As we reported earlier this week Midland Metro T69 05 became the 12th of the class to leave Wednesbury Depot for storage at Long Marston on Thursday 17th March. This pictorial shows 05 still in service and as it made its departure.
10th March 2015 and 05 departs Bradley Lane.
Onto 17th March 2016 and 05 reverses out of the depot, well the low loader does anyway.
05 rounds the corner on its way to Long Marston.
Amongst the traffic and 05 heads off to Long Marston leaving behind Midland Metro one last time.
A view at the depot on 16th March with stored trams 16, 12 and 10.
16 waits in the depot yard as one of the replacement Urbos 3s passes on the main line. (All Photographs by Andy Walters)
When the first T69s were taken away to be stored it was stated that they might be held in reserve for further Midland Metro extensions. Now that battery operation is to be used on various extensions of the existing system, and the new trams already designed to be fitted with supercapacitors or batteries, this means that the T69s will never return. Perhaps now is the time for one to be bought for preservation.
If i had the money, i’d definitely buy one lol
How much would they be worth now?
I was told Approx £5000 Is the scrap value .
strong possibity of them being used else were though.
Oh that’s good, no point in scrapping them when they’ve got lots of life still left in them 🙂
Tram12 is next to go
Sounds like 04 has gone then , because it was right in front of 12 on the departure road today.
Which of the T69s was most reliable?
Seen tram 10 on the low loader that just is on tram left and that is 16 what are going to do with it I hear that it may go to the crit