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Anna Noyd-Dryver · May 2nd 21, 07:07 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

Recliner wrote:
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On 01/05/2021 18:57, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 1 May 2021 14:23:32 -0000 (UTC)
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Recliner wrote:
Wouldn't the D stock have quite a bit in common with the 73TS?

D stock had rather more in common with 83ts.

The 83 stock was scrapped when some of the vehicles were only 15 years old. It
was a bloody scandal that no one seemed interested in. But as I've said
before, its easy to spend money with abandon when its not your own and comes
from ticket receipts and central government.

AIUI it was pretty much the Austin Allegro of tube stock. At what point do
you stop throwing good money after bad and admit that something wasn't very
good?

You've never heard of the SPV-2000, I'm guessing.

I have now; Wikipedia unfortunately appears to be pretty light on detail
about what was wrong with them.

Some other sources:

There were a number of plans for their reuse, one of which was to adapt
them for the Piccadilly Line,

[snip woes of 83ts]

I was referring to the American single car DMU "SPV-2000", as referenced by
Hounslow above.

Anna Noyd-Dryver