"Christine." wrote in message
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In message , Steve
Dulieu writes
Oh, that's modern stuff! A TEP, luxury! Real men drive A stock trains
on
lines where the apprentices are still afraid ;-)

Errr, 73ts haven't had TEPs for many years now. Replaced 'em all with a
rather nasty bit of kit called a CDU...
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Sorry about my ignorance but what is a "Real Man" and what's so
different to driving A60 stock to driving 38 or 62 stock with the flag
up? You can also help my education by telling me what a TEP and a CDU
is? Thank you.

TEP = Train Equipment Panel
CDU = Cab Display Unit

Both perform essentially the same task, allow the driver to switch off
various bits of train equipment, but the TEP gave a much greater degree of
control. It had a button to cut out the rheo for one thing.
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Cheers, Steve.
Change from jealous to sad to reply.