On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:45 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

Electric trains don't have reciprocating internal combustion engines in
them shaking them to bits. There is no reason why they should have any
problem lasting the designed 40 years and beyond.

Indeed they don't - but good old 101685 Daisy (a 4-engined diesel
multiple unit) survived something like 44 years in front-line service
on the main line, and is now in preservation.

Neil

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On 16 Oct 2005 11:47:27 -0700, wrote:

Does anyone find it funny that some people will religiously change
their car after 12-36 months, while these trains will be FORTY SEVEN
years old when they finally get replaced?

Absolutely. I take it you're laughing at the car buyers, not the
railway?

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(Neil Williams) wrote:

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:45 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

Electric trains don't have reciprocating internal combustion engines
in them shaking them to bits. There is no reason why they should
have any problem lasting the designed 40 years and beyond.

Indeed they don't - but good old 101685 Daisy (a 4-engined diesel
multiple unit) survived something like 44 years in front-line service
on the main line, and is now in preservation.

Was it that long? In any case it needed a lot of TLC.

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Information screens are a must I would have thought -
and something to be added now, not in 2019.

Why? The line has no branches, what information could people need?

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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:46:10 +0100, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Information screens are a must I would have thought -
and something to be added now, not in 2019.

Why? The line has no branches, what information could people need?

Presumably he means ones like on the Northern, which tell you what the
next stop is etc, rather than like on the Picc (which just tell you
where the train terminates).

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neil nerva - brent council - london writes
It has long been known that the the Bakerloo Line is to the last for
new trains

No, it isn't. The Central, Jubilee, and Northern are all behind it in
the queue.

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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:18:33 +0100, asdf
wrote:

Presumably he means ones like on the Northern, which tell you what the
next stop is etc, rather than like on the Picc (which just tell you
where the train terminates).

If money is being spent on displays, it'd be vastly better spent on
buses than trains.

Neil

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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:17:42 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:

If money is being spent on displays, it'd be vastly better spent on
buses than trains.

Indeed. The information is available on a train to anyone capable of
looking out the window at the previous station. You can get lost on
a 'bus.

Metromess have already upgraded the Bakingloo by adding extra squeaks,
rattles and general heat and noise to the line, I suppose you'd want Air
Conditioning as well, and a waitress bringing cooling drinks and
soothing your fevered brow. )

www.waspies.net wrote:

Metromess have already upgraded the Bakingloo by adding extra squeaks,
rattles and general heat and noise to the line,

Yeah and they've taken the arm-rests off..... what more do you want, the
moon on a stick?