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Paul Scott · June 26th 09, 09:48 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Neil Williams) wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:40:38 -0500,
wrote:

The 350/2s, having been ordered for LM to start with, don't have
shoegear of any sort.

But some have now been equipped for use on Southern?

No. Only 350/1s are used by Southern.

Ah! My confusion then. So why the suggestion that only some are converted
to be suitable for that role?

Only a subset of the 350/1s have been made ready and depot tested for DC
use, about 15 AIUI, out of the 30 in total. The 50% that do not have the OK
to work on DC wouldn't need a significant amount of work to do so. However
the whole sub class (350/1) is type cleared for DC running, the use by SN
only required route clearance.

For the 350/2s DC use would not be possible without significant additional
equipment being added.

Paul