The London Transport Traction Group was formed towards the end of May 2020 with the founding aim of preserving an example of the Class 483 -1938 Tube Stock- Electric Multiple Units currently in use on South Western Railway's Island Line route. The group has been in negotiations with the Epping Ongar Railway regarding the storage and operation of a unit and has secured units 483006 and 483008.
The units will not be going to the EOR immediately and will instead going to an interim storage site for restoration.
We would intend that the unit be able to power itself via on-board Batteries. In the distant future we are considering the preservation of one of Transport for London's venerable Battery Electric Locomotives and are investigating the possibility of preserving other vintage tube stock.
The units will not be going to the EOR immediately and will instead going to an interim storage site for restoration.
We would intend that the unit be able to power itself via on-board Batteries. In the distant future we are considering the preservation of one of Transport for London's venerable Battery Electric Locomotives and are investigating the possibility of preserving other vintage tube stock.
Image used on this page taken by Daniel Nash, LTTG Secretary