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April 24th 19, 09:55 PM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
On 23/04/2019 21:55, Recliner wrote:
wrote: On Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:09:03 UTC+1, Recliner wrote: wrote: 230004 entered service on the Bletchley - Bedford line today and here are a couple of shots of it at Millbrook this evening after a tip-off: https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...posted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...posted-public/ What do they sound like? A DMU or four Transit vans going past? Just a low purring noise. That's encouraging — they should be pretty quiet inside. Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM -- Basil Jet - Current favourite song... Spratleys Japs - Hands (Marc Riley session) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTFmVrE1WAc |
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April 24th 19, 10:19 PM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
Basil Jet wrote:
On 23/04/2019 21:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: On Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:09:03 UTC+1, Recliner wrote: wrote: 230004 entered service on the Bletchley - Bedford line today and here are a couple of shots of it at Millbrook this evening after a tip-off: https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...posted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...posted-public/ What do they sound like? A DMU or four Transit vans going past? Just a low purring noise. That's encouraging — they should be pretty quiet inside. Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM Thanks, I'm impressed, as Geoff was. I hope Vivarail gets a lot more orders for them. |
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April 25th 19, 08:47 AM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:19:02 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote: [snip] Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM Thanks, I'm impressed, as Geoff was. I hope Vivarail gets a lot more orders for them. I'm impressed too. It looks like a good exercise in recycling and reuse. Maybe Vivarail could make a better job of refurbishing HSTs than Wabtec. |
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#4
May 2nd 19, 11:06 PM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
In article , Recliner
scribeth thus Basil Jet wrote: On 23/04/2019 21:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: On Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:09:03 UTC+1, Recliner wrote: wrote: 230004 entered service on the Bletchley - Bedford line today and here are a couple of shots of it at Millbrook this evening after a tip-off: https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ What do they sound like? A DMU or four Transit vans going past? Just a low purring noise. That's encouraging — they should be pretty quiet inside. Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM Thanks, I'm impressed, as Geoff was. I hope Vivarail gets a lot more orders for them. Says on my PC vid unavailable on Firefox and chrome browsers!... -- Tony Sayer Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself. |
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#5
May 2nd 19, 11:08 PM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
tony sayer wrote:
In article , Recliner scribeth thus Basil Jet wrote: On 23/04/2019 21:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: On Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:09:03 UTC+1, Recliner wrote: wrote: 230004 entered service on the Bletchley - Bedford line today and here are a couple of shots of it at Millbrook this evening after a tip-off: https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ What do they sound like? A DMU or four Transit vans going past? Just a low purring noise. That's encouraging — they should be pretty quiet inside. Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM Thanks, I'm impressed, as Geoff was. I hope Vivarail gets a lot more orders for them. Says on my PC vid unavailable on Firefox and chrome browsers!... Keep reading the thread. |
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May 2nd 19, 11:13 PM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
On 03/05/2019 00:06, tony sayer wrote:
In article , Recliner scribeth thus Basil Jet wrote: On 23/04/2019 21:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: On Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:09:03 UTC+1, Recliner wrote: wrote: 230004 entered service on the Bletchley - Bedford line today and here are a couple of shots of it at Millbrook this evening after a tip-off: https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ What do they sound like? A DMU or four Transit vans going past? Just a low purring noise. That's encouraging — they should be pretty quiet inside. Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM Thanks, I'm impressed, as Geoff was. I hope Vivarail gets a lot more orders for them. Says on my PC vid unavailable on Firefox and chrome browsers!... It's rather fitting to see complaints from the past refurbished and redeployed... -- Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to Art Brut - 2007 - It's A Bit Complicated |
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May 3rd 19, 07:53 AM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
On 03/05/2019 00:06, tony sayer wrote:
In article , Recliner scribeth thus Basil Jet wrote: On 23/04/2019 21:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: On Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:09:03 UTC+1, Recliner wrote: wrote: 230004 entered service on the Bletchley - Bedford line today and here are a couple of shots of it at Millbrook this evening after a tip-off: https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ What do they sound like? A DMU or four Transit vans going past? Just a low purring noise. That's encouraging — they should be pretty quiet inside. Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM Thanks, I'm impressed, as Geoff was. I hope Vivarail gets a lot more orders for them. Says on my PC vid unavailable on Firefox and chrome browsers!... Last week called - they want their comment back. |
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May 3rd 19, 08:30 AM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
In message , at 00:06:37 on Fri, 3 May
2019, tony sayer remarked: In article , Recliner scribeth thus Basil Jet wrote: On 23/04/2019 21:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: On Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:09:03 UTC+1, Recliner wrote: wrote: 230004 entered service on the Bletchley - Bedford line today and here are a couple of shots of it at Millbrook this evening after a tip-off: https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...in/dateposted- public/ What do they sound like? A DMU or four Transit vans going past? Just a low purring noise. That's encouraging — they should be pretty quiet inside. Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM Thanks, I'm impressed, as Geoff was. I hope Vivarail gets a lot more orders for them. Says on my PC vid unavailable on Firefox and chrome browsers!... New version at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg0-kA49lNc -- Roland Perry |
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April 25th 19, 08:53 AM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
"Basil Jet" wrote in message
... On 23/04/2019 21:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: On Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:09:03 UTC+1, Recliner wrote: wrote: 230004 entered service on the Bletchley - Bedford line today and here are a couple of shots of it at Millbrook this evening after a tip-off: https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...posted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/605390...posted-public/ What do they sound like? A DMU or four Transit vans going past? Just a low purring noise. That's encouraging — they should be pretty quiet inside. Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM Interesting that they've kept the sideways seats and the large amount of standing room between them, which are more appropriate for a service with a large number of closely-spaced stations (London Underground style) and haven't converted *both* carriages to transverse 2+2 seating. Good that there are some high-backed seats; shame that they are not all like that. Despite the conversion, they still look and feel like tube trains, as far as I can gather from Geoff's video. They still sound like tube trains, due to the characteristic noise of the traction motors (obviously overlaid with the throb of a diesel engine to generate the power). I see that the fuel consumption is a lot less than for a Pacer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_230 says "Vivarail has claimed that the fuel consumption is roughly 0.5 litre per car per mile; this is about half the fuel consumption of a Pacer." I wonder what the ride is like compared with a) a Pacer, with its lack of swivelling bogies, b) a Sprinter 158 or a 185. Let's hope it doesn't have the crap ride of the 455s that I used to endure on the Waterloo-Bracknell line - they are arguably even worse than Pacers (discuss!). |
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April 25th 19, 06:32 PM
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D trains in service for the first time today - 23-4-19
On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:55:16 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote: Geoff Marshall's video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSn5_2TWcM Not available. |
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