Grumbleweed Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Used to monitor pantograph wear from a window on the roof - presumably rendered obsolete by video recording? And was it ever used on 1500v dc overhead equipment, as well as the 25 kv? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13, 2019 What era are we talking about, the only OHLE inspection coach that springs to mind is mentor which is still running or are we talking before that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumbleweed Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 Thanks - I looked up Mentor, but it appears to date from 1973. I'm sure I saw a film of a very similar coach being used on the wcml earlier than that. I could be wrong! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Are you thinking of Prometheus? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giz Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 What about ADM395316, an ex-LMS BG? http://www.departmentals.com/departmental/395316 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted February 14, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) There was an ex-LMS coach DM395580 which was used in the 60s, presumably before the introduction of MENTOR http://www.traintesting.com/LMS_OHLE_pantograph_coach.htm http://www.departmentals.com/photo/dm395580-1 page about MENTOR: http://www.traintesting.com/Mentor.htm Various other Test/Lab cars had pantographs at some point, but I think these were used for specific testing purposes e.g. speed tests, pantographs etc From what I've read, MENTOR could be used for these but primarily was used for surveying the whole OLE network on a programmed basis (like the High-Speed Track Recording Coach) Edited February 14, 2019 by keefer post link to departmental.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2019 3 hours ago, giz said: What about ADM395316, an ex-LMS BG? http://www.departmentals.com/departmental/395316 I like the 'vistadome'! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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