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CLASS 800 EMC MODS
… Sources The ive stages of grief Confronted with the Class 800 Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) issues, … solution is to add the reactance that is missing from the Class 800 transformers. As explained last month, this will … to start in January. Azuma on diesel: running as 5Q51, the 08.07 York – Peterborough, No 800202 is seen ‘pans down’ near …
THE WAY WE WERE
… public when his mother asked the gentleman from the First Class carriage if he could have his photo taken with the … on York station, reproduced here. ‘It’s for a five-car Class 80x and a six-car Nova 3’ says Tony, adding that it is a mystery why the ‘Class 80x’ was added to the top of the sign. ‘It does mean …
Greenhouse gassing
… There is obviously the fine project to re-traction all the Class 455 fleet, one of my last projects at Porterbrook, … by using Connected Driver Advisory Systems (C-DAS) on Class 159s, but taking out four unit diagrams due to engine … last longer is a good thing. When I was trying to market Class 458s against new trains I worked out that it takes even …
Trackwatch
A digest of the main changes on Network Rail, London Underground...
NORTHERN WITHDRAWS FIRST PACERS
… Brown, MD – Northern. Tony Miles Made in Wales: the first Class 195 completed at CAF’s Newport factory rolls out of the … on 20 June 2019. Phil Marsh NORTHERN WITHDREW its first Class 142 Pacer DMUs from passenger service on 12 August, as … 150/2 unit to the line. This unit began each day with an 08.25 Holyhead to North Llanrwst working, followed by …
EIGHT-CAR 385s ON E&G
… of platforms 2 and 3 at Queen Street on 30 July 2019. The Class 156 (left) was bound for Mallaig and the Class 385 was about to leave for Edinburgh. Ann Glen Airy … 30 July 2019. Ann Glen ON 29 JULY ScotRail began operating Class 385 EMUs on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk route …
In Business
… to the inside of driver’s cabs of East Midlands Trains Class 153, 156 and 158 DMUs to protect them from accidental … largest contract to date. The carpet has been fitted to Class 158, 159, 442, 444 and 450 vehicles undergoing overhaul … Upgraded interior: Axminster carpet in refurbished SWR Class 442 First Class saloon. Philip Sherratt Cairo monorail …
WHAT NEXT FOR ISLAND LINE?
… units, otherwise known by their TOPS classification of Class 483, are officially the oldest trains in regular … has been made to replace the 1938 stock with the Class 230 units developed by Vivarail using recycled ex-District Line D stock. D STOCK With the Class 230 ‘D Train’ project announced by Adrian Shooter in …
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MYTH BUSTING
… was launched in April. The two services are hauled by Class 66 locomotives wearing Maritime’s livery, and operate … tonnes. The trial to test the haulage capabilities using a Class 70 took place between Merehead in Somerset and Acton in west London; ‘70’ haulage will displace the Class 59 locos currently used by Mendip Rail on the service. …
Between the Lines
… coming decade. With no new electrification authorised, and Class 150, 156 and 158 units now almost 30 years old set to … The much-hyped ‘Breeze’ hydrogen-powered conversion of Class 321 units (already dubbed ‘Hindenburgs’ by some wags in … has been proposed for one battery version of Vivarail’s Class 230. Faced with the seemingly ever-present shortage of …
RAPID OVERHEAD FAULT ALERTS
… cameras on a service train: the OLErt team is using this Class 387, No 387143, to generate data on the overhead lines, … visual data. Making use of the cameras on the roof of a Class 387 (No 387143), OLErt processes the video images … functional OLE and pantograph measurement system. The Class 387 unit used by the partners is typical of all …
New trains: it’s too darned hot!
… and the thermal efficiency of the MTU engine under your Class 800 bi-mode is a smidgeon over 40%. Much of this gain … at 1,900 rev/minute under a Great Western Railway Hitachi Class 802 bi-mode. At 1,900 rev/min the crankshaft is … and its auxiliaries into the engine rafts under Voyagers, Class 180s and Class 185s was a pretty clever piece of …
NORTHERN POWERHOUSE RAIL
… under three hours. Northern trans-Pennine route: a TPE Class 185 leaves Standedge tunnel en route from Liverpool … route: Liverpool-bound unit No 158858 leads a Class 156 through Edale on 26 June 2017. Paul Bigland SHARED …