889005 - BR Ferry Motor Car van
Photo of 889005 at Bedford - 16 May 2010. Robin Morel.
Your comments
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Ben Williams
17 May 2010, 18:41:46
Current owner I think is still a mystery (although I am making more enquiries) otherwise I fear these will all be soon making their way into a rather large skip in rather small pieces...
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kev
17 May 2010, 20:58:48
strange to see these vehicles still at the depot, they havent left for at least 20 years, the last remnants of the original MML wiring - they are all worthy of preservation as a complete train !!
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Jon Horswell
18 May 2010, 00:14:09
They have been exposed to the elements for so long that all bodyside identification has faded away. On this side at least.
Does anyone know what W2 stands for, as carried on both ends, which while we are on the subject appear to actually be made of wood?
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Phil Hetherington
18 May 2010, 12:35:58
Wooden ends wouldn't be so surprising. As built these had full-width (wooden) end doors and drop-down flaps for loading road vehicles, so it's clearly been altered for its electrification role.
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Ben Williams
18 May 2010, 16:23:27
OK I have heard via DBS that they are still officially Carillion owned and I now have a contact name / number / email for anyone who is seriously interested. Contact me at the usual email, thanks.
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Ben Williams
18 May 2010, 16:24:44
This is what official records apparently show:
* ADB 889005 (type ZPX) is owned by Carillion, in registered status, last reported movement 28/02/05
* ADB 715006 (type ZXX) is owned by Carillion, in registered status, last reported movement 02/11/03
* ADB 715038 (type ZVX) is owned by Carillion, in registered status, last reported movement 02/11/03
* ADB 715015 (type ZVX) is owned by Carillion, in registered status, last reported movement 02/11/03
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SD0853
19 May 2010, 17:27:28
Unless someone can show me otherwise, I don't really see a future for this train. Not wanting to knock anyone or shatter there dreams, but there's enough "Heritage Railways" full of useless tat like this owned by dreamers and tyre kickers without adding more to the pot.
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preservation nut
19 May 2010, 18:36:43
too true sd0853,just ditch the stupid things
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Ben Williams
20 May 2010, 10:24:17
I think the van is potentially useful to someone for storage as its a nice size for a small / mid-size railway project. I would also say that all "Heritage Railways" need to have a massive clear-out of the "useless tat" and accept some vehicles are just beyond repair and are never going to get restored.
I admit the wagons here are not of much use.
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Jon Horswell
21 May 2010, 11:08:35
But are Carillion aware they own these vehicles? They probably thought they owned track machines.
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Ben Williams
21 May 2010, 15:47:56
Well if they didn't, they do now as my DBS email was copied into them too!
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perverstion nut
21 May 2010, 18:34:56
do carillion even exist now!? i thought pepsi colas took over everything?
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Dave Shell - Northumbria Rail Ltd.
25 May 2010, 19:34:36
http://www.carillionplc.com/ certainly seem to exist to me
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