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Recent content by CP165

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    Great Western Livery

    For those who may not know, I'm on 165110 now and it does have air cooling equipment fitted. It retains hopper windows but they all have locks on them.
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    Ideas for future use of Cross Country Voyagers if they are displaced

    The only place I could see them going is to East Midlands to replace the HSTs instead of ordering bi-modes, perhaps with a full refurbishment and even software replacement to make them compatible with Meridians. Other than that, maybe the 221s have tilt reinstated and sent to West Coast and the...
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates

    As a compromise, you could have door buttons on the outer edge of the door as per 165/166s Sent from my SM-A300FU using Tapatalk
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    GWR Turbo cascade progress to Bristol region services

    I suppose you could always replace the 'third' seat with a small luggage rack or something. Doubt it will happen though. Sent from my SM-A300FU using Tapatalk
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    GWR Turbo cascade progress to Bristol region services

    Regarding the 166s, is the existing air-con system being replaced by Chiltern-style air-cooling, or is it just the 165s being fitted? Also when the 166s are converted to 2+2 seating, will there still be some 2+3 over the coolant units (I think) in the centre of each coach? Sent from my...
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    GWR Class 800

    Does anyone know what's happening regarding GWR livery? Will vinyl be used or will they eventually paint them all?
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    Class 345 progress

    345 undergoing climatic wind tunnel tests in Austria. Photo courtesy of TfL. They must have to insulate the open gangway really well to conduct the testing!
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    GWR Class 800

    For those interested I came across this video of 800101 departing Stevenage on AC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIP3k8K5eHQ Not my video, credit 'railnet' There's also a 373 set at the beginning heading for scrap :(
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    Class 387

    Saw a 387 with GWR branding as I passed North Pole earlier today. Must say it looked pretty darn good.
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    New Tube for London

    That won't happen, the trains are needed fairly quickly, before the first NTFL train even enters service. They also need to be similar to the existing Northern and Jubilee line trains for compatibility, especially on the Jubilee with the Platform Edge Doors in the new section. The additional...
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    GWR Class 800

    Ditto!
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    GWR West Fleet IEP Cascade Update

    I may be wrong but reading the small piece on this in Modern Railways the wording seems to suggest that rather than lopping the ends of the coach off, the door aperture will be cut into a bigger, standard size and then a standard door module slotted in place.
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    AirCon vs Opening Windows

    It depends. I find trains with decent AC are still always too warm in this country. When I travel in Europe the trains seem to have the temperature set lower which means the AC works harder but it's far more comfortable.
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    Trial of of paper receipts for tickets issued on board the train

    Northern Ireland is somewhere I see as ideal to implement smart ticketing with its relatively small, uncomplicated, self - contained network. A smart card covering trains and buses, all of which operate under Translink (I think), could be very doable
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    Thameslink/ Class 700 Progress

    The new IEP/AT300 trains use the same locking mechanism as on the 395s whereby the door is pushed against the body to form a seal, but on the IEPs/AT300s as the train slows down (5mph and under I think?) this seal is released so that the doors can open quickly when the train has stopped. It was...
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