In article ,
Mrs Redboots wrote:
Also there are Class 313s at Clapham Jn (Silverlink metro trains at
Platform 2) - these are very similar to 315s, but can run on the third
rail as well as overhead power supply.

I think I knew that, but never actually noticed it! (I've been on those
trains occasionally).

The change power at a stop. When they go from 3rd rail to overhead,
you can just hear the "thunk" of the pan hitting the wires. I
/think/ the lights brighten just a little, too.

--
Mike Bristow - really a very good driver

Mike Bristow wrote to uk.transport.london on Thu, 16 Dec 2004:

In article ,
Mrs Redboots wrote:
Also there are Class 313s at Clapham Jn (Silverlink metro trains at
Platform 2) - these are very similar to 315s, but can run on the third
rail as well as overhead power supply.

I think I knew that, but never actually noticed it! (I've been on those
trains occasionally).

The change power at a stop. When they go from 3rd rail to overhead,
you can just hear the "thunk" of the pan hitting the wires. I
/think/ the lights brighten just a little, too.

Yeah, that bit I knew - I've been on the 319s of Thameslink often
enough, and on Eurostar, too. But I hadn't realised the trains that I
occasionally catch between West Brompton & Clapham Junctions weren't the
usual Southern ones - and the Silverlink ones are so similar that I
never noticed *that*, either!
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 12 December 2004

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:46:15 +0000, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

Yeah, that bit I knew - I've been on the 319s of Thameslink often
enough, and on Eurostar, too. But I hadn't realised the trains that I
occasionally catch between West Brompton & Clapham Junctions weren't the
usual Southern ones - and the Silverlink ones are so similar that I
never noticed *that*, either!

If you only catch them between West Brompton and CLapham Junction you
won't have noticed the power change - it's further north. The
Silverlink trains on that route are 313s; Southern used to use 319s
(like Thameslink) that way as they can use both power supplies, but I
believe they use Electrostars now.

In article ,
(1577+2260) wrote:

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:46:15 +0000, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

Yeah, that bit I knew - I've been on the 319s of Thameslink often
enough, and on Eurostar, too. But I hadn't realised the trains that I
occasionally catch between West Brompton & Clapham Junctions weren't
the usual Southern ones - and the Silverlink ones are so similar that I
never noticed *that*, either!

If you only catch them between West Brompton and CLapham Junction you
won't have noticed the power change - it's further north. The
Silverlink trains on that route are 313s; Southern used to use 319s
(like Thameslink) that way as they can use both power supplies, but I
believe they use Electrostars now.

All are dual voltage but the very different Silverlink livery should give
it away, surely?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 18 Dec 2004:


All are dual voltage but the very different Silverlink livery should give
it away, surely?

Well, obviously - but to some of us a 3x2 train with uncomfortable
back-rests is a 3x2 train with uncomfortable back-rests no matter what
sort of livery it is wearing! Nor, indeed, who is responsible for
running it!
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 18 December 2004