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    London Transport Traction Group; Project 483

    Something obvious has just occurred to me.... The way for a preserved DC EMU to run in preservation is either via 3rd rail or by getting power from some form of electricity source that travels with the unit - e.g. batteries. How practical would it be for an EMU to draw DC current using a...
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    Destructive Testing

    I suspect that the high cost of rail vehicles combined with relatively low production runs (compared to cars for instance) makes it very unattractive to crash a brand new train. There have of course been some crash tests with older life expired stock, such as 46 009 being slammed into a flask at...
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    45015

    Excellent, the NRM have got one buffer (bent) from 46 009 so that's a start. All we need is a Facebook group with lots of members and it will be soted. What colour will be paint it?
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    NEW NRM Collection strategy

    The NRM has a difficult job, everybody expects them to do what they personally want, but they're a public body, don't have unlimited funds and have to be accountable for what funds they do spend. There's nothing in the diesel collection that isn't represented elsewhere (with the exception of the...
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    Favourite train class

    Proper Valenta engined HST, class 26s and 47/7s, essentially anything that was around Edinburgh pre-electrification.
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    TRIVIA: Naming of Engines

    If HST powercars were kept in pairs then I always thought that Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise would be great pair of names.
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    Major disruption at Ayr Station due to dangerous old hotel (from August 2018)

    So what work has actually been undertaken on the hotel, does anyone have any details/photos of the latest developments?
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    Parsley Sidings (fictional location)

    It also seems to be run by some ex-army type, possibly a Captain Mainwaring?
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    Persistent railway myths, misunderstandings etc.

    Subscribing to Spotters Monthly and posting to lots of internet newsgroups means that your ideas about how to run the rail network are obviously brilliant and way better than anything that any industry professional has come up with.
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    Which newbuild are you Looking forward too the most

    That makes sense, I'm sure I've seen a photo of it on a test train with power cables being fed into it from another loco.
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    Did BR ever consider using the Scotrail MK3 Push/pull trains on other services?

    A slight change of topic ... but has Chris Green ever written a memoir?
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    Which newbuild are you Looking forward too the most

    What sort of testing was it used for, if it was adhesion testing (and I have a feeling that I might have read somewhere that it was) then it might have retained at least one traction motor? In terms of making it go, I guess that traction motors could be sourced (presumably they will be common...
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    The age potential of a bus?

    No actual experience of Volvo Olympians, but I did get a chance to get underneath a preserved example and was somewhat taken aback by the amount of welding it was receiving to the chassis. Atlanteans never seem to need that level of work (at least not the 3 that I'm involved with).
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    Most Hated Bus

    I see all of your modern dross and raise you an 'x' reg'd Duple bodied Leyland Cub. Utter rubbish. I travelled on them as a passenger when they were new and subsequently had some involvement with a preserved example. Everything about them appears to be dire. Slow and noisy to travel on, an...
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    The age potential of a bus?

    Buses are designed for a much more intensive inspection/maintenance regime than a private car. Given the correct level of maintenance then they should run indefinitely. One of the biggest differences with buses as opposed to lighter vehicles is corrosion. Most buses have alloy bodywork, which...
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    Scotland bus services act

    Edinburgh is in a very unique position with the relationship between the operator LB and the public. The Edinburgh public mostly like LB partially for historical reasons, partially due to the massive amount of marketing and mostly due to the service actually being quite good. For an example over...
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    Could the APT Run on the WCML Today?

    There is at least one truck that appears at events with a working gas turbine. In theory, they are simple(ish) devices and probably could be made to go again. I suspect getting the turbines to spin up would be a lot easier than getting the tilt and braking systems of the e-train reactivated. I...
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    HST powercars/trailers retired after accidents

    And of course, the one of the prototype PCs was scrapped. Never understood why the prototypes were not kept in use surely they had a lot of life left in them once the production PCs were coming on stream?
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    What is your controversial railway opinion/idea?

    I haven't read through all of the posts on this thread, so apologies if we've had this one.... Class 59s and 66s are good looking freight locos, a good piece of industrial design that looks appropriate for the job. I much prefer them to 60s, 67s or 70s etc

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