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    Scotrail HSTs - 4-5 years in

    Really? At least a Sprinter cab has some metal in it above the solebar...
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    Why are trains so poorly built and full of so many problems and faults these days?

    From people driving them it's been anything but smooth. A lot of software and brake issues throughout testing and into service, for a time the use of the direct air brake and the tempomat was banned, they seem to be settling down now though. Certainly not Siemens' best work of recent years.
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    Why are trains so poorly built and full of so many problems and faults these days?

    Desiro HC says hi! It's also not like Desiro City didn't suffer from some significant software trouble in testing and into service, but it didn't get anywhere near the publicity CAf/Hitachi/Alstom's woes have.
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    How can the railway speed up introduction of new trains into service, from delivery of the first one to getting enough crews trained to start service?

    I can assure you it doesn't! Current aircraft manufacturers all do things very differently to one another, cockpits, handling and procedures all vary hugely from aircraft to aircraft (sometimes even within a manufacturer's lineup) with potentially hundreds of hours required to learn a new...
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    Opinions on Class 80x trains vs HSTs?

    AT300 is designed to and has run at (and beyond) 140mph, streamlining of components and sliding pocket doors aren't an issue at the speed required and the bogies haven't given any problems? Mk4s were hated for their ride quality when introduced and personally I don't find them overly special...
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    Class 730 LNR & WMR Delivery/test Updates

    The 3-car units are mostly to replace 323s, the 5-cars are replacing 350/2s on longer work.
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    Class 175s: Post Wales & Borders Franchise future?

    158885 had the ZF transmission removed quite a while ago now. It was very unreliable compared to the Voith. It was still hydraulic aswell rather than mechanical. The SWR aircon seems to work most of the time, but I think they were replacements anyway.
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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    Anyone know what was on 3S95 Inverness TC to Inverness TC last night?
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    377/6

    thanks for that link compared to any other 377 subclass they are actually clean:wink:
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    377/6

    Are there any pictures of these units in passenger service?
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    377/6

    Also, where do these units get tested? As there are a few booked paths from derby adtranz to old dalby and back.
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    Rtt shows that last night there was a train booked to run from derby to selhurst. Any ideas?
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