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2009 Stock loading gauge
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:00:30 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote: On Apr 9, 5:57*pm, Mr Thant wrote: On 9 Apr, 15:47, Boltar wrote: Is this true? It seems a strange thing to do. If it is , how much larger are they? Yes, it's true. They're a couple of inches taller and each train is a few feet longer. Trains rarely need to leave their home line, though I have heard talk of seeing if they can be squeezed down the Piccadilly Line. How silly to build a train that can't be moved on to another line for whatever reason. I had no appreciation that this nonsense had been sneaked through. Ah, so is it maybe more to do with the tightness of bends rather than the width? Would the 1973 stock already not be able to get round, say, the Bakerloo, which is very bendy? Don't know about the Bakerloo line but the 73 stock had a tight squeeze when they first put a unit through the Picc Line. The twists and turns at South Ken caused some problems apparently. Adjustments to the car ends had to be made so I am told. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
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