Further Use
Following withdrawal from normal service, two units were convered to Class 960 departmental units in 2001 for further use as cab-signalling test units. The two units concerned were reduced in length to 3-car units, and were based at the test track at Old Dalby in Leicestershire. Both units were painted in a blue and white livery.
- 960101 (ex-309616) - named "West Coast Flyer"
- 960102 (ex-309624) - named "New Dalby"
They were withdrawn in 2004 following completion of the tests. both were stored at MoD Pig's Bay, near Shoeburyness, Essex, until early 2009 when they finally entered preservation.
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