bramling
Veteran Member
Sounds like the compressor, which will kick in when the main reservoir falls below a certain level. If it's coming on regularly when the train isn't doing anything then there's probably air leaking away.
-
Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
Class 317 withdrawals.
- Thread starter Electrojuniper
- Start date
Sounds like the compressor, which will kick in when the main reservoir falls below a certain level. If it's coming on regularly when the train isn't doing anything then there's probably air leaking away.
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R
RailUK Forums
317666
Established Member
The rattling noise is the air compressor for the braking system. Even on a stabled unit it goes off now and then to keep the air pressure built up.
Class360/1
Member
What other forum members have said, it’s the compressor- the 321’s do the same
317666
Established Member
The East Anglia Railway Museum have announced on Facebook that they are adding DTSO 77092 from 317345 to their collection at Chappel & Wakes Colne.
bramling
Veteran Member
Excellent news. Would be wonderful if someone could take a 365 vehicle too.
D365
Veteran Member
- Joined
- 29 Jun 2012
- Messages
- 11,477
Fantastic! I assume they’re taking an ex-FCC unit as it’s closest to original spec.
59CosG95
Established Member
Yes; 317345 is was with FCC/TL before GA.
Good news.
317347 is running again after a long holiday at Ilford so back up to 23 active units.
10 of the 12 FCC units have had the PRM mods; 317345/346 did not have them. The only obvious difference in the driving trailers is different buttons for the doors.
317666
Established Member
Do you know which 4 out of the PRM 27 are currently stood down?
Another consideration for choosing an ex-FCC unit is that all (bar one end of 341 if memory serves!) have the original headlights.
O L Leigh
Established Member
Is that a DTOS(A) or (B)? Reason I ask is that, if my memory is correct, FCC reduced the length of the bench seats in the (A) in order to insert an additional bay of seats. In this regard it is not original specification. I’m also wondering if that was a Papworth unit, as I did notice a Cl317 driving trailer sitting out on it’s own away from the other units last week.
I just hope the boys and girls down at Chappel & Wakes Colne take better care of this than they did with the Cl306.
Fuzzytop
Member
- Joined
- 4 Jan 2017
- Messages
- 294
According to their website, it's a (B): https://www.earm.co.uk/east-anglian...tory-of-electric-trains-on-the-regions-rails/
Paul Jones 88
Member
I'm really pleased about that, I've always had a liking for 317s.
317666
Established Member
Yes, it's a Papworth unit. And you're right about the shorter bench seats on the ex-FCC units, I had wondered where that difference originated from!
I seem to remember that 317345 was actually the last near-original 317 (i.e non-PRM) in service, so it's an appropriate choice in that respect as well.
317339/340/510 are at Harwich. Not seen or heard of 317883 for weeks but no mention of it moving to Harwich.
Astro_Orbiter
Member
Blimey I never imagined anyone would want to preserve a 317
Well they have played a huge role in the East Anglia rail scene for many years, so it does make sense - hopefully a 365 will follow suit…
Ciderking
Member
Motor Standard Open (MSO) 62682 from demonstrator emu 317722 has been set aside while the rest has been scrapped at Eastleigh Works. Anyone know the reason for this ?
www.flickr.com
Eastleigh Works 62682
Motor Standard Open (MSO) 62682 from demonstrator emu 317722 seen outside the works. I think the rest of it has been scrapped. The four-car unit was fitted with new AC traction motors and other internal features in 2014 and used by Abellio Greater Anglia.
www.flickr.com
From the looks of things it could be being stripped for spares?Motor Standard Open (MSO) 62682 from demonstrator emu 317722 has been set aside while the rest has been scrapped at Eastleigh Works. Anyone know the reason for this ?
Eastleigh Works 62682
Motor Standard Open (MSO) 62682 from demonstrator emu 317722 seen outside the works. I think the rest of it has been scrapped. The four-car unit was fitted with new AC traction motors and other internal features in 2014 and used by Abellio Greater Anglia.
richardcoughla
Member
A class 317 driving car has been saved for Preservation
fgwrich
Established Member
For further stripping - a lot of those valuable AC components aren't easy to remove unless the vehicle is up in the air or removed from it's bogies. The rest of the unit has been scrapped though.Motor Standard Open (MSO) 62682 from demonstrator emu 317722 has been set aside while the rest has been scrapped at Eastleigh Works. Anyone know the reason for this ?
Eastleigh Works 62682
Motor Standard Open (MSO) 62682 from demonstrator emu 317722 seen outside the works. I think the rest of it has been scrapped. The four-car unit was fitted with new AC traction motors and other internal features in 2014 and used by Abellio Greater Anglia.
Richard Scott
Established Member
- Joined
- 13 Dec 2018
- Messages
- 3,696
On the look out for 317885, is it still in service? If so could someone tell me what it's doing today, if anything? Thanks.
Thanks St Paddy. Any news on the other car - 71621? Cheers
Nothing mentioned in the magazine. Maybe someone on here knows more
Reported on the wnxx forum as having been taken to 'The Depot, Caxton'.
3973EXL
Established Member
- Joined
- 2 Feb 2017
- Messages
- 2,447
317?
STP 09/11 Caped
Realtime Trains - FRGT 1131 Ilford E.M.U.D. to Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings
STP 10/11 Q path not used
Realtime Trains - FRGT 0950 Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings to Eastleigh Arlington (Zg)
STP 09/11 Caped
Realtime Trains - FRGT 1131 Ilford E.M.U.D. to Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings
STP 10/11 Q path not used
Realtime Trains - FRGT 0950 Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings to Eastleigh Arlington (Zg)
Last edited:
O L Leigh
Established Member
Seems to be an industrial address on the A1198 just south of the village of Caxton in Cambridgeshire. Not sure what they want with it there as there seems to be no businesses with any interest in the railways or metal reprocessing there. Maybe it's just for storage pending a move elsewhere.
Today's move has been cancelled.
47584Suffolk
Member
Believed to be on the site of the former Old North Road station at Longstowe, this being on the Cambridge to Oxford line which closed in 1968. The station building and signal box survive, while track has been (re)laid there and a Mark 1 is in residence. Viewable on Google Maps Street View, over bridge parapet where crossed by A1198.