MatthewRead
On Moderation
It would require a heavy overhaul first!Might as well send that bubble car down to Bletchley.
It would require a heavy overhaul first!Might as well send that bubble car down to Bletchley.
If Reliant had made DMUs!
As that's in Railtrack livery it must be an ex-Sandite unit. Just as suitable for main line passenger use in the 21st Century as a 230 then.Might as well send that bubble car down to Bletchley.
The name on the bubble car is 'Pandora' and it was for some time a 'video survey unit', further information can no doubt be found online.As that's in Railtrack livery it must be an ex-Sandite unit. Just as suitable for main line passenger use in the 21st Century as a 230 then.
Does anyone know what the two sets of nine circles either side of the Cyclops headlight do? I saw them on the picture on Vivarail's article about the delivery of 003-005 and had never noticed them before.
Exhaust vents for the hydrogen power upgrade?Does anyone know what the two sets of nine circles either side of the Cyclops headlight do? I saw them on the picture on Vivarail's article about the delivery of 003-005 and had never noticed them before.
230003: 7127 (300103)-7069 (300003)Is there any way of knowing which D78 vehicles went into the class 230 sets? I'm really curious to know if I photographed any of the vehicles from 230003-5 in their LUL guise.
It's gone a bit quiet lately on their testing and introduction. Anyone know what's going on in Marston Vale land? Any rough introduction dates as they're now 4 months late...
That's what I like to know, are they in service yet on the Marston or not?
It's gone a bit quiet lately on their testing and introduction. Anyone know what's going on in Marston Vale land? Any rough introduction dates as they're now 4 months late...
That's what I like to know, are they in service yet on the Marston or not?
Have ASLEF now any reservations on the Class 230 in actual commercial service?
they are out testing almost every day. I understand staff training is going according to plan. No date yet for entry into service.
Ahh thank you for the update, I look forward to sampling them as much as the Class 769s when they enter service.
I think the 230 will be all the more interesting - 769s will I'm sure be good workhorses, but they are basically just 4-car Class 150s with a pantograph.
http://vivarail.co.uk/vivarail-laun...ain-with-a-range-of-60-miles-between-charges/ is on the battery powered version
From the article:How long does a full charge take?
Charge times can be as little as 7 minutes even for a 60 miles journey for the train to draw enough power to run daily services.
From the article:
How long does a full charge take?
much better to charge as you go and maybe zap charge if it falls to 65-75% off capacity as prolonged heavy charging will show up any weak points in the systemAnd turn around time on the Island Line is 8 minutes. It could comfortably do three return journeys without charging and then fully charge during one standard turn around.
This has been discussed regularly in the Island Line thread as well. It’s as though some posters are really keen to remove existing infrastructure “because it can be”, and can’t cope with the alternate possibility it could just be brought up to normal standards.Is there any point in having battery units on the Island Line when it's already set up with 3rd rail?
I think battery units would be more useful on things like the Henley Branch, although I think the 769s are planned for there, running on the overhead to Twyford and then diesel to Henley?
This has been discussed regularly in the Island Line thread as well. It’s as though some posters are really keen to remove existing infrastructure “because it can be”, and can’t cope with the alternate possibility it could just be brought up to normal standards.