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Post by piccadillypilot on May 2, 2005 10:41:15 GMT
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Post by Tom on May 2, 2005 13:21:36 GMT
You forgot former AET's...  Cheers for the link PP, makes very interesting reading. Strange how some of the places photographed have changed beyond all recognition and yet others are virtually untouched by time. |
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Post by piccadillypilot on May 2, 2005 14:10:11 GMT
You forgot former AET's... Perhaps I should have included "occasional Nordics". ;D |
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Post by igelkotten on May 4, 2005 10:46:41 GMT
Nice article, PP!
And it is always interesting and funny to see how others look upon you. The sterotypes about the "nordic rugged individualism" and "neatness" made me chuckle.
The article is from a period of strong expansion of the network -what was to become line 2, the red line, was being buil, as well as several extensions to line 1, the green line, and advance planning for the third network, what was to become the blue line, were already tossed about.
The lightweight C5 stock that is mentioned in the article never becmae more than an oddity, eight unique cars. They were, however, very popular with drivers and maintnance staff, and technologies developed for them were used in subsequent stock classes.
The automatic control experiments, using equipment that must be very similar to what was eventually used on the Victoria line in London, ended up as an utter failure. And, since there would still have to be a qualified driver on board, there would not have been any cost savings either. Certain things developed for the "autopilot" were, however, implemented in later stocks, such as our "quick start button".
/Igelkotten
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Post by igelkotten on May 6, 2005 11:50:22 GMT
And in an effort to promote greater international co-operation and understanding, I can tell you that the door control gear used on the C1-C5 stocks were British made, from "Peters Power Door Gear" in Slough (insert appropriate Betjeman quote here).
In fact, it was virtually the same one as used on the 59 and 72 TS in London, something I found out to my amusement while visiting London some years ago. Although the position keys used do look a bit different, so an LU one will probably not fit in a Stockholm one, and vice versa.
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