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Artemis's project to convert DVT to use hydraulic energy storage

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HellaEllie said:
Hey a slight idea for these?

could these be used on the Fife circle line if scotrail replace their MK2's with redundant MK3's? so maybe like, Artemis - 5 MK3's - 68 or 73/9
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Isn't the plan to replace the MK2s with DMUs once stock is available?
 
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Isn't the project as much (If not more) about the technology on the inside? AIUI the reason a DVT is being used is that there was one available and it had space inside.
 
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Artemis's website does refer to a project they undertook with Scotrail with similar technology where they strapped it onto a DMU.
 
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That's 'just wrong'. Everyone knows a DVT is unpowered and yet here is one moving by itself. This will take some getting used to!
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Yet a lot of those “everyones” persist in calling DVTs “Class 82s”.
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But at least one has moved which is more than can be said for a Class 319 Flex.
 
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But at least one has moved which is more than can be said for a Class 319 Flex.
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I think there's something to be said for a project that everyone had forgotten about for the best part of a year still achieving more than the folks at Porterbrook have thusfar managed, while working in a small annexe on a heritage railway.

Still, the absurdity of that project's constant slippage is best saved for another thread. I'll admit I'd forgotten about this project. It's surprising that it's taken this long for someone to try this with a DVT in all honesty.
 
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Found this video, not sure if it's been shared here before.


Seems like it is being trialled on the line now.

It does look very...different.
 
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superalbs said:
Found this video, not sure if it's been shared here before.


Seems like it is being trialled on the line now.

It does look very...different.
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That really does look quite strange.
Part of me wants to run over and screw the handbrake on properly.
And that B end will probably give me nightmares tonight...
 
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That really does look quite strange.
Part of me wants to run over and screw the handbrake on properly.
And that B end will probably give me nightmares tonight...
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It's not pretty... If I'd been driving along that road and seen that thing coming along, I'd probably have crashed!

Then again, seeing a DVT moving on it's own even with the front end leading is pretty trippy.
 
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I know it's a just a trial, but yeah, that end is pretty horrible. Makes the ends of a 4-SUB look like the very model of finesse and elegance.
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Haha. I've seen worse...but certainly seen better as well! It's a bit one-eyed. :)

All things considered, though, hats off to these guys for what clearly appears to have been a successful trial.
 
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It's quite interesting how they've made a DVT run on its own, despite starting with no power at all, but yet Porterbrook can't manage to get a 769 going! A similar timeframe too.
 
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The fact that there is only one headlamp cluster on the B end bugs me (as well as the fact they only use the marker which is paler than the yellow paint!). Also it should be outlined in black.

I wonder if a window band like on the 230s would make it look slightly less horrifying?
 
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Been said before, its not for main line use as things stand, so it doesn't really need the wiper and the two light clusters for main line running . Reminds me of a minion.
 
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driver_m said:
Been said before, its not for main line use as things stand, so it doesn't really need the wiper and the two light clusters for main line running . Reminds me of a minion.
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So you don’t need a wiper off the main line!!!??? Not like it never rains in its current location, is it?
 
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So you don’t need a wiper off the main line!!!??? Not like it never rains in its current location, is it?
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Perhaps they just won't send it out if it's raining? :lol: And if it starts when they're already at Birkhill with it, they can just wait till it has stopped before they trundle back to Bo'ness... :p
 
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