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The hell were they doing up there??! Haha325s have been hauled along the West Highland Line.
The hell were they doing up there??! Haha325s have been hauled along the West Highland Line.
Were they then? ... and when ?The hell were they doing up there??! Haha
The hell were they doing up there??! Haha
I don't know what has upset you, unless it is the almost obligatory joke about a 442! I thought all the replies were perfectly reasonable, especially as the thread title implies has ever reached. Some info new to most of us has come out about driver training, which makes it all the more inexplicable that TPE drivers haven't had much in the way of practice hauling stock yet.If nobody wants to bother to reply to a posting (with exception - thanks- to "midnight Sun"|), I feel as a new communicant that I will not be attempting to share my observations on our hobby with you all in future. You've obviously all far more
entrenched and cosily established.
I honestly thought that the fate of the 313's and my observations on the Blyth and Tyne possible regeneration might have sparked some interesting discussion. Obviously not.
So thanks and goodnight. Enjoy our hobby.
Doesn’t the Cairngorm Funicular (when it is working) have some sort of power pick-up for lighting and other auxiliaries?
I thought Class 73 shoes were retractable?I can remember GBRf's 73s going north before then, but thought they were 73/9s without shoes. There's a big risk that even if they're in gauge you'll lose them at some point to a high ballast shoulder.
Thank you for very helpful reply. This Forum is a mine of enlightenment.Not on track, everything is powered by batteries which are charged by short overhead charging rigs that the cars dock with in both terminal stations. There is no charging rig at the mid-station due to it being uncovered and alternators were not allowed on the cars following the Kitzsteinhorn Gletscherbahn fire. Thus when the funicular is mid*-stopping in both the up and down direction the extra duration out of station requires a longer recharging period and limits the funicular to running at 15min frequency at most. Design capacity of 1200 persons per hour per direction requires a departure every 6 minutes with a 2.5minute journey and 3.5minute turn around (which in real life has never been close to being achieved because of the procedures in place and normal journey time is around 6-8 minutes).
* the 'mid' station is below, not at the passing loop as it was put in the same place as the former chairlift interchange and the upper White Lady Chairlift was longer.
Which incidentally equates to 480 uplifts per hour with mid stops. Or 960 per hour if everyone gets off at the mid station and another full trainload get on, but then all the extra loading and unloading would bugger the journey time.Thus when the funicular is mid*-stopping in both the up and down direction the extra duration out of station requires a longer recharging period and limits the funicular to running at 15min frequency at most. Design capacity of 1200 persons per hour per direction requires a departure every 6 minutes with a 2.5minute journey and 3.5minute turn around (which in real life has never been close to being achieved because of the procedures in place and normal journey time is around 6-8 minutes).
Getting well away from the subject, but from what I remember the “TyneRider” marketing and fares stuff was an attempt to increase ridership in the early 70s well after the EMUs had finished.Was that what was called "The TyneRider" ? i remember those - we had Geordie relations in those days
Only 365501-516 ever had 3rd rail shoes, and they were all removed when the pantographs were fitted on transfer from South Eastern Trains to WAGN.In that case Class 365s to Dunblane?
325s have been hauled along the West Highland Line.
How often do 325s actually operate on 3rd rail? I've never seen them on any of the SE, Southern or SW networks, albeit I've been on the former an awful lot more than the latter.The hell were they doing up there??! Haha
They used to run to the purpose-built terminal at Tonbridge. That stopped many years ago.How often do 325s actually operate on 3rd rail? I've never seen them on any of the SE, Southern or SW networks, albeit I've been on the former an awful lot more than the latter.
Are you sure?
(Picture not mine) Its was the 419 MLV units that used to run to Tonbridge. The 325's have always been based on the WCML
They used to run to the purpose-built terminal at Tonbridge. That stopped may years ago.
So in that case, I believe a pair of 73/9s made it to Kyle last year on a SRPS tour, so unless one has gone north of Dingwall towards Wick the furthest north is around the Gorstan/Garve area.
I think Elgin is slightly further north on the map than Gortsan so I offer up Elgin when the Inverness sleeper is diverted via Aberdeen.
Has a 73 gone via Elgin or has it been 67s?
It was on the back of my mind that the Inverness portion has been in the hands of 67s lately but I'm sure someone reported being on an Inverness - Aberdeen sleeper diversion and that a 73 was involved even if only hauled dead behind the 67.
Having looked back at his string of postings, the first two are almost unintelligible, and in others he just seems to be agreeing with what others have already said. I cannot see any observations on possible B&T regeneration, and anyway I am not sure what that or the fate of the 313s has to do with the topic under discussion. I am not exactly surprised that nobody replied.If nobody wants to bother to reply .... I will not be attempting to share my observations on our hobby with you all in future. ...... I honestly thought that the fate of the 313's and my observations on the Blyth and Tyne possible regeneration might have sparked some interesting discussion. Obviously not. So thanks and goodnight.
Indeed - Here is a photo (not mine) of a class 325 on third rail at Kenny O on a Tonbridge working:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/136510631@N08/25875452891
Quite unusual to be a member of the forum for 11 years but not post anything until last Wednesday, then posting 10 times in two and a half hours in the middle of the night before deciding we’re all gits and disappearing again.Having looked back at his string of postings, the first two are almost unintelligible, and in others he just seems to be agreeing with what others have already said. I cannot see any observations on possible B&T regeneration, and anyway I am not sure what that or the fate of the 313s has to do with the topic under discussion. I am not exactly surprised that nobody replied.