On speaking to a very helpful member of staff I was advised it was 013 not 003. I believe 003 is still at Old Dalby. I was also told 010 & 018 were in the other shed which was not open to the public. If this is correct it would account for all complete sets ie 001, 003 to 016 and 018. I say this on the basis that 003 & 004 being at Old Dalby and 008 & 009 at Derby/MML driver training. Happy to be corrected.
That's does make sense!
Is it known whether this was a single set or 03 and 04 working in multiple as on the last mainline outing on 8th September? Also whether on diesel or electric power under the wires of the southern MML? Thanks.
I am guessing a joke based on the astronomical time between ordering and entry into service of both fleets when compared to say the construction of an entire railway between London and Bristol 200 years ago.
Avanti's 805/807s we're subject to a combination of running on the East Coast (out of Hitachi's Factory) followed by some running out of Wembley on the West Coast under Freight/GBRF headcodes before they started operating under Avanti's Headcodes
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I suspect that each unit will have to do it's "Fault Free Running", which I think is 1000 miles without any faults. If a fault occurs the clock goes back to zero and you start again !
The required fault free running distance is specific to individual contracts, it’s possibly unwise to generalise. I’ve seen anywhere between 500 and 5000 miles mentioned in earlier threads about a variety of stock, and it’s often been said that the first units accepted will have to do far more miles than later units in a series.
Class 810 is not the same train as the Class 80x fleets. It’s been totally re-engineered to meet the vastly more onerous performance and packaging requirements for EMR.
The class 810 is a totally new train compared to any previous 8XX trains.
Well, the EMR units are shorter in length and are required to operate at the same speed on diesel as on electric. The ECML is, for the most part, flat and straight, whilst the MML is curvy and has hills like Sharnbrook. Maybe stations closer together, more congestion with other trains with differing performance such as Thameslink, local passenger and freight.
I no doubt this but BR faced the same challenges, if not worse, when it bought diesels to the main line yet locos exited the works and were in use in a matter of weeks from being delivered. Here we have the benefit of a close relative in previous iterations of the 8xx class as well as all the modern tools to design and simulate what should happen as well as Hitachi's vast experience of train building yet the trains are not yet suitable for passenger use. This poor showing yet again in bringing new rolling stock into use in the UK should result in searching questions about why.
I'm not even convinced an 810 will be there? This first look might just be large posters plus a video followed by five different people talking about them!! Doesn't exactly scream Wow if the only thing they've picked out in the PR is the "new catering offer" - though journalists do like their grub!
What if the 810 is there, but the event turns into the railway equivalent of this Armando Iannucci sketch?
I agree this is the nub of the issue. I think most of us thought EMR had ordered an enhanced 80x. I certainly did, and I think EMR also thought this.
810006. Sustained broken windscreens.
Thank you
A fault of the train or debris hitting it?
Vandalism, both cab windscreens targeted I am lead to believe.
Both of which have now been repaired.
Pretty impressive for speed of repair/replacement.
