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kn0wledge wrote:The Dalzell Steelworks is not disused. I understand that it will be closing within the next two years, though.
Knight of the Thistle wrote:Got a look arround the Depot last night with a mate to see the Network Rail 101 and when talking to one of the fitters he said that EWS plan to close it down when the last of the fuel is used up and theirs only about 4 tanks worth of diesle left Good Bye Motherwell TMD!!!
StevenJ wrote:Knight of the Thistle wrote:Got a look arround the Depot last night with a mate to see the Network Rail 101 and when talking to one of the fitters he said that EWS plan to close it down when the last of the fuel is used up and theirs only about 4 tanks worth of diesle left Good Bye Motherwell TMD!!!
that's all well and good, but the fuel point at Mossend isn't commissioned yet - or it certainly wasn'l last week. Only when that has been commissioned, can Motherwell close.
I would imagine that there are a number of businesses, rail and otherwise interested in the site. The current state of play is that the site is EWS freehold - so they can literally sell to the highest bidder, rail or not.
Craig wrote:I work for Network Rail at Motherwell and believe the site is wholly owned by Network Rail, as far as I know EWS have the site on a lease.
We've recently spent a fair bit upgrading the former traincrew block to turn it into our maintenance department depot.
Craig
Knight of the Thistle wrote:First of all hello to everyone again! Naw been on the site in a wee while. EWS no longer use Motherwell TMD for day to day operations but at the moment it still sees use for the occasional charter train stabbling like on tuseday night for the North Britain charter, But as far as I know no EWS staff are based there any more with everyone moved up to Mossend but a few locos (including the most hellfire 37427! ) remain stored @ 66B as there has been a big clear out recently, dont know about Network Rail operations as Craig had said they were using it?
(Btw are you the Craig Watson from the sco-rail site?)
Cheers Chris.
(Good to be back! )
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