Have to say, after 1 return trip on LOROLS 172s...That in my opinion, they are the worst unit ever built...Everything feels cheap about them, they slip and slide in and out of stations, the voyager bogies do nothing for ride quality, and Why?, After so long, did Bombardier ever conceive the idea of bringing back Mechanical Transmission?
The ZF Transmission seems the cause the unit to change into at least 3 gears just to leave any station, then takes a fair amount of time to build up to the next, before 'jerking' into the final gear (Unit in question, 172004)...
From speaking to several of the drivers of the 172s on the GOBLIN, theyre not the most well built of units, and not particularly as good at braking as the 150s either...
And one thing i find rather bizarre about LOROLs 172s - Theyve built them with a view to offloading the fleet with ease if and when electrification of the GOBLIN takes place, but why do LOROL's 172s not actually contain any toilets? When say, the exiled 150s did...
Resulting in the question, who exactly is going to want a toilet-less 172?
Unless theyve built the units with modification in mind, but as my guess is theyve been built with a future use with Chiltern in mind Toilet-less trains from Gerrards Cross / High Wycombe anyone?