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Post by Phil on Apr 2, 2006 9:27:03 GMT
...popular demand. This is not a mistake - what, where, when and why??  |
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Post by Tomcakes on Apr 2, 2006 9:27:59 GMT
D stock, Rayners Lane
why, no idea. Clearance testing? Wrong stick then couldn't turn at SH?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 9:32:37 GMT
Well it is in the Eastbound Platform, which seems to me that it has 'properly' reversed I wanna say was it a timetabled move to test the stock's capabilities when it was new? Although the rear destination blind intrigues me, it the writing seems to small for 'Special'... could it be 'Dave' Perhaps? ;D Sorry i'll stop now... I am still waiting for this to happen in the future, District Back to Uxbridge, where she belongs. lol.  |
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Post by Tomcakes on Apr 2, 2006 9:46:32 GMT
Tubeprune quotes the pre-2000 D stock blinds as being
Special
Dagenham East
Richmond
Upminster
Ealing Broadway
Tower Hill
Wimbledon
Barking
East Ham
Plaistow
Whitechapel
Aldgate East
Mansion House
Embankment
South Kensington
High Street Kensington
Earls Court
Olympia
Parsons Green
Putney Bridge
Acton Town
Ealing Common
Shoreditch
Surrey Docks (later Quays)
New Cross
New Cross Gate
Special
Though to me it does look like Special (BTW why does LU use Special not SNIS as found elsewhere?)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 10:08:58 GMT
Well, "SPECIAL NOT IN SERVICE" could not be included in type large enough to be legible. And if the blind showed "SNIS", there would be dozens of American tourists trying to find this station on their Journey Planners.....
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Post by Tomcakes on Apr 2, 2006 10:11:13 GMT
Oops - I meant "Sorry not in service" or just "Not In Service / Out of Service"
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Post by agoodcuppa on Apr 2, 2006 10:12:20 GMT
(BTW why does LU use Special not SNIS as found elsewhere?) Prehaps becaue if it's an enthusiasts train or a football special it would be in service but not to the general public? |
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Post by CSLR on Apr 2, 2006 10:29:29 GMT
(BTW why does LU use Special not SNIS as found elsewhere?) It is one of those things that makes LU interesting and differentiates it from an world where twisted do-gooders try to standardise everything. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 11:13:23 GMT
Hmm, my 'guess' is the train is 'brand new' that's all I can think of at the moment.
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Post by Phil on Apr 2, 2006 11:39:41 GMT
Close Dennis, but it's 1993.
Location: correct
'Destination': Special.
Circumstances: sort of like how Dennis says, but we're getting pedantic here so more wanted
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Post by Tomcakes on Apr 2, 2006 11:43:35 GMT
Coming from Ruislip depot? After what, I don't know though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 13:58:54 GMT
It's not the Metroliner Tour in 1980, is it? I know that went up the Met! (Info from Solidbond's Archive Site!) ;D |
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Post by Tomcakes on Apr 2, 2006 14:00:22 GMT
It's not the Metroliner Tour in 1980, is it? I know that went up the Met! (Info from Solidbond's Archive Site!) ;D Close Dennis, but it's 1993. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 15:51:16 GMT
Oops - I meant "Sorry not in service" or just "Not In Service / Out of Service" As far as I'm aware, the C stock and 1972 mk2 blinds carry 'Not in Service'. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 16:27:00 GMT
Come on you lot, 1993, surely someone should answer this correctly!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 16:39:17 GMT
Is this the first D stock with the new bogies?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 17:09:50 GMT
Oops - I meant "Sorry not in service" or just "Not In Service / Out of Service" A stocks show "Sorry not in service" |
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Post by Colin on Apr 2, 2006 18:04:24 GMT
The signalling, certainly at Earls Court, shows trains not in service as 'S' - hence special?
As for the original question, no idea - before my interest in the District took hold.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2006 18:48:44 GMT
OK everyone, it's Dave on training duty, showing what the worst could happen to you after not noticing the arbour lights at Hanger, ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2006 23:01:31 GMT
Doesn't answer the original question but ...
1967 stock also shows "Sorry-Not In Service" though it is very condensed and when the saloon lights are off the destination blind can not be illuminated independently ! Most irritating !
There really should be "Special" and "Not In Service" on displays !
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Post by Phil on Apr 4, 2006 9:24:46 GMT
Anyway, the circumstances were the first trip to be done after the FIRST overhauls started in 1993 (pic date 13/05)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2006 9:48:26 GMT
Anyway, the circumstances were the first trip to be done after the FIRST overhauls started in 1993 (pic date 13/05) So I was partially right then? Is this the first train with the new bogies, after the old ones were found to be disintegrating? |
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Post by Phil on Apr 4, 2006 12:22:28 GMT
Anyway, the circumstances were the first trip to be done after the FIRST overhauls started in 1993 (pic date 13/05) So I was partially right then? Is this the first train with the new bogies, after the old ones were found to be disintegrating? I guess so - I have no further info. |
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Post by solidbond on Apr 4, 2006 17:02:25 GMT
It wouldn't have been the new bogies - they weren't fitted until the late 90's. There were modifications made to the fleet in the mid 90's, from 1995 onwards, with the addition of the TMS to replace the TEPs, and also other mods. This train has NOT had the mods done, as you can tell by the lack of the new whistle above the cab windows. Don't know what mods were done in 93 though, or what 'overhauls' would have been done necessitating it going to Ruislip.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2006 18:16:16 GMT
This train has NOT had the mods done, as you can tell by the lack of the new whistle above the cab windows. Where was the whistle? |
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Post by solidbond on Apr 4, 2006 18:41:16 GMT
This train has NOT had the mods done, as you can tell by the lack of the new whistle above the cab windows. Where was the whistle? IIRC it was below, and just forward of, the drivers side cab door. |
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