OneThirtyEight
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The designation of the new Merseyrail rolling stock is Class 777, according to the latest company safety brief.
Err... I was under the impression that 750-799 is being reserved for EDMUs...
Could the classification have been 509 or 510 as a continuation of the 507s and 508s that are being replaced?
When I looked at the TOPS classification list a long time ago, there is a lot of unused numbers between 509 to 599 inclusive.
Don't forget car numbers are now six digits, and starting with the 400 series. It wouldn't surprise me if the 500 series are reserved accordingly.
creaking, groaning system... needs a wholescale replacement. I'd go for 8-digit vehicle numbers, with all existing vehicles renumbered. It would then be xxxyyyzz
xxx: class number (could "rationalise" this whilst they're at it, been done before)
yyy: set number
zz: vehicle number
(and for locos: 0xxyyy00)
You'd have thought so, but the 385/0 subclass have vehicles numbered 444001 to 444046, which overlaps with a certain SWR fleet almost perfectly so it seems that whoever issues vehicle numbers either doesn't care about overlaps or was a bit forgetful one day
Am I misunderstanding what you saying?
Overlaps?
How?
There is no problem with having identical vehicle numbers to set numbers - there is no connection between vehicle and set numbers
There only cannot be 2 vehicles with identical numbers
Brian
You'd have thought so, but the 385/0 subclass have vehicles numbered 444001 to 444046, which overlaps with a certain SWR fleet almost perfectly so it seems that whoever issues vehicle numbers either doesn't care about overlaps or was a bit forgetful one day
why are they being silly choosing Boeing numbers
Could the classification have been 509 or 510 as a continuation of the 507s and 508s that are being replaced?
When I looked at the TOPS classification list a long time ago, there is a lot of unused numbers between 509 to 599 inclusive.
Obviously the civil servant in charge of TOPS EMU allocations is a plane spotter.
Err... I was under the impression that 750-799 is being reserved for EDMUs...
When? Not sure. But some people might need a larger note book to get all those numbers in .
Evening all,
It is my understanding that this is to do with European regulation.
Someone in the know made a fleeting comment that this was the reason but I didn't get the chance to ask any more info.
For the number takers around, you may be interested to know that I hear it will be mandated for trains to feature that really long numbering system along the sole bar (it's the UIC mark I believe and wiki can tell you more).
When? Not sure. But some people might need a larger note book to get all those numbers in .
Evening all,
It is my understanding that this is to do with European regulation.
Someone in the know made a fleeting comment that this was the reason but I didn't get the chance to ask any more info.
For the number takers around, you may be interested to know that I hear it will be mandated for trains to feature that really long numbering system along the sole bar (it's the UIC mark I believe and wiki can tell you more).
And from March 2019 (post Brexit) we will be able to ignore European regulations for any stock that remains exclusively within UK.
Except for the fact that the Government is hoping to pass legislation that folds EU regulations into U.K. law.
The designation of the new Merseyrail rolling stock is Class 777, according to the latest company safety brief.
And from March 2019 (post Brexit) we will be able to ignore European regulations for any stock that remains exclusively within UK.