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Unit was robbed of parts while it awaited repair of the cab front fibreglass damage caused by the fatality. Now that’s repaired there sadly arent enough parts to get it running again at the moment.

The 717's are fitted with Tripcocks for the NCL. The tripcock is positioned infront of the first wheel axle, whereas on 313's it's just after. Unlike 313's, it's totally electronic and the onboard computer initiates the brake demand. GN 313's have a speed limiting switch controlled by the WSP...

I went to a ticket machine this morning and checked the discount applied. I noticed it said Priv TFL . My PTAC does not have a national rail logo, and in fact it says "Not valid on National Rail Services". But im wondering since i have a 75% Priv discount card for National Rail, would that mean...

Is the Priv card applied seperately to the PTAC? I had a new oyster recently and it took a couple of attempts to get someone to apply the PTAC discount and i assumed it would cover both. I dont know if they have to go into another screen on the ticket machine or whether its a combined option...

The 717's have tripcocks unlike the other 7xx units and i'm not sure when the tunnel to moorgate will have more up to date signalling.

Hello there, Since 2011 i have a PTAC discount applied to my oyster. From my understanding, this discount is applied on (most?) national rail services where you can use an oyster card. When i used it on SouthEastern years ago whilst working under a different franchise, i recall the discount...

Yes, they switch on when one of the green handles for the emergency exit is pulled.

The RT got sent away for repair

Is that the apprenticeship? Couldnt find anything else on the VTEC website, but would also be interested if theres anyone on here who works in Edinburgh or Aberdeen.

Only the seats have been swapped around as 1st class seat backs have velcro to attach the antimacassar. Apart from the pattern they are same as standard.

First class has been rearranged. It has swapped sections with standard class on the driving coach. This means that the first set of doors behind the cab will bring you into standard class.

I think this one might be up for early retirement!

Class 313 trains use a lot of contactors and relays which of course have mechanical moving parts and these can deteriorate in performance over time. They are regularly checked on exams. The class 313 was designed and built in the 70's and there were no micro processor systems built in. The wheel...

No, because it would have to be a specially calibrated ISO 9000998 smart phone, using already outdated technology and costing £20,000 each. :lol: --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Unfortunately i dont know the details of all the common faults but cards do get swapped out and get...

AC motors are controlled by varying the frequency of the chopper control (the voltage is turned on and off rapidly to produce an average in simple terms). Perhaps they just use that for drivers coming off old rolling stock? On each driving end of a 365 is a power rack that has a multitude of...