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Glasgow Blue Train EMU-MBSO Built Pressed Steel, Linwood, 1959.
SPTE carmine/cream No.61503

Glasgow Blue Train EMU-MBSO Built Pressed Steel, Linwood, 1959. SPTE carmine/cream No.61503

Built Pressed Steel, Linwood, 1959
SRPS Core Collection, acquired 2003. Designated for preservation by the Railway Heritage Committee, and directed to Bo’ness.
Donated by Angel Trains, acquisition costs grant aided by the National Fund for Acquisitions.

This car is in its final rebuilt condition. It carries the Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive revised colours of carmine and cream. This car is from unit 023, and has replaced unit 032’s motor car in preservation because the latter was damaged by a flashover at the transformer HV terminals, an incident which led to the withdrawal of set 032 from service.

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