londoner
thinking on '73 stock
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Post by londoner on Dec 1, 2015 9:43:32 GMT
Am I right in thinking this train left the depot yesterday? I was on a southbound met line and a train very similar to this one whizzed by at ~11:45 am at Northwick Park. It was on the slow northbound met tracks which I found strange as to why it didn't use the fast tracks. I then later saw a freight train on the Chiltern tracks!
Paul
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2015 10:06:29 GMT
The 8-car 1962 RAT has been back on the Central for around four weeks. It was probably the Track Recortding Train you saw, as it was definitely on the Met and visited Uxbridge yesterday.
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Post by MoreToJack on Dec 1, 2015 17:09:59 GMT
Am I right in thinking this train left the depot yesterday? I was on a southbound met line and a train very similar to this one whizzed by at ~11:45 am at Northwick Park. It was on the slow northbound met tracks which I found strange as to why it didn't use the fast tracks. I then later saw a freight train on the Chiltern tracks! Paul The 'freight train' would have been the DBS railhead treatment train which runs at this time of year to combat leaf fall problems, in the same way as the 1962 stock (although the RHTT can also jet water). As has already been said, you likely saw the Track Recording Train yesterday, which concentrated on the Uxbridge branch, although it could also have been the A stock RAT. I'll try and remember to run a Trackernet reply later and let you know which.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2016 13:37:51 GMT
A bit ironic that the Central Line RAT train today at Acton couldn't get traction and kept spinning its wheels
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Post by fish7373 on Jul 7, 2016 21:16:23 GMT
Hi the rat is in northfields depot for wheel turning FISH7373 81C NFP
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Post by trainopd78 on Jul 18, 2016 10:29:54 GMT
I've got to say getting anything out of the works currently is a mission. Getting the 5 car to Ruislip with a motor out was painful. Inch and 1st notch of series was just spinning up and putting a bit of brake on whilst motoring wasn't working either. Dragged it out kicking and screaming at 1 - 2mph and coaxed her into the platform. Those rails need some serious cleaning
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