and using them for passenger service at the time.

 

[Z12XE]

I cant see there being a need just yet, at the current rate it will be 20 years until they think about withdrawing them.

Ditto Pacers, although it would appear that they will be used until they fall apart, at which point the pieces will be taken away in a skip, no chance of preserving them!!

 

[GospelOak117]

I hope some 150's do survive another 20 years Does anyone know of their mechanical condition at this time? Which toc's fleet are in best or worst condition etc.

I will certainly miss the London 150's

 

[jamesontheroad]

Until the 150s are threatened with retirement, you might do well to start an NIR Class 450 Preservation Group. They're for the chop just as soon as the C4K fleet starts to arrive, are mechanically much more interesting and (if you squint) kinda look like a 150

 

[swt_passenger]

Waiting for years to set up a preservation group must be a real pain...

So why not have a whip round and contact Bombardier now, and get a quote for an extra 172? Then it could go straight to preservation, wouldn't even need to be given a boring old TOC livery... :roll:

 

[Drsatan]

Since no new rolling stock's in the pipeline it'll be another 20-30 years before they're replaced. Hopefully the Pacers will have been withdrawn by then (and a few preserved).

 

[MCR247]

So why not have a whip round and contact Bombardier now, and get a quote for an extra 172? Then it could go straight to preservation, wouldn't even need to be given a boring old TOC livery... :roll:

The 172 would just mean they'd have to wait even longer for it to be preserved at the rate bombardier are going :roll:

 

[rail-britain]

Since no new rolling stock's in the pipeline it'll be another 20-30 years before they're replaced. Hopefully the Pacers will have been withdrawn by then

If all goes to plan, ScotRail will be releasing the vast majority of its Class 156 and some Class 158 units in about 5 to 10 years time
This could see many Class 14x units replaced, I am quite sure the TOCs will be falling over themselves for the 156s!

Ironically, many other electrification projects for England would have seen DMUs replaced by EMUs, but that all looks far off now...

 

[GospelOak117]

If all goes to plan, ScotRail will be releasing the vast majority of its Class 156 and some Class 158 units in about 5 to 10 years time

How do Scotrail plan to do this?

 

[rail-britain]

How do Scotrail plan to do this?

Central Scotland and Glasgow South electrification
The Central Scotland phase has been approved and should be completed by 2015
The Glasgow South will then follow two years later

The Central Scotland electrification will release Class 158 and 170 units, but the majority of these units will be retained, cascading to replace Class 156 units

 

[37401]

I just died a little inside....

 

[TDK]

Does any know of anyone who is/has set up a Class 150 Preservation Group?

While your at it why don't you set up a pendolino preservation group?

 

[MrWhippyO]

Surely Pendolino's don't need a preservation group? I thought they were still in production and used nearly everywhere.

 

[ainsworth74]

I suspect that TDK forgot to use the sarcasm tags

Edit: Then again I could have missed your sarcasm tags

 

[route:oxford]

I am quite sure the TOCs will be falling over themselves for the 156s!

What makes the 156 so popular amongst TOCS?

As a passenger I've always found them to be a welcome sight - solid, reliable, comfortable.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing though... It would have perhaps been better to have specified them with a little more "oomph" and built with 90mph operation in mind (rather than just simply being capable of 90mph when coaxed ) Given their regular reformation into hybrid 3 car sets, a batch should really have been built as 3-car sets originally - ideally with 2 loos on board for the WHL and similar duties.