Post by spsmiler on Jul 20, 2016 22:14:34 GMT
On Tuesday 19th July 2016 the BBC TV One Show included a feature about the former Advanced Passenger Train (APT).
At the start of the film clip there is a view of Nick Hewer (who was presenting it) sitting in a train driver's cab simulator with the forward view film being the arrival at a London Transport station.
You can clearly see the electric rails and a LT station name sign. I'm not exactly sure which station this it, it *might* be Amersham.
Whilst I believe that a diesel HST could and indeed has travelled on the joint Met Main Line / BR route via Amersham, the thought of an overhead wire electric APT doing this makes the mind boggle.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07ksb7h/the-one-show-19072016
(approximately 11 mins 35 secs)
Simon
At the start of the film clip there is a view of Nick Hewer (who was presenting it) sitting in a train driver's cab simulator with the forward view film being the arrival at a London Transport station.
You can clearly see the electric rails and a LT station name sign. I'm not exactly sure which station this it, it *might* be Amersham.
Whilst I believe that a diesel HST could and indeed has travelled on the joint Met Main Line / BR route via Amersham, the thought of an overhead wire electric APT doing this makes the mind boggle.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07ksb7h/the-one-show-19072016
(approximately 11 mins 35 secs)
Simon
