On Dec 16, 12:42*am, Mizter T wrote:
On Dec 15, 10:53*pm, MIG wrote:





On Dec 15, 6:10*pm, "Mizter T" wrote:

"Recliner" wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote:

The 'official' terminology used by the DLR/ TfL (for better or for
worse) refers to an individual articulated vehicle as a "carriage",
so the long trains are "three-carriage trains" - see:
http://developments.dlr.co.uk/enhanc...city/index.asp

That said it's easy enough to work out what someone is talking about
if they were to refer to 2-car, 3-car, 4-car or 6-car DLR trains.

You and I may think it's clear enough, but Railway Herald managed to get
totally confused, and announced that the extended DLR trains consisted of
two, three-segment vehicles, rather than three two-segment vehicles.. In
other words, they thought that the extension consisted of new intermediate
trailer segments (which have left the trains severely under-powered). And
I also remember a discussion here about whether the trains were even
articulated.

I think I'll pass on travelling on a non-articulated vehicle on the DLR -
the result could be rather messy!

I think the question was to do with how many bogies there are, and
there are three per "carriage" rather than four.

Er, which question?

The discussion about whether the trains were even articulated. I
think someone said that if what appear to be two cars have a shared
bogie in the middle, then it's right to call them single vehicles than
a unit of two (although that's still how I see them).

"MIG" wrote in message

On Dec 16, 12:42 am, Mizter T wrote:
On Dec 15, 10:53 pm, MIG wrote:





On Dec 15, 6:10 pm, "Mizter T" wrote:

"Recliner" wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote:

The 'official' terminology used by the DLR/ TfL (for better or
for worse) refers to an individual articulated vehicle as a
"carriage", so the long trains are "three-carriage trains" - see:
http://developments.dlr.co.uk/enhanc...city/index.asp

That said it's easy enough to work out what someone is talking
about if they were to refer to 2-car, 3-car, 4-car or 6-car DLR
trains.

You and I may think it's clear enough, but Railway Herald managed
to get totally confused, and announced that the extended DLR
trains consisted of two, three-segment vehicles, rather than
three two-segment vehicles. In other words, they thought that the
extension consisted of new intermediate trailer segments (which
have left the trains severely under-powered). And I also remember
a discussion here about whether the trains were even articulated.

I think I'll pass on travelling on a non-articulated vehicle on
the DLR - the result could be rather messy!

I think the question was to do with how many bogies there are, and
there are three per "carriage" rather than four.

Er, which question?

The discussion about whether the trains were even articulated. I
think someone said that if what appear to be two cars have a shared
bogie in the middle, then it's right to call them single vehicles than
a unit of two (although that's still how I see them).

It was worse than that. Someone unearthed a manufacturer's artist's
impression that appeared to show four axles in the middle of the
carriage, which suggested two bogies. This was, of course, an error by
the artist, but as you can't easily see the bogies, thanks to the side
skirts, some people assumed that as the sketch came from the
manufacturer, it must be correct.

On Dec 16, 7:55 am, MIG wrote:

On Dec 16, 12:42 am, Mizter T wrote:

On Dec 15, 10:53 pm, MIG wrote:

On Dec 15, 6:10 pm, "Mizter T" wrote:

"Recliner" wrote:
[...] And I also remember a discussion here about whether the trains
were
were even articulated.

I think I'll pass on travelling on a non-articulated vehicle on the
DLR -
the result could be rather messy!

I think the question was to do with how many bogies there are, and
there are three per "carriage" rather than four.

Er, which question?

The discussion about whether the trains were even articulated. I
think someone said that if what appear to be two cars have a shared
bogie in the middle, then it's right to call them single vehicles than
a unit of two (although that's still how I see them).

OK, understood your comments referred back to that previous discussion
(cited by Recliner) which I vaguely remember!

Agree that I see them as a unit of two too.

When was the last time that a single vehicle (single carriage) train ran on
the DLR?

On Dec 16, 1:03*pm, "Mizter T" wrote:
On Dec 16, 7:55 am, MIG wrote:





On Dec 16, 12:42 am, Mizter T wrote:

On Dec 15, 10:53 pm, MIG wrote:

On Dec 15, 6:10 pm, "Mizter T" wrote:

"Recliner" wrote:
[...] And I also remember a discussion here about whether the trains
were
were even articulated.

I think I'll pass on travelling on a non-articulated vehicle on the
DLR -
the result could be rather messy!

I think the question was to do with how many bogies there are, and
there are three per "carriage" rather than four.

Er, which question?

The discussion about whether the trains were even articulated. *I
think someone said that if what appear to be two cars have a shared
bogie in the middle, then it's right to call them single vehicles than
a unit of two (although that's still how I see them).

OK, understood your comments referred back to that previous discussion
(cited by Recliner) which I vaguely remember!

Agree that I see them as a unit of two too.

When was the last time that a single vehicle (single carriage) train ran on
the DLR?


Hmm. Can't answer if it's a question but, if it's a quiz, can I guess
1999?

In article ,
(Mizter T) wrote:

When was the last time that a single vehicle (single carriage)
train ran on the DLR?

Never?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Dec 17, 12:10*am, wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
When was the last time that a single vehicle (single carriage)
train ran on the DLR?

Never?

Is most definitely the wrong answer!

In article
,
(Mizter T) wrote:

On Dec 17, 12:10*am, wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
When was the last time that a single vehicle (single carriage)
train ran on the DLR?

Never?

Is most definitely the wrong answer!

There has never been a non-articulated vehicle in passenger service there,
though?

--
Colin Rosenstiel