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Post by 21146 on Jun 16, 2010 10:08:29 GMT
Noted yesterday (Tues 15th), the converted 1972 Mk1 Tube Stock "Asset Inspection Train" on test at South Ealing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2010 10:42:49 GMT
About time too...........
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Post by james66526 on Jun 16, 2010 12:47:32 GMT
Passed it today as I was driving into Acton Town!
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Post by metman on Jun 21, 2010 16:33:35 GMT
Anyone got photos?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jun 21, 2010 16:48:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2010 17:42:50 GMT
What's the reason for the colour scheme on it? All white with a bit of blue on the bottom, with blue and yellow cab end?
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Post by Colin on Jun 21, 2010 17:56:00 GMT
Well Engineers trains on LU are Yellow, and non passenger doors are usually white - so I would suggest they've mixed the Yellow with the LU corporate livery and come up with the result you see.
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Post by ruislip on Jun 21, 2010 18:16:30 GMT
What is this train's purpose?
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Post by Colin on Jun 21, 2010 18:56:23 GMT
The clue is in the name of the train.....asset inspection....
It's a fancy way of saying it checks the track as it passes over it with on board measuring/recording equipment.
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Post by DWS on Jun 21, 2010 19:38:39 GMT
What's the reason for the colour scheme on it? All white with a bit of blue on the bottom, with blue and yellow cab end? Its not white, is meant to a silver/grey tone with the blue being some of the Tube Lines livery. The yellow front on the cab is to National Rail standards. The train is not a London Underground unit it belongs to Tube Lines ;D |
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Post by Colin on Jun 21, 2010 21:04:46 GMT
The train is not a London Underground unit it belongs to Tube Lines ;D For now...... |
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Post by 21146 on Jun 21, 2010 22:06:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2010 0:19:08 GMT
Very smart looking!
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Post by metman on Jun 22, 2010 11:33:00 GMT
It does look smart. At least it still survives, much of its kin doesn't!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2010 17:25:00 GMT
From 21146 pictures the new train seems to have its 'primus inter pares, shed day Northfields' sticker just like the train its replacing.
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Post by tubelightonline on Jun 22, 2010 18:48:33 GMT
Have any of the original interior saloon features (seats, guard panels, etc.) been kept, or has the refurbishment seen all traces of the unit's former use disappear?
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