QUOTE: Originally posted by cogload I must admit to having a few palpitations watching: 1 engine powered up HST engine climbing the 1/60 bank in the leaf fall from a standing start on the down to PNZ. Voyagers are worse. Sometime ago, when the single line was still extant from Probus the last HST of the eve failed approaching; crawled in at 30 and just made the bank at around 3MPH. I have a tail light camera and was watching with some trepidation. There was an amused Voyager driver watching from my Inner Home as the chaos ensued!
QUOTE: Given their Route Availability Number of 5, as opposed to that of 8 for the class 67's (default loco for charters nowadays) an HST can not only go places a 67 can't (such as Mallaig, Pwllheli - are you listening charter operators !) but will incur lower access charges.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Simon Reed Is that Dore Hugh?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by owlsroost QUOTE: Given their Route Availability Number of 5, as opposed to that of 8 for the class 67's (default loco for charters nowadays) an HST can not only go places a 67 can't (such as Mallaig, Pwllheli - are you listening charter operators !) but will incur lower access charges. As far as I know, the problem with using HST's for charters isn't power car Route Availability, it's the C3 profile passenger car clearances - so they can only run on routes cleared for HST/Mk3 running (i.e. their current/old stomping grounds plus approved diversionary routes). In reality this is most of the system, but I suspect Mallaig and Pwllheli are probably out of reach. Tony P.S. Nice photo Hugh [:)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tulyar15 I've seen the MTU enginedd power cars in service a number of times and they are amazingly quiet. Mind you, I've yet to see how they cope with some of the banks west of Exeter. According to a report in yesterday's "Independant" newspapers FirstGroup are not only putting on extra services on the new Greater Western franchise but they'll be paying a premium to the the government of £100 million per annum. Given that the Wessex services are part of what was the Regional sector of BR (which required subsidy) I shall be interested to see if they manage to achieve their financial targets.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Simon Reed I was talking with a man who knows yesterday. Yes, the whole lot of the GW power cars are being MTU'd.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Simon Reed I was talking with a man who knows yesterday. Yes, the whole lot of the GW power cars are being MTU'd. He also suggested that GNER will be taking on more sets soon, with at least three to be strategically positioned as Thunderbirds each day. A further bit of speculation he raised, relevant to this thread a couple of pages ago, is that one of the stored Freightliner 57's is to be used as a testbed to see if there's a means of improving the EDHP from an EMD645 unit, and also to see if the adhesion problems on 66's can be addressed.
QUOTE: Didn't the Ruston engine have a maximum RPM of about 1100?
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