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Colin Rosenstiel writes
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Incidentally, one of the cab doors was open. I only caught a
glimpse, but the colour of it and the fuse box array made me think
that the cabs on those trains was very similar to what you would
see on D stock trains.

I thought the 83TS was designed for a lot of common parts with D stock,
including traction motors and wheels. That would explain why there are no
bogies on these cars.

Sorry, which cars?

All the ones I've noticed still had bogies attached to them - that's
mainly how they manage to stay on the rails!

I watched the ones being craned out of Uxbridge and Cockfosters and they
still certainly appeared to have bogies attached at that time. Although
I can't comment on them being removed for further use later, I wouldn't
have thought they'd be much use after 10 years or so sat under a
derelict train.
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