Temple Meads
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Now the closest guess so far.
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150222
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Class 86?
Temple Meads
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Still on the right track.
Class 89?
Open floor if correct.
Open floor if correct.
gg1
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Class 81?
Temple Meads
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gg1
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As that was a random guess purely on the basis we running out of Electric locos....
Open floor
Out of interest in what way was the class 81 the first? It wasn't the first 25kv AC loco,that was the class 80.
Open floor
Out of interest in what way was the class 81 the first? It wasn't the first 25kv AC loco,that was the class 80.
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*We are similar to other classes of similar types.
*we have (an) unusual feature(s).
*we have (an) unusual feature(s).
Peter Mugridge
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And I never thought that "at least as old as privatisation" meant it was much older; I was looking for stuff from the early 1990s onwards! Nice one!
Class 81 was the first series production of BR AC electric locos whilst the 80 was a one off and didn't even start life as pure AC electric loco as it was gas-turbine powered originally!
Temple Meads
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Indeed, the 81 was the first class of AC electric loco's for the UK actually ordered as electric loco's.
gg1
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Is the floor open?
Temple Meads
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No, 150222 posted one about 5 posts ago.
northernrail
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A Pacer of some kind?
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Nope.
*We are similar to another class which you may not expect.
*We are similar to another class which you may not expect.
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Yep We look like networkers but are mechanically identical to 319's. Unusual features include the buckeye couplers to allow the EMU to couple directly to locomotives.
Open floor.
Ivo
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I'll take the floor if no-one objects... and tough if you do to be honest! 
Mechanically similar to several other classes but separated from them all by a substantial swathe of land, this until is another one to have been built during the post-Beeching BR era. Of the units it is related to, at least one has been subjected to several transferrals (or cascades) during its lifespan, and another is capable of several feats that the vast majority of units cannot achieve.
Mechanically similar to several other classes but separated from them all by a substantial swathe of land, this until is another one to have been built during the post-Beeching BR era. Of the units it is related to, at least one has been subjected to several transferrals (or cascades) during its lifespan, and another is capable of several feats that the vast majority of units cannot achieve.
gg1
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Class 314?
Class 318? - operates in Scotland.
Related to:
Class 317 - cascaded quite a few times
Class 319 - dual-voltage
Related to:
Class 317 - cascaded quite a few times
Class 319 - dual-voltage
Schnellzug
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I'll take the floor if no-one objects... and tough if you do to be honest!
Mechanically similar to several other classes but separated from them all by a substantial swathe of land, this until is another one to have been built during the post-Beeching BR era. Of the units it is related to, at least one has been subjected to several transferrals (or cascades) during its lifespan, and another is capable of several feats that the vast majority of units cannot achieve.
320, related to 321 & 322, the latter having moved around a lot.
What the feat might be, though, I wouldn't like to surmise.
Ivo
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Sorry, not been on much of late.
This was the answer I wanted. However, looking at it, I don't think I gave enough information to separate this from the 318, although its main relations are the 317 and the 455 (to the best of my knowledge anyway).
This was the answer I wanted. However, looking at it, I don't think I gave enough information to separate this from the 318, although its main relations are the 317 and the 455 (to the best of my knowledge anyway).
gg1
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open floor
Peter Mugridge
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I'll take it. And I'll give you an easy one.
There were not many of us but we were very fast indeed.
Our production run, still in heavy everyday use, does not operate on the line we ourselves were intended for, nor does it have our most notable pioneering feature.
There were not many of us but we were very fast indeed.
Our production run, still in heavy everyday use, does not operate on the line we ourselves were intended for, nor does it have our most notable pioneering feature.
gg1
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APT, the production run version being cl91 and mark 4s which lack the ability to tilt.
Peter Mugridge
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I said it was an easy one!
Your turn.
Your turn.
Nym
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373/3s NoL Eurostar Sets.
OK, Maybe not
OK, Maybe not
gg1
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This class boasts 2 firsts for a unit of this type.
It is the only unit of it’s type to have ever carried a particular livery.
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As this one is proving so popular I'll post another clue:
This is a class of EMU
Of the '2 firsts', one was a first for EMUs generally, the other was a first for this type of EMU (ie 750v DC or 25kv AC)
This is the only class of EMU of any type to carry the livery referred to.
It is the only unit of it’s type to have ever carried a particular livery.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
As this one is proving so popular I'll post another clue:
This is a class of EMU
Of the '2 firsts', one was a first for EMUs generally, the other was a first for this type of EMU (ie 750v DC or 25kv AC)
This is the only class of EMU of any type to carry the livery referred to.
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