On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:04:22 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\03\31 12:49, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:

Regarding the Overground, you should experience the peculiar DMU on
the GOBLIN before it dissapears.

There's nothing peculiar about the Goblin trains. There are quite a few
other diesel trains in London: in particular, the Uckfield trains to and
from London Bridge, which are not going to be got rid of any time soon,
are very similar to the Goblin trains, although I think they (Class 171)
probably have toilets and the Goblin ones (Class 170) probably don't.

As Recliner said, the GOBLIN trains are class 172.

Two mates commented, on different occations, that the GOBLIN train
felt different than others they had been on. I have investigated and
172 has different bogies than other Turbostars and mechanical
transmission rather than hydraulic - gear changes can be distinctly
heard as the trains accelerate and decelerate (Wikipedia). One mate
said it felt like a bus.

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jhk