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April 20th 10, 08:50 AM
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Yellow front panels
"Paul Scott" wrote in message
"Graham Harrison" wrote in message ... If trains on the national network need yellow front panels why doesn't the same apply to LUL? It has been suggested previously it is because LU do not normally allow maintenance staff access to the live railway. You may have noticed LU's battery maintenance locos do have yellow panels... Talking of which, I came across this YouTube video of an unusual rail tour, with LU battery locos topping and tailing Mk2 Gatwick Express stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpibombER74 |
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April 21st 10, 12:55 PM
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On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:50:22AM +0100, Recliner wrote:
Talking of which, I came across this YouTube video of an unusual rail tour, with LU battery locos topping and tailing Mk2 Gatwick Express stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpibombER74 Wow! Do you know if that tour included any of the cut n cover sections? Or are mk 2s too fat to fit? -- David Cantrell | Official London Perl Mongers Bad Influence Godliness is next to Englishness |
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April 21st 10, 01:34 PM
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"David Cantrell" wrote in message
k On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:50:22AM +0100, Recliner wrote: Talking of which, I came across this YouTube video of an unusual rail tour, with LU battery locos topping and tailing Mk2 Gatwick Express stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpibombER74 Wow! Do you know if that tour included any of the cut n cover sections? Or are mk 2s too fat to fit? I don't know about that tour, but I think there have been others that have taken old BR stock through the sub-surface tunnels (doesn't LU own a few carriages?). Remember that A Stock is wider than most (all?) BR stock. |
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April 22nd 10, 11:06 AM
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On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 02:34:55PM +0100, Recliner wrote:
"David Cantrell" wrote in message k On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:50:22AM +0100, Recliner wrote: Talking of which, I came across this YouTube video of an unusual rail tour, with LU battery locos topping and tailing Mk2 Gatwick Express stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpibombER74 Wow! Do you know if that tour included any of the cut n cover sections? Or are mk 2s too fat to fit? I don't know about that tour, but I think there have been others that have taken old BR stock through the sub-surface tunnels (doesn't LU own a few carriages?). Remember that A Stock is wider than most (all?) BR stock. Ah, but BR stock is generally longer, so wouldn't be able to get round curves that the dinky little LUL trains can - mk2s are 19.6m, A stock is 16.something. -- David Cantrell | semi-evolved ape-thing "IMO, the primary historical significance of Unix is that it marks the time in computer history where CPUs became so cheap that it was possible to build an operating system without adult supervision." -- Russ Holsclaw in a.f.c |
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April 22nd 10, 12:01 PM
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"David Cantrell" wrote in message
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 02:34:55PM +0100, Recliner wrote: "David Cantrell" wrote in message k On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:50:22AM +0100, Recliner wrote: Talking of which, I came across this YouTube video of an unusual rail tour, with LU battery locos topping and tailing Mk2 Gatwick Express stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpibombER74 Wow! Do you know if that tour included any of the cut n cover sections? Or are mk 2s too fat to fit? I don't know about that tour, but I think there have been others that have taken old BR stock through the sub-surface tunnels (doesn't LU own a few carriages?). Remember that A Stock is wider than most (all?) BR stock. Ah, but BR stock is generally longer, so wouldn't be able to get round curves that the dinky little LUL trains can - mk2s are 19.6m, A stock is 16.something. Yes, good point -- some parts of the Circle line would probably be prohibited for that reason. |
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April 21st 10, 11:30 PM
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"David Cantrell" wrote in message
k... On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:50:22AM +0100, Recliner wrote: Talking of which, I came across this YouTube video of an unusual rail tour, with LU battery locos topping and tailing Mk2 Gatwick Express stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpibombER74 Wow! Do you know if that tour included any of the cut n cover sections? Or are mk 2s too fat to fit? ISTR the tour was something like Wimbledon to Wimbledon via Edgware Road and Tower Hill (maybe not in that order) so, yes. DAS |
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April 22nd 10, 10:35 PM
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On 22/04/2010 00:30, David A Stocks wrote:
"David Cantrell" wrote in message k... On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:50:22AM +0100, Recliner wrote: Talking of which, I came across this YouTube video of an unusual rail tour, with LU battery locos topping and tailing Mk2 Gatwick Express stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpibombER74 Wow! Do you know if that tour included any of the cut n cover sections? Or are mk 2s too fat to fit? ISTR the tour was something like Wimbledon to Wimbledon via Edgware Road and Tower Hill (maybe not in that order) so, yes. DAS I wonder if there will be any more Vickers-hauled rail tours on the Metropolitan line. |
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