I've travelled thousands of rail miles on 317s, mostly on the Great Northern route. Not glamorous, but rock solid. Glad to see part of a unit preserved. Kinda hoping for a BR rail blue/grey livery.
I've pretty much grown up with these trains. A WAGN Purple 317 pulling into Audley End is the very first mainline train I ever recall seeing. I briefly used these to get to work when I worked in Whittlesford back in 2019 into 2020. I have been trawling through my train recordings for 317 videos for a UA-cam project I'm working on and while I'm at it, I think I'm gonna see if I have any photos or videos of 317345 in service.
Pity a whole four car unit of these rather unique looking trains were preserved like the 306 they were the first mk3 ac emu’s to hit the rails the second batch looked generally boring with air horns stuck under the drivers cab and looked like an extended class 150 dmu minus a pantograph which is probably why none of them were preserved, all the same well done for rescuing a vehicle from this class of ac unit, nice to see that it’s still got its original BR headlight in place guess that was just pure luck.
I was expecting up to eight whole units to be preserved but if it's just a driving carriage or two, I suppose it's only better then nothing. I can only hope they change their plan before they do something they might regret.
Have driven that one many miles.Did you manage to save any of the PMOS cupboards ? You will need to keep it dry and damp free with no electric supplied to it.
The English & Celtic Railways Presents: British Railway’s Holgate Stock Driving Trailer, Passenger Carriage, Sideboard Carriage, Tuck Shop Carriage, Sleeper Carriage, Luggage Van, Postal Carriage, Driving Brake Trailer Each Carriage Available AC, DC Or VC (Voltage Combination) Either Catenary Or Live Rail Cabless Composite Carriage (Out Of What’s Classed: “210”) An Train Set Itself Is Classed: “317/1, 3 Or 5”, & “457” Catenary Prototype (Classed: “316”) Powerless Prototype (Classed: “210”) Live Rail Prototype (Classed: “457”) Driving Motor Carriage (Classed: “210/2”) Driving Motor Brake Carriage (Classed: “210/1”) Live Rail Variant (Classed: “445/8”) Alternative Model Classed Both: “317/7” & “317/8” British Railway’s Fossil-Free Sprinter = BR Sprinter Driving & Cabless Trailers, Not Motors Catenary Variant Classed: “317/2, 4 Or 6” Live Rail Variant Classed “455/7” (Rebuilt Set Classed: “455/9”) Available Both AC, DC Or VC (Voltage Combination)
The class 317 is much easily my most favourite train. I can wait to see this unit
I've travelled thousands of rail miles on 317s, mostly on the Great Northern route. Not glamorous, but rock solid. Glad to see part of a unit preserved. Kinda hoping for a BR rail blue/grey livery.
Please get a 321 would love to go and see it
yes!! good old class 321's!
Great pity it is not the full 4 cars but nevertheless better than nothing, hopefully someone will be able to get a full 4 car set preserved
I've pretty much grown up with these trains. A WAGN Purple 317 pulling into Audley End is the very first mainline train I ever recall seeing. I briefly used these to get to work when I worked in Whittlesford back in 2019 into 2020. I have been trawling through my train recordings for 317 videos for a UA-cam project I'm working on and while I'm at it, I think I'm gonna see if I have any photos or videos of 317345 in service.
Pity a whole four car unit of these rather unique looking trains were preserved like the 306 they were the first mk3 ac emu’s to hit the rails the second batch looked generally boring with air horns stuck under the drivers cab and looked like an extended class 150 dmu minus a pantograph which is probably why none of them were preserved, all the same well done for rescuing a vehicle from this class of ac unit, nice to see that it’s still got its original BR headlight in place guess that was just pure luck.
That is my favourite face on the class 317
Sad to see them go…
I was expecting up to eight whole units to be preserved but if it's just a driving carriage or two, I suppose it's only better then nothing. I can only hope they change their plan before they do something they might regret.
Have driven that one many miles.Did you manage to save any of the PMOS cupboards ? You will need to keep it dry and damp free with no electric supplied to it.
The English & Celtic Railways Presents: British Railway’s Holgate Stock
Driving Trailer, Passenger Carriage, Sideboard Carriage, Tuck Shop Carriage, Sleeper Carriage, Luggage Van, Postal Carriage, Driving Brake Trailer
Each Carriage Available AC, DC Or VC (Voltage Combination) Either Catenary Or Live Rail
Cabless Composite Carriage (Out Of What’s Classed: “210”)
An Train Set Itself Is Classed: “317/1, 3 Or 5”, & “457”
Catenary Prototype (Classed: “316”)
Powerless Prototype (Classed: “210”)
Live Rail Prototype (Classed: “457”)
Driving Motor Carriage (Classed: “210/2”)
Driving Motor Brake Carriage (Classed: “210/1”)
Live Rail Variant (Classed: “445/8”)
Alternative Model Classed Both: “317/7” & “317/8”
British Railway’s Fossil-Free Sprinter = BR Sprinter Driving & Cabless Trailers, Not Motors
Catenary Variant Classed: “317/2, 4 Or 6”
Live Rail Variant Classed “455/7” (Rebuilt Set Classed: “455/9”)
Available Both AC, DC Or VC (Voltage Combination)
Can someone try and get a sample of southerns 455's? Nobody has seemed interested in them at all in terms of preservation 🥺
I don't know why a 455 would be in essex
Is this the first of it's kind or just any old carriage from the period?
Just a sample of 80s rolling stock
It's one of the first batch of 317's built. Not necessarily the first of its kind.