Eurostar E300/E320 coupled together

Railperf · Wednesday at 14:41

Just passed Temple Mills and spare E300 power car 3999 is coupled at the rear to an E320 set. It looks as if the E300 power car has hauled or rescued the E320, but probably not. Does anyone know what capability there is for both types of train to rescue each other or be run in multiple?

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TheGrew · Wednesday at 15:18

That's interesting, I wonder if a provision was included to enable rescue within the tunnel and if so if the Eurotunnel locos would be compatible too.

tfw756rider · Wednesday at 15:18

3999 will be attending The Greatest Gathering, but somehow I doubt a 374 is going to take it to Derby.

Railperf · Wednesday at 15:21

tfw756rider said:
3999 will be attending The Greatest Gathering, but somehow I doubt a 374 is going to take it to Derby.

Not without serious scratches to buff out on arrival

Fishnchipsrule · Wednesday at 20:44

I assume it's gonna take it into St Pancras for collection by a loco for the rest of the way to Derby

Railperf · Thursday at 11:35

Fishnchipsrule said:
I assume it's gonna take it into St Pancras for collection by a loco for the rest of the way to Derby

Ok. So it is being dragged to st Pancras then. Clearly being prepped because it had been sitting panto up for a few days and it did look rather clean for a change. Last time I saw it in the open, it looked as if it had been robbed for spares.

martin2345uk · Thursday at 11:52

Probably more likely to go on the back of a lorry...

43096 · Thursday at 14:24

Railperf said:
Ok. So it is being dragged to st Pancras then.

I’m not sure how you make the leap from someone making an assumption (and an absolutely whopping one at that) to that being a fact.

martin2345uk said:
Probably more likely to go on the back of a lorry...

Well, quite.

Railperf · Thursday at 15:25

No assumptions being made. Sorry it should have been a question. It still doesn't answer the question as to why the power car was coupled to a class 374 set.

hexagon789 · Thursday at 18:52

Railperf said:
No assumptions being made. Sorry it should have been a question. It still doesn't answer the question as to why the power car was coupled to a class 374 set.

Are you absolutely positive it was coupled and not just parked very close?

I didn't think 373 power cars could couple to 374 sets, even in emergency.

Railperf · Thursday at 20:17

Absolutely. If there had been a place to stop the car, I would have taken a picture.

hexagon789 · Thursday at 20:19

Railperf said:
Absolutely. If there had been a place to stop the car, I would have taken a picture.

Coupling adaptor then presumably.

martin2345uk · Thursday at 20:42

373s can rescue 374s and vice versa; just hauling/propelling though, there’s no multiple running :lol:

godfreycomplex · Thursday at 22:54

hexagon789 said:
I didn't think 373 power cars could couple to 374 sets, even in emergency.

Anything couples if you bash it together hard enough, Confucius said

I would think this isn’t some sort of drag move, as they’d usually just use the jocko for that.

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