(21 Sep 2016, 5:08 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote I think you'll find there are in a very bad state mechanically, Some of the examples have already been stated above.

To further Y935ERGs post, The Sea Air from the X18 has corroded there chassis severely, To the point that most are very rusty indeed.

If they arn't disposed of to Alphas they'll be disposed of to another division but good luck trying to find buyers for them.

And I think you'll find that 7453-6 are barely 9 years old yet - so sending them for disposal now (and replacing them with second hand - and likely older - cast-off from London) will be seriously down the list of things to be done.

As Dan has posted above, there's plenty of life-expired deckers to withdrawn before 7453-6.

And as for 7481, I can see the likelihood if new deckers come to Ashington soon or more London cascades come, it will be off to join 7477 at Tiger.