Your Favourite Train.

[petethetim]

I love the Pendolino - Class 390

So do I but only in the virgin livery

 

[voyagerdude220]

What are Pendos like in SC?

I've only travelled on Pendos in FC before, and thing that the weekday service is great!

Is it me, or do the radio's on the Pendos seem to be turned off most of the time?

 

[devon_metro]

Is it me, or do the radio's on the Pendos seem to be turned off most of the time?

Probably broken

 

[kvbham]

But who uses the radio's these day - most people have iPods / MP3 players/ or their phone.

 

[P156KWJ]

My faves...
EMUs -- 465s, 360s, any class 4XX CIGs or VEPs etc.
DMUs -- 156s, 142s, 185s
DEMUs -- 222s (not voyagers!!!) or class 205s
Locos -- Valentas, 37s, 47 duffs, 59/66s

 

[petethetim]

Valentas???????? Are They NOT a DMU?

 

[87015]

What are Pendos like in SC?

****e. Only possible desciption.

 

[P156KWJ]

Valentas???????? Are They NOT a DMU?

no, they are class 43s! they run like DMUs, but you could run an HST set with 1x class 43 and a rake of coaches

 

[petethetim]

no, they are class 43s! they run like DMUs, but you could run an HST set with 1x class 43 and a rake of coaches

They have more comparison to a DMU than a Loco Hauled set.

 

[Jord]

They have more comparison to a DMU than a Loco Hauled set.

Yes, comparison, but they can run as a single loco with the coaches, and they can also run light engine, which makes them more like loco hauled and not a DMU.

 

[class 313]

no, they are class 43s! they run like DMUs, but you could run an HST set with 1x class 43 and a rake of coaches

I'd like to see that, as thumpers could do the same with one driving cab with an engine with one middle trailer and a un powered cab...

HST's were built as DEMU. So yeah.

 

[Tom]

I'd like to see that, as thumpers could do the same with one driving cab with an engine with one middle trailer and a un powered cab...

HST's were built as DEMU. So yeah.

But, has a thumper driving car ever run on its own on the mainline? A single class 43 has...

 

[class 313]

But, has a thumper driving car ever run on its own on the mainline? A single class 43 has...

But Thumpers can. Doesn't matter if it has.

 

[devon_metro]

Would somebody like to fetch Jonathan Lewis

 

[adamp]

158's ALL THE WAY

 

[Tom]

But Thumpers can. Doesn't matter if it has.

So in this day and age, NR would permit a single thumper driving car to go out on its own between say Neville Hill and Craigentinny?

 

[323235]

EMU - class 323,325(royal mail),350
DMU - class 142,153,175
Loco - class 37/4s
electric - class 90

 

[welsh375]

emu: not fussed
dmu: 175,121,117,108
demu: class 43 (valenta)
diesel loco: 37,35,52,55,60

 

[mbonwick]

Since when was a class 43 a DEMU? It's classed as a loco.

 

[voyagerdude220]

Oh no, not this debate again!

 

[devon_metro]

Nearly as tedios as the 'voyagers are good' debate

 

[37412]

Diesel Loco: 37's (Obviously)
Electric Loco: 87
DMU: 142's (Brilliant on bolted track!)
EMU: 350
Coach: Mk 2a (I think they more comfortable than a Mk1, but still have the toplights!)

 

[petethetim]

Why I think people class HSTs as DEMU is because A Loco can preform a multitude of tasks & duties when is the last time you seen a Class 43 power car on a freight liner or a shunt , were as they can only be used with the rest of the stock from there consist

 

[devon_metro]

When did you last see a class 90 on a freight train?

 

[class 313]

When did you last see a class 90 on a freight train?

90s work freight up and down the WCML/ECML daily.

 

[devon_metro]

Sorry, I meant to say class 91.