I once had a piss out of the window of a 'Thumper' DMU on the line to Uckfield.
I don't think I ever went on one of them! Weren't there some strange DEMU/EMU cobbled together hybrids called Tadpoles at one point?
The Big Four railway companies: which was the best?
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I don't think I ever went on one of them! Weren't there some strange DEMU/EMU cobbled together hybrids called Tadpoles at one point?
And I'll raise you a Western.
Typical Western Region - determined to carry on the GWR's independent spirit even when it meant designing diesel-hydraulic locos that were an expensive pain in the arse to maintain. Good-looking things, though.
Ewwww...horrible thing. With it's dodgy, accident-causing battery case doors
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Spion
I hear ya
Roadkill, you have a fine taste in diesels. Great memories of those two types, particularly the noise, with the Delly probably the winner.
*scurries off to see if there's a sound file on the net*
Dunno! I'd love to know though!
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
Double decker SR EMU
Bulleid's handiwork again
Strangely staggered upper and lower compartments - there's a cutaway illustration on a preservation site for the two surviving driving coaches.
http://members.tripod.com/~dart75/bddscut.htm
Badly. It was too cramped inside thanks to the tight British loading gauge and it took too long to get passengers in and out at stations, which is why the idea of double-deck trains was abandoned.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Bulleid's handiwork again
Strangely staggered upper and lower compartments - there's a cutaway illustration on a preservation site for the two surviving driving coaches.
http://members.tripod.com/~dart75/bddscut.htm
Wow. That is quite an ingenious section. Looks like you'd have to walk through the lower compartment to get to/from the upper one if the plaform was on the side that the drawing is viewed from, though. I can see how that would cause problems with loading times.
Looks pretty cool inside though:
19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
Sorry but the Glasgow Blue Electric Trains by our own British Rail were the best. You could sit behind the driver and see out the glass partition to the cab and the railway ahead.
http://www.jhowie.force9.co.uk/303tributepage1.htm
http://www.jhowie.force9.co.uk/303tributepage1.htm
Love it! Good post !
Yeah , I was wondering what had gone wrong with the front and rear bogie on th elast carriage !
Bulleid's handiwork again
Strangely staggered upper and lower compartments - there's a cutaway illustration on a preservation site for the two surviving driving coaches.
http://members.tripod.com/~dart75/bddscut.htm
you could fart on the head of the person below you and THEY'D NEVER KNOW 
davesgcr
Reading books
Well - as the great S E Parkhouse* would say "you have made all made good points"
What a seam of controversy we have raised
The Southern 4DD stock were very claustrophobic , hot and prone to unfortunate social events worse than fart smells !
That beast of a 4SUB with headcode 6 (empties to Clapham Yard) bring back the memories - I once drove one as an empty train and struggled to get 70mph - but a real basic workhorse with true character - too much brake application too early and you used the air up quicker than the compressors could recharge so thats how some of them ended up running out of railway at W H Smiths in Victoria. Proper battleship trains they were - along with the much missed 501 sets on the North London Line and the DC.
Not just totally GWR focused see ....
*Parkhouse was the Chief Operating Officer after 1948 - you can see him in the BTF film "Train Time" (highly recccomended)
What a seam of controversy we have raised
The Southern 4DD stock were very claustrophobic , hot and prone to unfortunate social events worse than fart smells !
That beast of a 4SUB with headcode 6 (empties to Clapham Yard) bring back the memories - I once drove one as an empty train and struggled to get 70mph - but a real basic workhorse with true character - too much brake application too early and you used the air up quicker than the compressors could recharge so thats how some of them ended up running out of railway at W H Smiths in Victoria. Proper battleship trains they were - along with the much missed 501 sets on the North London Line and the DC.
Not just totally GWR focused see ....
*Parkhouse was the Chief Operating Officer after 1948 - you can see him in the BTF film "Train Time" (highly recccomended)
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I thought the compressors recharge brakes to the "off" position - ie fail safe - so wouldn't that mean the train would stop too soon rather than in WH Smiths?
ETA: Oh I think I see what you mean- the drivers would be reluctant to use the brakes too early and end up using them too late instead.
Double decker trains are popular in Poland and Germany, even the latest desgins.
In Australia and Netherlands too.
And of course 2 railways that weren't directly in the Big Four:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_and_Great_Northern_Joint_Railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway
In Australia and Netherlands too.
And of course 2 railways that weren't directly in the Big Four:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_and_Great_Northern_Joint_Railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway
davesgcr
Reading books
4 SUB units didnt have the compressor power of other units - let alone a dual reserve reservoir system that other more modern units had like the 4EPB that followed - main brake pipe was the only thing you had - so you could drain the brakes early - still be moving - with no reserve air to stop ! 
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