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No pictures, unfortunately, of the cab.

http://www.railmagazine.com/news/201...ock/image/7987


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On Tuesday, 25 August 2015 18:20:26 UTC+1, wrote:
No pictures, unfortunately, of the cab.

http://www.railmagazine.com/news/201...ock/image/7987


They are almost unrecognizable. They look good in green and yellow.
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:20:25 +0100
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No pictures, unfortunately, of the cab.

http://www.railmagazine.com/news/201...ng-on-first-co
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Its certainly no looker.

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On 25/08/2015 18:20, wrote:
No pictures, unfortunately, of the cab.

http://www.railmagazine.com/news/201...ock/image/7987


I assume the door in this shot will not be in use:
http://www.railmagazine.com/news/2015/08/24/vivarail-begins-testing-on-first-converted-d-stock/image/7985

I recall reading they were going to keep the internal design
configuration flexible so things could be changed around easily in the
future, which I guess would explain it.
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On 26/08/2015 09:14, y wrote:

On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:20:25 +0100
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No pictures, unfortunately, of the cab.

http://www.railmagazine.com/news/201...ock/image/7987

Its certainly no looker.


Looks like much needed additional passenger capacity to me.


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On 26/08/2015 12:04, Mizter T wrote:

On 25/08/2015 18:20, wrote:
No pictures, unfortunately, of the cab.

http://www.railmagazine.com/news/201...ock/image/7987



I assume the door in this shot will not be in use:
http://www.railmagazine.com/news/2015/08/24/vivarail-begins-testing-on-first-converted-d-stock/image/7985



Or could be a throwback to the old Southern Region 4-VEPs?


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On 26/08/2015 12:16, Graeme Wall wrote:

On 26/08/2015 12:04, Mizter T wrote:

I assume the door in this shot will not be in use:
http://www.railmagazine.com/news/2015/08/24/vivarail-begins-testing-on-first-converted-d-stock/image/7985


Or could be a throwback to the old Southern Region 4-VEPs?


That was my first thought, but the doorway seems a bit too wide for that.
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On 26/08/2015 12:21, Mizter T wrote:

On 26/08/2015 12:16, Graeme Wall wrote:

On 26/08/2015 12:04, Mizter T wrote:

I assume the door in this shot will not be in use:
http://www.railmagazine.com/news/2015/08/24/vivarail-begins-testing-on-first-converted-d-stock/image/7985


Or could be a throwback to the old Southern Region 4-VEPs?


That was my first thought, but the doorway seems a bit too wide for that.


The sort of services they seem to be aimed at won't need quite such
speedy loading as London so I assume they've actually disabled the inner
two sets of doors each side. Cheaper and, as you say, leaves them with
options for the future.

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On 2015\08\26 08:48, Offramp wrote:
On Tuesday, 25 August 2015 18:20:26 UTC+1, wrote:
No pictures, unfortunately, of the cab.

http://www.railmagazine.com/news/201...ock/image/7987


They are almost unrecognizable. They look good in green and yellow.


No. They look terrible.

If the green on the front was black, they'd look good. In fact they'd
look like Darth Vader sucking a lemon, which would be v. good.



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