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Post by neasdena60 on Mar 20, 2009 17:10:24 GMT
For me 5100/5101 stands out from the crowd. A strong, reliable, sleet / de-icer, unit, one to treasure. Superb runner as well, hardly ever sits down.  |
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Post by mrfs42 on Mar 20, 2009 17:25:27 GMT
That's collapsed the probability wave then.......  |
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Post by neasdena60 on Mar 20, 2009 19:09:48 GMT
That's collapsed the probability wave then....... i dont even know what that means.....   |
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Post by metman on Mar 20, 2009 19:22:44 GMT
My favourate is 5056/5057, and then 5112/5113! Good runner, and lively PCM!
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Post by ruislip on Mar 20, 2009 19:30:51 GMT
I remember lots of trips on 5112/5113, both as a 4 car unit and as part of an 8 car unit. I also remember alot of trips on 5120/5121 whenever we met my grandmother at Kings Cross.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2009 21:36:12 GMT
You'd only see a thread like this on the Met line board ;D
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Post by citysig on Mar 20, 2009 22:03:30 GMT
Yes I haven't seen many similar threads like this on the Jubilee board.
To be honest, much as the A-stock are an institution, and are "real" trains, as long as the damn things don't fail on my shift, I have no preference as regards units - double-ended or not.
That said, it can be very interesting to dig out the old log-books when a car number rings a bell, and you find the same few numbers cropping up. The double-enders are obviously easier to keep track of.
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Post by mrfs42 on Mar 20, 2009 22:23:39 GMT
That's collapsed the probability wave then....... i dont even know what that means..... , but at least I will explain my words. ;D ;D Try (if you are feeling brave) Copenhagen Interpretation or (if feeling even braver) Einstein-Poldosky-Rosen Paradox or think of Schrödinger's Cat. You don't know whether the cat is dead until you open the box. Before the box is opened the cat is neither alive or dead. Opening the box will confirm what state the cat is in. The act of observation has collapsed the probability wave. Making a comment about a decent A stock is akin to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, or in this case: the Mechanical Sympathy Principle (Rail Variant) - making a comment about something being good ensures that it will sit down. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2009 8:52:58 GMT
i dont even know what that means..... , but at least I will explain my words. ;D ;D Try (if you are feeling brave) Copenhagen Interpretation or (if feeling even braver) Einstein-Poldosky-Rosen Paradox or think of Schrödinger's Cat. You don't know whether the cat is dead until you open the box. Before the box is opened the cat is neither alive or dead. Opening the box will confirm what state the cat is in. The act of observation has collapsed the probability wave. Making a comment about a decent A stock is akin to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, or in this case: the Mechanical Sympathy Principle (Rail Variant) - making a comment about something being good ensures that it will sit down. Thats also called sods law. ;D |
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Post by a60 on Mar 22, 2009 10:59:40 GMT
5232/5233 is my favourite unit, good brakes, good suspension, good acceleration after that it would be 5066/5067, because it left Shoreditch on the last public service and also on the East London Line itself.
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Post by neasdena60 on Mar 22, 2009 16:17:43 GMT
5232/5233 is my favourite unit, good brakes, good suspension, good acceleration after that it would be 5066/5067, because it left Shoreditch on the last public service and also on the East London Line itself. ....and still retains one double ELL/MET transfer to prove it. ;D |
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Post by metman on Mar 22, 2009 16:25:47 GMT
and strangely 5002 also has an ELL sticker on it.....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2009 22:20:42 GMT
My favs are 5002 "Superb", 5034 "Furious" with "the Ark" in the middle. I stabled 5000 "D400" up in Uxbridge last night and I always like driving 5149 "Defiance". ;D
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Post by astock5000 on Apr 10, 2009 22:53:42 GMT
5232/5233 is my favourite unit, good brakes, good suspension, good acceleration after that it would be 5066/5067, because it left Shoreditch on the last public service and also on the East London Line itself. 5066-6066-6067-5067 is my favourite double ended unit. |
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Post by Ben on Apr 12, 2009 23:01:51 GMT
I love the names! It wouldnt suprise me if a lot of them had very unnoficial names by now.
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Post by Rich32 on Apr 13, 2009 1:03:35 GMT
My favs are 5002 "Superb", 5034 "Furious" with "the Ark" in the middle. I stabled 5000 "D400" up in Uxbridge last night and I always like driving 5149 "Defiance". ;D I would have thought the most historically appropriate is 5001 "Dreadnought" ;D |
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