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Title: Short or long swing links? Post by: grahame on March 06, 2019, 11:09:36 Are the remaining HSTs fitted with long swing link or short swing link bogies? What about the Castle Class trains GW01/02/03?
Title: Re: Short or long swing links? Post by: bobm on March 06, 2019, 14:21:06 I know you can't always rely on the coach ends - but GW01 would appear to have at least one SSL.
(http://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/hstssl.jpg) Title: Re: Short or long swing links? Post by: Timmer on March 06, 2019, 18:14:57 I would have thought that a Castle Class HST would be ideal for the Summer extra Bristol to Weymouth. Was that why you were asking Graham?
Title: Re: Short or long swing links? Post by: grahame on March 06, 2019, 18:23:27 I would have thought that a Castle Class HST would be ideal for the Summer extra Bristol to Weymouth. Was that why you were asking Graham? No. But as I wrote recently, somewhere, suggestions from others building on a thought are often even better than the original idea. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |