MCR247
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With a name like Clive I'm sure 'she' is used to it
I hadn't realised that the specification for 700s included 'get you home' diesel power!
I hadn't realised that the specification for 700s included 'get you home' diesel power!
Will 73202 now be a permanent resident loco at Three Bridges?
On its way home, just after coming out of the depot.
On its way home, just after coming out of the depot.
Has that first 700 gone back then as I can't see it anywhere now??
Has that first 700 gone back then as I can't see it anywhere now??
The last I saw of it was road No10 which is the shed road furthest from the main line.
Lovely photo, thank you for sharing.
So will Three Bridges be a temporary home for now for 73202 during the testing of the class 700 or will be going backwards and forwards from Stewarts Lane?
Silly question but at Three Bridges is that in the shed on the east side of the BML or the one on the west?
Is it right to assume that 106 is here to help with staff training during Sept. & Oct. as it was said earlier that it's test runs weren't starting until November?
Again I ask why do you think this after I've answered your question? The 73 isn't required at Three Bridges.
Five road shed is n the Up (west) side. Down side is the under frame cleaning building thats one road.
106 is for static testing currently. It might be out in November but test runs start before that.
The question was not previously asked by me, it was asked by SpacePhoenix who was asking if it was going to become a permanent resident, where I was asking if it would be a temporary resident trying to find out whether it will just be resident during the testing of the class 700's?
Will 73202 now be a permanent resident loco at Three Bridges?
No. Its not needed for testing, just like how it wasn't required for 387 testing.
No. Its not needed for testing, just like how it wasn't required for 387 testing.
Ah right. Since the Hastings unit has left Three Bridges. As I understand it from "Class377/5"s reply below there is no further requirement for a diesel at Three Bridges so 73202 would not be in the frame at all. Is that correct ?
When do they start testing on the mainline under their own power?
Going on about liveries again, the doors seem to be a slightly lighter shade of blue than that on the GN 365s and TL 319s. I wonder if this will be changed.
That the final livery. All trains running around are final production models. Lighting can affect shade but they would be the same. Not that it matters if they aren't, not to mention its off topic anyway.
It's not vastly off topic! 365s/319s are darker.
Its the 700 construction thread. Posts about pointless varations in shades (where lighting may be affecting) of other units should be done in other threads.
I wasn't aware you were a moderator?
I'm not a fan of discussion of livery either, but it would be amusing to find that the paint or vinyl isn't even correctly colour matched. Let's face it, a lot of commuters haven't got a high opinion of Govia and it'd be another thing for them to joke about.
Besides there are more important things to worry about such as infrastructure improvements north of Royston and St Neots on the GN to enable the 700s to be used on the GN then some livery.