lttgroup
Member
A few of you may have seen this elsewhere, if you have then I apologise but we are trying to get our name an aims known within the railway community!I am the secretary of a new organisation, the London Transport Traction Group. We formed earlier this year with our chief aim being to secure, for operational preservation, one of the remaining Class 483 units when they reach final withdrawal later this financial year.
In order to answer a few of the more common, or likely, questions that we have been or might be asked I've prepared a few points, reproduced elsewhere, outlining the current state and aims of the project, which we have dubbed 'Project 483'.
If you think you might be able to help, or have any other enquiries, then please email me at [email protected]
In order to answer a few of the more common, or likely, questions that we have been or might be asked I've prepared a few points, reproduced elsewhere, outlining the current state and aims of the project, which we have dubbed 'Project 483'.
- We intend to secure a single Class 483 unit for operation under its own power on a heritage railway.
- Although we have only second-hand information at present we believe that, despite the generally poor condition of the fleet, one unit might be salvageable for further use.
- We have been in touch with a potential provider of the required equipment to enable self-powered operation, who showed some interest in the scheme.
- The group has also been in touch with a heritage railway who would be interested in storing and operating a unit on their line. I will not say which one at present as we are still waiting on a few other things.
- A request to acquire a unit has been submitted to South Western Railway, we are currently awaiting a, hopefully, positive response.
- We are intending to preserve a unit in its class 483 form as there are numerous differences between the class 483s and their 1938TS origins. The 1938TS is also well-represented in preservation by the London Transport Museum's operational set, whereas the tube trains of the Isle of Wight are not currently represented in preservation (I believe the ex-Island Class 485/486 cars at Acton are being backdated to LT condition).
- The aforementioned heritage railway is not the Isle of Wight Steam railway, as we are well aware of the lack of available space at Havenstreet. The railway has outlined its plans for representation of the tube stock in its collection, and the LTTG would be very happy to support the IoWSR in achieving positive outcomes for both us and them.
If you think you might be able to help, or have any other enquiries, then please email me at [email protected]