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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#301: Apr 27th 2016 at 7:16:54 AM

Maybe that line will show up in Fallout 5? Got to be better than exploring those bloody subway tunnels. tongue

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
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#304: Apr 27th 2016 at 7:48:13 AM

To be fair, anything would be better than the Pacers.

And presumably this is what it's going to look like.

edited 27th Apr '16 7:49:50 AM by Deadbeatloser22

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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#305: Apr 27th 2016 at 9:02:16 AM

[up] There's also some Hitachi stock on the way for Scotland, more Siemens units for Thameslink and South West Trains — there's a lot of stock on the way. I think CAF also have got the contract for the replacements for the Mark 3 Sleeper stock.

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Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#306: Apr 27th 2016 at 9:04:40 AM

Yeah, CAF is making the Mark 5 coaching stock for the Caledonian Sleeper. Not sure about the Riviera Mark 3 stock though.

edited 27th Apr '16 9:07:21 AM by Deadbeatloser22

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Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#307: Apr 27th 2016 at 9:19:47 AM

[up] That's not being replaced yet.

The April 2016 of Modern Railways had a list of all the mainline stock on order note  — there are 4,636 vehicles on order, forming 772 sets.

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#308: Apr 27th 2016 at 9:30:23 AM

Well, SPT are throwing lots of money at the upgrading of the Subway system.

http://www.spt.co.uk/subway/modernisation/

About time too. Those trains were ancient when I was using them and I still had hair then.

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#309: Apr 27th 2016 at 1:40:23 PM

A lot of the stations have been completely redone. Hillhead, Partick, Buchanan Street, and Kelvinhall are all renovated. Of course, St George's Cross remains a hole.

To be honest, I worry the Subway isn't long for this world. The route is tiny, so are the trains (and the stations are designed such that this can't be fixed without massively disruptive digging works), and it's prohibitively expensive to expand because of all the medieval mining works and old infrastructure under the city.

Glasgow crossrail would make a lot more sense, coupled with surface rail expansion. Some kind of suburban zoning for Glasgow would be pretty good too.

edited 27th Apr '16 2:02:39 PM by Achaemenid

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#310: Apr 27th 2016 at 2:20:45 PM

On a smaller scale note, I watched (finally) James May's Toy Stories episode on model trains, where he and a German team took trains from Barnstaple to Bideford via Fremington. I've lots of happy memories of that part of the world so it was nice to see it on screen, and having model trains run the equivalent of 700 miles is quite an achievement.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#311: Apr 27th 2016 at 3:10:37 PM

I've kind of been pipe-dream planning a model railway layout recently. Sadly there is a distinct lack of rolling stock for making a layout based on the South Western division of Network South East in the 1980s.

Main issues are no 455 and no 4VEP.

edited 27th Apr '16 3:27:32 PM by Deadbeatloser22

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#312: Apr 28th 2016 at 9:36:00 AM

Also I guess NSE was a lot more complicated than I thought.

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#313: Apr 28th 2016 at 10:16:38 AM

[up] Yep, everything from Class 50s to ex-London Underground stock.

And as what was planned — and something unusual.

edited 28th Apr '16 10:19:28 AM by Greenmantle

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Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#314: Apr 28th 2016 at 10:32:18 AM

And this was back in the days when HS 1 was going to run to Waterloo.

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#317: Apr 28th 2016 at 11:31:45 AM

The units have different couplers — the Class 165 has a BSI coupler, while the Class 180 has a Scharfenberg coupler.

The problem is often solved here by the use of a Barrier vehicle, often an old passenger coach.

edited 28th Apr '16 11:35:10 AM by Greenmantle

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#319: Apr 28th 2016 at 5:00:55 PM

Also am I the only one who thinks the 180 looks better running with its coupling exposed rather than hidden behind the fairing? It just seems to look sleeker and faster like that.

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#320: Apr 28th 2016 at 5:04:49 PM

It's probably more aerodynamically efficient with the fairing, and I'm a sucker for aerodynamic efficiency, so yea, you are alone in thinking it looks better without it. [lol]

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#321: Apr 28th 2016 at 5:32:18 PM

If it's more efficient, why does every Adelante out there seem to run with it open?

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
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#323: Apr 29th 2016 at 1:08:10 AM

Actually apparently the coupling covers falling off was one of the many issues the 180 had in its early days, to the point where in 2006 they just removed them altogether.

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#324: Apr 29th 2016 at 11:14:18 PM

Oh, I have to share this one, even though it's humiliating. Got on a train at Paisley, heading to Irvine for a day out. Unfortunately I didn't read the timetable properly and didn't therefore get off at Kilwinning. Ended up in Largs, which is MILES away from where I wanted to be. Big red face. Fortunately, the conductor didn't hit me with an extra charge for the extended journey, and I was able to stay on the train as it was single-track running, got off at Kilwinning and carried on my merry way to Irvine via the Ayr train.

What I found VERY interesting was not only was there free Wi Fi, but free charging ports as well.

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#325: Apr 29th 2016 at 11:35:36 PM

[up] Sounds like new stock. Which it is — sounds like a Class 380, another of the Siemens Desiro family.

edited 29th Apr '16 11:39:09 PM by Greenmantle

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