On Wednesday, 22 February 2017 15:17:43 UTC, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 07:02:15 -0800 (PST)
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wednesday, 22 February 2017 09:39:56 UTC, wrote:
er routes in South London - to give access to New Cross Gate depot which I =
believe has a wheel lathe whereas Willesden doesn't (happy to be corrected =
on this). The AC only versions will be maintained at Ilford which I expect=
does have a wheel lathe given the vast fleet (Crossrail and LO) that will =
be maintained there.

I'm surprised they've ordered an AC only version. Shoegear doesn't add any
significant weight to a train unlike adding a transformer for AC so why not
just spec the whole lot as dual voltage so they can be mixed and matched as
and when?

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Spud

A guess but I wonder if not speccing dual voltage for the routes out of Liv St is a way of avoiding a whole pile of survey and inspection work and possible rectification work. It is possible that there is equipment in the way or which infringes standards for clearances for shoegear on the lines out of Liv St. It's not really an issue for the NLL route as it was previously third rail so would almost certainly be compliant. I assume that the work on the GOBLIN includes checking for clearances anyway, given track lowering and platform works, so it's not an issue there either.

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Paul C
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