EMR 180110 - now a 4 car set

[liamf656]

180110 has returned to Etches Park from Crofton having been reformed as a 4 car set. The buffet coach (56910) is badly corroded and the set has been spending a lot of time at Doncaster in recent months. I believe the idea is to run it in service with a 5 car, creating a 9 car set

RTT link to the journey south:

Realtime Trains - 567M 1404 Crofton Depot to Etches Park Sdgs

Realtime Trains is an independent source of live realtime running information for the Great British railway network.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

 

[liamf656]

180110 has now entered service as a 4 car set, on its own today

 

[QSK19]

I’m on 180110 as I write this (my 4 year old son is mad about the 180s; so we’re having a “train tourism” trip to go on this and a Class 360). The onboard staff were saying that they find it quite depressing that it’s only a 4 car set and would love the idea of the 5th car coming back. It absolutely flies along, though!

 

[notadriver]

I’m on 180110 as I write this (my 4 year old son is mad about the 180s; so we’re having a “train tourism” trip to go on this and a Class 360). The onboard staff were saying that they find it quite depressing that it’s only a 4 car set and would love the idea of the 5th car coming back. It absolutely flies along, though!

It shouldn’t be any different to the 5 car as each vehicle has its own engine.

 

[QSK19]

It shouldn’t be any different to the 5 car as each vehicle has its own engine.

No, as you say, there wasn’t any difference; but quick nevertheless!

 

[James James]

It shouldn’t be any different to the 5 car as each vehicle has its own engine.

Hold on a minute... the engine story does mean that each carriage will have the same amount of power, but it doesn't tell us whether or not each carriage has the same weight. After all the buffet might have more equipment, and the driving carriages carry around crumple zones and the like (I have no idea if that has any significant effect on the weight of each carriage though).

However I suspect air resistance might have more of an influence than differences in carriage weight - 4 carriage train has the same air resistance at higher speeds, but less power available. So my bet is on the 5-car actually being better at speed.