First 395 has been shipped

[395 Olympic Javelin]

The first 395 is in a ship in at sea some where and the 4 395's are going to Southampton and on rail to Ashford and what will the numbers of the 395's be. Will it be 395/0 or 395/1

 

[CraigS]

Bit more info here

 

[Coxster]

in a ship in at sea some where

You mean there isn't such a thing as 'boat gen'?

 

[395 Olympic Javelin]

I hope the 395 will be the HST2 Train

 

[Daniel]

Obviously not as it can not run without electricity.

 

[Callufrax]

I'll have to visit and try them out, once they enter service. I wonder if a BritRail Pass, or an All Line Rover, will be valid on them.

 

[Daniel]

I would imagine an ALR would be accepted on the domestic services.

 

[332 > 444]

Obviously not as it can not run without electricity.

I thought HST2 would be able to run off Diesel-electric and OHLE?

 

[mbonwick]

140mph eh? How likely is that, knowing Notwork Fail?

 

[Daniel]

I thought HST2 would be able to run off Diesel-electric and OHLE?

Exactly... I was saying it can't run without electricity, because the 395 is OHLE only.

 

[Mojo]

The 395 is OHLE _and_ third rail.

 

[Nym]

140 on OHLE, which I think is just slow considering the line is rated at 200! and 100 on 3rd rail, yay, 20 years after designing 140mph trains we finaly get a line to run them on and we aint using the origional trains!

 

[paul1609]

I would imagine an ALR would be accepted on the domestic services.

i think its quite likely that the ALR wont be valid on HS1 Domestic services. Its already been made perfectly clear that PRIVs will not be accepted.

 

[Daniel]

The 395 is OHLE _and_ third rail.

Apologies, but, still it cannot run without electricity.

 

[Tom]

It can - diesel locomotive hauled

 

[Mintona]

Tom with the sarcasm

Actually, I'm looking forward to them arriving, and sampling them

 

[TheSlash]

Don't get your hopes up, they are being shipped to Southampton. :roll:
They'll be wrecked by the time they pass St Denys

 

[Oracle]

I wonder where in Southampton they are going to unload the trains? By the Cunard terminal, which of course has a rail connection, or Western Docks near the City Terminal?

 

[TheSlash]

Trains in and out of the East docks run a gauntlet of rocks, machine gun fire and mortars, so it will probably be the Western docks, although they aren't exactly secure either.

 

[Oracle]

The problemo I can see is how they unload to the quayside tracks, which are not exactly conducive unlike the facilties used for the Class 66 shipments.

 

[395 Olympic Javelin]

Here is the link to the photo of the first 395 before being shipped to the UK
http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=4177
:-P

 

[CraigS]

Here is the link to the photo of the first 395 before being shipped to the UK
http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=4177
:-P

That looks a bit like GNER blue on the 395. I hope the all the SouthEastern EMUs are painted in this colour in the future. Not too keen on the current white.

 

[395 Olympic Javelin]

I think it look's like the FGW MTU Livery

 

[Bastiaan]

http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=4177
:-P

Could you please place links to websites where you don't need to register?...

 

[devon_metro]

It didn't used to do that :?