Yes, that is just about the definition of "written off" haha.47407 wrote:By the looks of it, it would have Been cheaper to build a new unit instead of rebuilding an existing one that had been involved in a major accident.
All that is irrelevant though - if the train's structure has been weakened it doesn't make any difference if it was immaculate on the outside.Geo Ghost wrote:To be fair, it wasn't that badly damaged. On the front coach, it was mostly the outer-shell which had crumbled around the bottom and the nose plus the read bogie apparently broken. Hell, even the windscreen wipers stayed together
I remember specifically that after they selected some of the 47s for the 57 rebuild, one was declined (and later scrapped) because it was found to have been running with a significant kink in the bodyframe.