superkev
Established Member
The LNER mk3s are not a fair comparison (see this month Modern Railways {MR}) as the original Woodhead dampers where replaced by an alternative presumably cheaper. GW retained there Woodheads.I wasn't making a direct comparison to the 170s, but a comparing MK3s to modern intercity. DMUs. Having had the misfortune to be sat at the carriage end of a particularly sad specimen of an LNER mk3 last night, the vibration and the ride, pitch and sway was horrendous and generated far more noise than any intercity DMU I've travelled on.
MR reported that LNER where in the market for second hand Woodheads as presumably the originals had gone for scrap.
K