(12 Jul 2020, 4:43 pm)V514DFT wrote [ -> ]I thought 2828 went up in smoke?
It did indeed, I think Ryland was making the point that the withdrawn darts are actually still at the bottom of Redcar depot along with whatever remains of 2828
(12 Jul 2020, 4:43 pm)V514DFT wrote [ -> ]I thought 2828 went up in smoke?
It did hence why it's withdrawn. I think it was duff information about the Redcar Darts being sold to Alpha - they are still in Redcar's yard.
There is one in Thornton's yard too.
(12 May 2020, 12:24 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Still quite odd to be honest!
So the story goes, they were never disposed of after withdrawal due to them having a high residual value left on the books. The intention was to wait until they had depreciated sufficiently before scrap, so they wouldn't make a loss on the disposal of the asset. That was years ago though!
They'd probably get between £1200 and £1500 in scrap value (less if they've removed major components) so it's odd that they wouldn't just send them off for scrap.
The L-VNL and P-EEF batch of Darts are long gone, I think, Chris!
Same reason in London there is a multitude of withdrawn buses from time passed just sitting in a yard.