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So if the is no R in Bath, how is Bath Spa pronounced? Cosham and Bosham are pronounced Cosh-em and Bozz-am Crich is pronounced Cry-ch Burtisland is Burnt Island not Burnt-iss-land And close to home the Erewash Valley line is not Ear-wash, its Erra-wash. Oh, Fowey is pronounced Foy by the...

I thought he answered the questions put to him eloquently and calmly. If he had declined to answer the questions put to him, he would have been criticised for throwing his dummy or something similar. The guy can't win with some people...

I was always told that because 3rd rail needs a substation every 3 miles, it is actually more expensive to install than 25Kv overhead. I also read that 3rd rail is better at higher speeds than overhead because contact is easier to maintain. And it is not as lethal as you might think, I have...

73969 is having collision damage repairs and CAF couplers fitted. Can't say if thats the one going as the repair and conversion work are going to take quite some time. Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

Indeed a shore supply, which plugs into the power recept under the SMS window. The items that were removed were the power jumpers. The power recepts were always fitted on powered vehicles. 1963 stock (VEPs CIGs etc) had the recepts on each end of the motor coach, hence nobe on the nose ends of...

When I did my class 33 training as an apprentice, we were told that when the ETH was on, it used the equivalent of 2 of the Crompton's 8 cylinders, which would be somewhere around 400 horse power?

I should have remembered that the 33s were the only type 3s built with ETH and no boiler. Thanks chaps. Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

Separate engine? Were they now the same as the 33s where the main gen and the ETH gen were on the end of the same power unit? Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

So, guys, how did the EPBs get moved out of depots where there was no third rail (eg. when over a pit). Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

The 750v socket on the front of the EPBs was for shed supplies where no 3rd rail was available. Never used to multi vehicles. The second jumper on the JAs was in a different orientation to the EMU 27 way jumpers. As i said i am 95% sure they were for coupling to the DEMUs. Sent from my...

One side was a 27 way for coupling to EMU stock, the other was compatible with the DEMU thumpers iirc from my course in 1979! Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

Driver can override passcom activation on most stock, but needs resetting once stopped. Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

I seem to remember from my Semvac course that the effluent tanks have more than twice the capaciy of the fresh tanks, to account for refill of header tank plus additional "material". Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk

Both drop lights have sprung scissors to retain the window at the desired height. Rear cab windows have a latch and are hinged on one side. Driver's front "spectacle" windows also open. There is a bulge on the cab side to accommodate the wiper motor when this window is open. Door lights are...

That is why tbe waste tanks are considerably larger than the clean water tanks. Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk