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Title: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: PhilWakely on April 20, 2021, 09:20:36 I'm not sure whether this has been reported elsewhere? (https://railcolornews.com/2021/04/19/uk-railadventure-announces-new-uk-partnership-purchases-8-class-43-power-cars/)
Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: Phantom on April 20, 2021, 09:33:54 That colour scheme would take some getting used to
Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: caliwag on April 20, 2021, 11:35:24 I think it's a cool colour scheme. Are there any plans to electrify or make them accept hydrogen?
Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: Ralph Ayres on April 20, 2021, 11:42:32 I've read the article 3 times and still can't work out what they are going to use them for!
Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: eightonedee on April 20, 2021, 18:47:27 Insofar as I understand the article, it looks like a pair of power cars will haul a "multiple unit" - what type? An old Wessex Electric unit?
Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: Surrey 455 on April 20, 2021, 19:09:42 Why no yellow front?
I was under the impression that Crossrail trains don't need it because of the powerful light above the cab but these HST trains don't have that do they? I am guessing that my understanding is incorrect. Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: broadgage on April 20, 2021, 19:19:18 Retrofitting different lights is a relatively minor mater.
Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: Electric train on April 20, 2021, 19:20:17 Why no yellow front? I was under the impression that Crossrail trains don't need it because of the powerful light above the cab but these HST trains don't have that do they? I am guessing that my understanding is incorrect. The headlights on Class 43 are powerful enough. The yellow ends are next to useless when you are stood trackside, but the headlights even in the brightest of days you can see quite a long way off Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: Bmblbzzz on April 20, 2021, 19:41:55 I think it's a cool colour scheme. Are there any plans to electrify or make them accept hydrogen? Never mind hydrogen, given the Old Faithful in the title, I was expecting geothermal steam!Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: stuving on April 20, 2021, 19:56:11 Insofar as I understand the article, it looks like a pair of power cars will haul a "multiple unit" - what type? An old Wessex Electric unit? While it does look rather machine-translated, the text includes "test and transfer runs for the railway industry" and "coupling adapter and brake wagons". So their bread and butter business is dragging new stock from factory to new owners, often internationally, and perhaps in several stages. I'm less sure about the "tests" - I suspect they would be individual requirements and you'd need to be told about them. But no doubt there's some demand for hauling prototypes of new non-powered vehicles around one of those test ovals. Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: grahame on April 20, 2021, 22:46:37 I think it's a cool colour scheme. Are there any plans to electrify or make them accept hydrogen? I understand there's a mechanism inside like the one I posted a month or so back, but obviously sheltered against the weather: http://www.passenger.chat/patrick/spd06.png Title: Re: Another new use for Old Faithful ? Post by: CyclingSid on April 21, 2021, 07:08:50 http://www.passenger.chat/patrick/spd06.png (http://www.passenger.chat/patrick/spd06.png)
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