The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Andy in Germany]

20 years earlier than that
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/11/castle-hsts-to-be-withdrawn-by-great-western-railway.html

It says a lot for the HST Design team that those trains are still considered high quality people cans 40 odd years after they were designed.

 

[robjh]

20 years earlier than that
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/11/castle-hsts-to-be-withdrawn-by-great-western-railway.html

Yes I'd seen that too, so I was pleased to have the chance to see one, if not ride on it, before they disappear. It was always clear anyway that they were only a stopgap solution due to their age, but it was nice such an icon of British railways having a few more years of life.

 

[DCBassman]

It says a lot for the HST Design team that those trains are still considered high quality people cans 40 odd years after they were designed.

They are, still, the fastest diesel people cans ever built! Must be even nippier with two power cars and only 4 coaches.

 

[Mike_P]

But are they speed limited due to the lesser braking available from the coaches.

 

[Jameshow]

But are they speed limited due to the lesser braking available from the coaches.

Don't the power cars have enough braking for themselves and each coach likewise??

 

[Mike_P]

Maybe but a 47 on a reduced length coach set was speed limited.

 

[Paulus]

Sir Nigel passing Oakleigh Park on it's old stamping ground this morning on it's way to Lincoln.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This;
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/1...resley-to-visit-lincolnshire-this-friday.html

 

[BrumJim]

Don't the power cars have enough braking for themselves and each coach likewise??

No. One of the quirks of the HSTs. The locos are heavy, but I assume that the traction motors take up the space so that they can't fit additional brake discs on the axles, relying only on the wheel-mounted discs. I could be wrong, though.

 

[Paulus]

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Sir Nigel passing Oakleigh Park on it's old stamping ground this morning on it's way to Lincoln.

Tomorrow, Saturday 3rd December the Duchess will be passing Oakleigh Park at about the same time, also going to Lincoln. Photos to follow.

 

[DCBassman]

But are they speed limited due to the lesser braking available from the coaches.

Wasn't really thinking about top speed, but increased oomph due to 6 cars less weight in the set!

 

[Paulus]

Not a good photo, but The Duchess passing through Oakleigh Park this morning.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Class 185 running through Emmendingen yesterday towards Freiburg and Switzerland. These are dual voltage locomotives for use in Germany and Switzerland and I expect France, although I'll have to look that up.

Blur due to filthy weather and incompetent photographer.

 

[Paulus]

A good friend of mine was in Germany recently and came across this beauty.
1 of only three left.

 

[Andy in Germany]

A good friend of mine was in Germany recently and came across this beauty.
1 of only three left.
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Those really look beautiful in that colour scheme.

I used to know an engine driver who drove the first class 103 hauled train from Karlsruhe to Switzerland.