Oswestry Update

You can't preserve everything though ...

I think on museum / curatorial grounds, there is an argument that says a Pacer should be preserved as an example of a particular strand of rolling stock development - you can see them as the spiritual successors of the early 20th century railmotors, designed to try to improve the economic viability of lightly-used lines.

But once you have one - all the others have to wash their own face in operational terms. To try to pretend that all that have gone to a heritage railway are by some virtue "safe" is to ignore the opportunity cost that comes with preserving them. (What isn't being looked after if the resources are going into a pacer?)

So if lots that got transferred to heritage lines get scrapped I wouldn't mourn, provided those that remain do so because they fulfil a genuine operational need.

Tom

 

LSL's set can still be seen on the main line. It is based at Crewe.

 

... To remind future generations "never again"!

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