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Title: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: grahame on November 19, 2018, 16:39:59 From a comment in another post where I was quoting - "The last slam door train did not leave Waterloo until 2005". Set me thinking - what dates for other termini? Can anyone help me fill this in?
Fenchurch Street Liverpool Street Old Street King's Cross St Pancras Euston Baker Street Marylebone Paddington - 2019 Victoria Charing Cross Waterloo - 2005 Blackfriars Canon Street London Bridge Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: ChrisB on November 19, 2018, 16:40:48 Paddington isn't right!
Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: grahame on November 19, 2018, 16:43:18 Paddington isn't right! Estimate - when do you think? Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: Adelante_CCT on November 19, 2018, 19:01:15 Perhaps ChrisB was thinking of traditional slam door units such as those on the Southern region, as a thing from MK III carriages
Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: The Tall Controller on November 19, 2018, 22:08:37 The sleeper service will prolong Paddington's observation of slam door stock in use
Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: JayMac on November 19, 2018, 22:50:09 And, of course, any definitive dates for Waterloo and Marylebone will need qualifying.
Both have seen slam door stock in scheduled passenger service in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: brooklea on November 20, 2018, 07:42:34 And of course, Marylebone still has slam door stock scheduled every weekday, as it has had for several years now.
Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: LiskeardRich on November 20, 2018, 09:28:41 Anywhere with HST services of course are still ongoing.
Aren’t there more Waterloo diversions coming up? Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: The Tall Controller on November 20, 2018, 11:33:25 Nothing in the foreseeable future
Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: ChrisB on November 20, 2018, 16:12:52 Paddington isn't right!/quote] Estimate - when do you think? The sleeper service will prolong Paddington's observation of slam door stock in use that's what I was thinking of.... also.... And of course, Marylebone still has slam door stock scheduled every weekday, as it has had for several years now. The one set of Mk3s isn't being converted as too expensive, so 2019 for Marylebone. Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: eightonedee on November 20, 2018, 21:27:20 I've just checked Steam Dreams' website. They still seem to be running excursions from almost all London terminals, presumably all still using West Coast mark 1 and 2 stock, so perhaps the answer will be whenever health and safety legislation bans their use?
Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: eightf48544 on November 21, 2018, 10:38:33 I though the last true everyday slam door stock on SWT were the 4VEPs for the Lymington branch Now worked by diesels as the newer electric units take too long to reboot on reversal. A couple of coaches of which are on the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway.
An interesting set is the London Transport liveried 4TC set Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: paul7575 on November 21, 2018, 10:59:02 I though the last true everyday slam door stock on SWT were the 4VEPs for the Lymington branch Now worked by diesels as the newer electric units take too long to reboot on reversal. The rebooting time problem was solved years ago, otherwise the 450s wouldn’t have been operating at weekends ever since the VEPs left. They’ll be 450s 7/7 from the December timetable change. The 158s were used during the week to allow the 450s to be used for mainline capacity.Paul Title: Re: When did the last slammers leave? Post by: eightf48544 on November 22, 2018, 11:01:58 Paul thanks for the update. Hadm't heard about 450s at weekends.
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