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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2006 8:40:11 GMT
Hi All.
Does anyone know if the 1938 tube stock on the Isle of Wight kept all its original motors and traction control equipment to give that lovely original hum under acceleration and whine under braking, or has all this been upgraded so it sounds nothing like it used to.
Darren.
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Post by Ben on Nov 30, 2006 22:24:40 GMT
Its got the origional equipment, apart from some of the brake controllers. They keep shipping out the equipment for overhaul back to LUL. Go figure really! When I visited St Johns depot a few years back they had just had a flood and there were litterally crates of controllers, resistance grids, and other stuff waiting to be sent back to the mainland.
EDIT: Just to add; the noise from a four car train over there compared to that of the 1938ts in presevation is slightly different; probably due to the train formation and track condition
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2006 22:40:14 GMT
That's because the only cars sent to the Isle of Wight were Driving Motors (DMs) - a 4-car unit on the Island Line consists of 4 DMs!
The Museum 1938TS has two trailers in the formation, so it consists of DM-T-T-DM.
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Post by Ben on Nov 30, 2006 22:46:02 GMT
Nope; the one in preservation is DM-T-NDM-DM isnt it? But yeah; its the number of motored cars and the weight of them that makes it different
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2006 9:06:22 GMT
Thanks guys, might be worth a trip over there just to see the old girls in action.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2006 9:16:08 GMT
Definately worth it Darren!
I'm in Bournemouth so if you want someone for company... ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2006 13:23:37 GMT
Nope; the one in preservation is DM-T-NDM-DM isnt it? But yeah; its the number of motored cars and the weight of them that makes it different DM 10012 + T 012256 + NDM 12048 + DM 11178 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2006 13:40:30 GMT
Definately worth it Darren! I'm in Bournemouth so if you want someone for company... ;D Thanks for the offer, by the way are you going to the meet on Saturday 9th. It just so happens that the wife and mother in law are off to see the Masters tennis at the Albert Hall on that day, so me and the farther in law said we'll come and do some sights and pubs around the city. Might just pop into the Met Bar for an ale. Darren. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2008 22:14:15 GMT
For your information the NDM was renumberd from 92048 to 12048 on the 22nd April 1953
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Post by metman on Mar 31, 2008 23:00:52 GMT
ahh-an ex SNDM from the 9 car 'proposed' trains!
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Post by Chris M on Mar 31, 2008 23:45:41 GMT
What's the S in SNDM stand for?
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Post by Ben on Apr 1, 2008 4:49:06 GMT
Special
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Post by astock5000 on Apr 1, 2008 8:06:45 GMT
DM 10012 + T 012256 + NDM 12048 + DM 11178 I thought the 'D' end DM was 11012. Also what is the DM in Covent Garden? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2008 12:26:30 GMT
The S Stands for Streamline, because these cars had a flared front to them.
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Post by mrfs42 on Apr 6, 2008 13:06:57 GMT
The S Stands for Streamline, because these cars had a flared front to them. Yees, but not in the case of SNDMs - there'll be a tubeprune along in a bit to correct us all! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2008 19:02:16 GMT
Correct me if i am wrong the SNDMs were converted to UNDMs which became Nos 9**** then onto 1****. Hence the formation DM-T-NDM-SNDM+SNDM-T-DM.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2008 21:00:50 GMT
The 1938ts Brake Controllers are all from 59ts scrapped units. The traction motors are LT100 the original motors. one traction motor is rated at 168 hp
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Post by metman on Apr 6, 2008 21:16:55 GMT
The SNDM are 'special' because they were standard NDM but with guards controls in. We must remember that the 9 car trains were formed of DM-NDM-SNDM-T-NDM-T-SNDM-NDM-DM and the last two cars would be in tunnel so the guard could not use the panel in the rear DMs! Therefore the SNDM were created.
As stated, after the 9 car plan was dropped, all 20 SNDM were converted to UNDM along with 2 NDMs. Inaddition, ward couplers that were provided on the SNDM to emergency couple were also removed! These 22 UNDM were added to the 70 new 49ts UNDMs. The guards panels from the SNDM were added to the 9 car DMs which didn't have panels originally.
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Post by mrfs42 on Apr 6, 2008 22:42:46 GMT
I was going to key in almost word-for-word wot you sed, but because I'm miles away from my LU library I shied away from replying.  |
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Post by metman on Apr 6, 2008 22:52:12 GMT
Yes, I did have to quickly raid my 1933-59 tube stock file to get the numbers right!!  |
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Post by tubeprune on Apr 7, 2008 9:16:25 GMT
The S Stands for Streamline, because these cars had a flared front to them. Yees, but not in the case of SNDMs - there'll be a tubeprune along in a bit to correct us all! Ah, here comes a tubeprune now. The S means Special, the UNDM was specially equipped for the 9-car train formation. |
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