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Old April 21st 12, 11:33 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Central line trains front end

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:47:18 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:57:27 -0700 (PDT), PhilD
wrote:

On Apr 20, 12:39*am, Robert Neville wrote:
"Richard J." wrote:
The original cab design let the rain in, with sticky tape having to be
used to cover the join between the cab and the rest of the body.

The recent BBC series on teh Underground had a short clip of the cab swap
incorporated in the title sequence, but I don't think they ever discussed it in
any of the programmes.


Please could someone direct to some pictures of the new cabs, for
those of us who haven't seen it?


Not my snaps but clear shots of new cab ends in this and subsequent
shots in the set.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2477273...7606550318131/


Thanks -- as it's apparently an all-new moulding, I wonder why they
didn't make it look more different to the original design? That way,
it would have looked more like an all-new train. Or are there too many
hard points behind the moulding to make this impossible?