TRIVIA: How Far North Has A Unit With 3rd Rail Shoes Reached?

[Doomotron]

Self-explanatory. I think it's probably Class 92s, or it might be Class 73s.

 

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

Did the Eurostar 373s reach Glasgow on test?

 

[Spartacus]

73s have gone at least as far north as Inverness, but I think devoid of shoes.

 

[Ianno87]

Did the Eurostar 373s reach Glasgow on test?

Definitely Polmadie.

 

[alangla]

I'm sure GBRf ran original spec 73/1s to Aberdeen at one point.

 

[jopsuk]

Glasgow Central, Eurostar. Picture 1 Picture 2

 

[Kite159]

73s have gone at least as far north as Inverness, but I think devoid of shoes.

A pair of original 73s (with shoes) made it to Fort William last September [GBRF tour]

 

[swt_passenger]

There’s probably been secret tests of a loco hauled 442 everywhere on the network, but they don’t want us to know...

 

[Spartacus]

A pair of original 73s (with shoes) made it to Fort William last September [GBRF tour]

I can remember GBRf's 73s going north before then, but thought they were 73/9s without shoes. There's a big risk that even if they're in gauge you'll lose them at some point to a high ballast shoulder.

 

[Kite159]

I can remember GBRf's 73s going north before then, but thought they were 73/9s without shoes. There's a big risk that even if they're in gauge you'll lose them at some point to a high ballast shoulder.

I'm pretty sure the Cally Sleeper 73/9s have lost their shoes when they went up north as they were deemed to not be needed.

 

[route:oxford]

Isn't the most northerly point on the Glasgow Underground Hillhead?

I've definitely seen a London Underground unit pass through Falkirk Grahamston on the way to Rosyth. Not sure if the shoes were removed for the transfers or not.

 

[Dr Hoo]

The Glasgow Underground/Subway has third rail.

Doesn’t the Cairngorm Funicular (when it is working) have some sort of power pick-up for lighting and other auxiliaries?

 

[Bucephalus]

I believe that M200 trains regularly visit Mellunmäen metroasema station on the Helsinki Metro. 750v dc

 

[Highlandspring]

I'm pretty sure the Cally Sleeper 73/9s have lost their shoes when they went up north as they were deemed to not be needed.

No, they still have shoegear.

 

[driver9000]

325s have been hauled along the West Highland Line.

 

[Kite159]

No, they still have shoegear.

So in that case, I believe a pair of 73/9s made it to Kyle last year on a SRPS tour, so unless one has gone north of Dingwall towards Wick the furthest north is around the Gorstan/Garve area.

 

[edwin_m]

I think the shoegear on the 73s is retractable so wouldn't foul the gauge on non-electrified lines.

 

[3141]

There’s probably been secret tests of a loco hauled 442 everywhere on the network, but they don’t want us to know...

Ha ha! ….Or what the traction was.

 

[d9009alycidon]

Several old 2-Bils and 2 Hals were scrapped at McWilliams yard at Shettleston and the side contact Manchester Bury units were scrapped at MC Metals, Springburn

 

[Class 170101]

I'm pretty sure the Cally Sleeper 73/9s have lost their shoes when they went up north as they were deemed to not be needed.

In that case Class 365s to Dunblane?

 

[edwin_m]

Several old 2-Bils and 2 Hals were scrapped at McWilliams yard at Shettleston and the side contact Manchester Bury units were scrapped at MC Metals, Springburn

But they probably removed the shoes to keep them in gauge before they set out northwards.

 

[Highlandspring]

In that case Class 365s to Dunblane?

As per my post above the 73/9s have kept their shoes. The ScotRail 365s, on the other hand, were not fitted with shoes.

 

[Metal_gee_man]

I would guess in current regular service is class 507s & 508s in Scouse land

 

[peterslade15@yah]

For scrapping at HNC , Rotherham, or possibly 1 or 2 units here and there for preservation,m n
stripped and for haulage?
Peter S

 

[peterslade15@yah]

Or as I have just posted - a 313 for scrapping or hauled preservation on a heritage line?

 

[Midnight Sun]

The Tyneside Electrics services around Newcastle until 1967 were 3rd rail when it was de-electrified and replaced by DMU's.

 

[peterslade15@yah]

Well OK the - nobody's said "in service" - Or was that implied? If so, I would probably
have to go with the post that suggested the 73's on the Sleepers

 

[peterslade15@yah]

The Tyneside Electrics services around Newcastle until 1967 were 3rd rail when it was de-electrified and replaced by DMU's.

Was that what was called "The TyneRider" ? i remember those - we had Geordie relations in those days

 

[peterslade15@yah]

Takes me back to my early teens when, with my Geordie cousins, we used to ride around
on The Blyth & Tyne into and out of Ashington, now being talked about re-instatement.
Take a look if you're in the area, it's all still in place ..... now on GBRf workings to and from Tyne
Yard to Lynemouth on biomass workings. I'll be up there again this summer .......

 

[peterslade15@yah]

The Tyneside Electrics services around Newcastle until 1967 were 3rd rail when it was de-electrified and replaced by DMU's.

Yeah - remember those well! you're dead right there!