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Tramlink - I have all of the original batch of 24 units so a few hours in Croydon will be necessary to sort the new kids on the block.
A marathon effort yesterday saw me finally get 158710 to clear the class. Went to Inverness, only to find out it had gone to Edinburgh (Staying in Inverkeithing !!). However while en-route to Aberdeen, was told it was going to be out in evening, went straight do Edinburgh on 1705 and got it on 1938 Newcraighall to Glenrothes.
The computerisation of all my travel logs going back to the 1980s - all were manual - has lead me to the stark realisation that I need London Underground and DLR units by the shedload (over 400 units total). This means that particularly in the winter months I will be looking in that direction to keep up red lines (in reality yellow shading on my travel log). By about 1990, I thought that I had cleared up on all available LU/DLR stock apart from the odd set of A stock which has since been secured. Since then we have had:
1992 stock - where I need 122 individual two car units
Waterloo and City - all sorted although only one trip logged with units 9/10
1995 stock - three years commuting on the Northern line soon after the introduction of the 1995 stock sorted that nicely
1996 stock - 26 units needed, most of which are the even numbered ones but as I use the Jubilee regularly, knocking these off should not be too difficult.
2009 stock - I am only an erratic user of the Victoria line but already a third have fallen. These are not my higherst priority
S-8 stock - The Metropolitan line is normally off my normal lines of travel so I will have to make an effort here
S-7 stock - Part of the regular commute to work is on the District/Circle so once these enter traffic, then I will hopefully pick up these quite easily.
DLR - Apart from the B90 stock, I need most DLR units as I have only made one trip on the DLR in recent times.
Tram(p)link - I have all of the original batch of 24 units so a few hours in Croydon will be necessary to sort the new kids on the block.
The result is that looking for new stuff to ride on the national network may have to take a bit of a back seat although the 2013 target will be my remaining pacers and 507/508 stock.
Light rail stock from outside London (Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester etc) will have to wait until next year
Oh, and any tips for the best sections of line to bash 1992 stock (Central line) and DLR?
Now a question for all of you bashers - what's the minimum acceptable distance that you travel on a unit (or behind a loco) before it is logged as a score?
For me, I always aim for at least one mile although in extreme circumstances although there are a few items in the log that have less than a mile to their name.
A coach length will do - and I've had one or two things for not much more than that! As AdamW says, "it all counts"! If you travelled (say) between Manchester Piccadilly and Oxford Road (a distance of 0.54 miles), presumably you would record the journey but still say you needed whatever provided the power?
In an ideal world as much as possible, but I have plenty of Exeter SD -> Exeter Central moves on pacers, 150s and 159s when I was just going into city centre, not specifically to go bashing as such - it all counts though! Still waiting for 143603 to turn up mind!
Now a question for all of you bashers - what's the minimum acceptable distance that you travel on a unit (or behind a loco) before it is logged as a score?
Now a question for all of you bashers - what's the minimum acceptable distance that you travel on a unit (or behind a loco) before it is logged as a score?
For me, I always aim for at least one mile although in extreme circumstances although there are a few items in the log that have less than a mile to their name.