New Diesels (or Not) 70012

[farren]

as the loco is going to be scraped then all the loco parts are then scrap even if any are usefull they are now seen as scrap and may not be used in a new loco as they are allso seen as second hand they can not be used on a new loco. as you would not bay a new car with second hand bits in it. and if scraped it be comes the insurers loco ie the 1st owner. the only way round this is to not scrap it and then it could be use as spears which would be expensive to say the lest.

[colchesterken]

written off cars do get rebuilt..it is called reshelling
you put the engine and any usable bits in a new body

many years I purchased a rebuild ( at a good price ) it was MOT d and checked over by the police .. it was a good buy lasted me several yeads and cost 1/2 price

I dont see why with all the expertess they have it could not be rebuilt onto a new chassis

[pre65]

I bet it's more than just chassis damage.

If the insurance pays up why bother ?

[ACE]

Now that is NOT a good look....

[Seabrook]

On YouTube there is film of the wagons carrying the locomotives being shunted at Mountford. Loose shunted by a front loader, definitely not allowed in the UK. Moving valuable cargo in such a slapdash and cheapskate manner, noting the bogies were secured in cradles, maybe the problems had their genesis at the port where they were loaded.

[Wakey spotter]

As unfortunate as it is for FLHH the main thing is no one was killed or injured.
Chris

[talky-tim]

Originally Posted by pre65

I bet it's more than just chassis damage.

If the insurance pays up why bother ?

Yeah, but will the crane driver (or probably his company) pay the insurance excess and loose their no claims bonuses for the next few years like we would if we wrote our brand new vehicles off without even driving them??

Cheers, Tim

[Master Cutler]

When you think how much cargo is lost at sea every year to weather and of course pirates, this is small beer for insurance companies. To strip, test and re-certify any potentially useable parts would be prohibitively expensive in labour costs alone.
It's like when my customers send me old equipment back for rebuilding and upgrading, I end up quoting less for a new unit due to the labour costs of stripping the old units down.
So my guess is, loco goes to meet the Rotweiler behind the scrappie's fence.

PS
They could always send it up to Barrow Hill as a conversation or conservation piece.

[saxokid]

Originally Posted by Mendipman319

The chassis of 70012 has been bent look at the picture http://martinturner.fotopic.net/p68663398.html
It would be very hard to repair that damage! Must have left quite a dent where it landed!

Thats some damage there!!! bet someone lost there job over that!!

[62440]

According to an article in Railway Herald today (page 4) 70012 is going back across the pond, just waiting for a suitable ship.

Regards, 62440.