"MIG" wrote in message

On 31 Jan, 07:34, "DW downunder" noname wrote:
"Recliner" wrote in message

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"MIG" wrote in message

This morning I've seen a three-unit train running on the DLR, with
the designation "Special", in between other services.

(Am I the only one having trouble perceiving the "articulated
vehicles" as anything other than units of two coaches?)

Like any other articulated vehicles (particularly trams), the short
coaches share a bogey. The only mainline trains with this
configuration in the UK are Eurostars, but they're quite common
elsewhere.

The diagrams and photos I have seen seem to me to show 2 car bodies
and 4 bogies per unit. Was I looking at the wrong images?

DW downunder

If you mean diagrams like this one
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._New_Train.PNG
then it would indeed appear to be wrong. Maybe the wheels were added
as an afterthought?

It's obvious that the artist got carried away. This is a more accurate
drawing of the current stock:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/d...LUEREDORIG.jpg

The problem seems to be that it's hard to find pics of DLR vehicles with
visible wheels -- they're usually behind a platform or the current rail.
But this photo gives some impression of the centre articulated bogie:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2477273...57605340322709