jonty14
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Has anyone any info on these coaches sent to Switzerland for test with SIG?
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Mk 3 sleepers used in Switzerland.
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Philip Phlopp
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I don't remember any coaches going to Switzerland, I can only remember SIG bogies being trialled under 12140 (as well as the early/prototype T4 bogie) and that was all UK testing.
theblackwatch
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Three Sleepers went to Switzerland in the 1990s.
gimmea50anyday
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They made an EMU out of the carriages. thats all i can remember
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Vehicles 10581/673/705 were exported around 1993/4 and were converted to a tilting test train for SIG's tilting bogie design. The results from this saw this design used for SBB's Class 500 ICN units.
jonty14
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Thanks for the replies everyone.
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Very short-sighted IMO. Should've at least stuck some Transit engines underneath and made a bi-mode unit!
(Though as Switzerland has very little unelectrified track, perhaps not...)
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