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RE: TransPennine Express - T42 PVM - 22/01/2017 17:32
Still, Not hard to read back a few posts before posting.
RE: TransPennine Express - childwallblues - 22/01/2017 21:51
(22/01/2017 17:32)T42 PVM Wrote: Still, Not hard to read back a few posts before posting.
Afraid that I am not perfect.
RE: TransPennine Express - boby32 - 03/02/2017 10:18
Does anyone know what would the timetable, from December 2017, look like for TransPennine Express at Liverpool Lime Street ?
RE: TransPennine Express - mikestone - 03/02/2017 13:20
Judging from the fact that Manchester Airport Northern services are still via the Chat, TPE services are unchanged.
RE: TransPennine Express - ant17612 - 13/02/2017 00:36
Just an update on the new liveried 185s, they're now coming along nicely and at least the following 14 have been done; 185104/08/14/15/23/27/28/31/35/38/39/40/44/50.
RE: TransPennine Express - wirralbus - 13/02/2017 18:48
I was reading an article about the Class 185 units just before Christmas , the article was saying that as three car units all powered there a bit on the over-powered side.
The DfT said no to a trailer car being built to make them all into four car units a while back which would have got power to weight back to normal i think.
RE: TransPennine Express - SK15 GZG - 13/02/2017 19:01
(13/02/2017 18:48)wirralbus Wrote: I was reading an article about the Class 185 units just before Christmas , the article was saying that as three car units all powered there a bit on the over-powered side.
The DfT said no to a trailer car being built to make them all into four car units a while back which would have got power to weight back to normal i think.
They're "over powered" because of the terrain on the routes they operate on. They wouldn't have that much power if they didn't need it
RE: TransPennine Express - wirralbus - 13/02/2017 19:33
(13/02/2017 19:01)Y474 KNF Wrote: They're "over powered" because of the terrain on the routes they operate on. They wouldn't have that much power if they didn't need it
Over-powered , have you been on one of these units when the eco-system for the train drops an engine so it only runs on 2 of the 3 engines , the system picks at random which engine to turn off.
RE: TransPennine Express - knutstransport - 13/02/2017 19:35
I suspect there was a misunderstanding by Siemens of what was meant by trains with good climbing ability. Possibly they thought of railways on the nearby Bavarian Alps when they were designing them?
RE: TransPennine Express - SK15 GZG - 13/02/2017 20:15
(13/02/2017 19:33)wirralbus Wrote: Over-powered , have you been on one of these units when the eco-system for the train drops an engine so it only runs on 2 of the 3 engines , the system picks at random which engine to turn off.
I have and I use them on a regular basis so I know how the engine system works - but you were the one that posted about an article saying they were apparently "over powered"
(13/02/2017 18:48)wirralbus Wrote: I was reading an article about the Class 185 units just before Christmas , the article was saying that as three car units all powered there a bit on the over-powered side.
The DfT said no to a trailer car being built to make them all into four car units a while back which would have got power to weight back to normal i think.