Recent content by sde426

Post #8300 stated the fault was fixed at Eastfield by replacing a turbocharger. This suggests the fault may have been a leaking oil seal on one of the four turbochargers, causing lube oil ingestion to the cylinders. Hence the engine continued to run by combusting lube oil instead of diesel after...

Two obvious questions: Why was the engine not immediately shut down? Why was it running on its trip back to Eastfield?

The already released Haynes manual... Took delivery of mine on Saturday, and very good it is too. Very interesting and informative.

You wouldn’t need to double up on fully trained guards. All that’s needed is a “door closing assistant” - a young lad/lass that travels with the train and runs along the platform to assist with closing the doors. Training would take 60 seconds - after all, passengers are expected to close the...

Indeed. 4,500 hp for just 4 coaches is really quite insane. The seats should be fitted with 5-point harnesses.

Very interesting article about HST maintenance at Craigentinny: https://www.railengineer.uk/2016/05/12/craigentinny-does-it-all/ Gives a good insight into the work that Haymarket is now taking on.

I thought that interesting too. Have the power cars been re-geared to 110 mph for Scotrail service?