fiftyfour fiftyfour Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 The ride quality in the passenger saloon on the DBSO with it leading was terrible, so bad in fact that I was forced to relocate into another coach further back during the journey during one Liverpool St to Norwich journey. They were a cheap BR solution, clearly unsafe and probably not massively better after post Polmont mods. That said, I find the ride quality in the DMS of a Pendolino when that vehicle is leading to be unacceptably bad, to the extent that I won't travel in it on northbound journeys, so even with a lardy heavy vehicle specifically designed to lead a train at up to 140mph you are not assured a good ride in such a situation, and I gather the leading vehicle on the Class 374 'e320' Eurostars is also pretty abysmal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted May 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, fiftyfour fiftyfour said: The ride quality in the passenger saloon on the DBSO with it leading was terrible, so bad in fact that I was forced to relocate into another coach further back during the journey during one Liverpool St to Norwich journey. They were a cheap BR solution, clearly unsafe and probably not massively better after post Polmont mods. That said, I find the ride quality in the DMS of a Pendolino when that vehicle is leading to be unacceptably bad, to the extent that I won't travel in it on northbound journeys, so even with a lardy heavy vehicle specifically designed to lead a train at up to 140mph you are not assured a good ride in such a situation, and I gather the leading vehicle on the Class 374 'e320' Eurostars is also pretty abysmal. I rode the the DBSO into/ot of Liverpool Street several times and found it absolutely fine. Perhaps the one you rode was overdue an overhaul (which would put in the dangerous bracket at that time but I never felt unsafe on any of the journeys I made). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted May 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2020 17 hours ago, russ p said: There was also a driving trailer that was converted from a BSK I believe in the 60s for some trials. It ended up with the structure gauging train. The RTC had at least two Mk1s converted to driving trailers RDB975081 was converted from a BSK and ran with the Structure Gauging Train. RDB975076 was also an ex-BSK but ran with the Tribometer Train '081 had a corridor connection at the driving end whilst '076 had it removed. Steven B. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiftyfour fiftyfour Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, Bucoops said: I rode the the DBSO into/ot of Liverpool Street several times and found it absolutely fine. Perhaps the one you rode was overdue an overhaul (which would put in the dangerous bracket at that time but I never felt unsafe on any of the journeys I made). Maybe, but in general the lead vehicle on a higher speed train is always where you will find the liveliest run and the only time I was ever forced to switch coaches was on one of those wretched DBSO. Going towards Liverpool St would never have been a problem as it would be on the back end! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted May 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, fiftyfour fiftyfour said: Maybe, but in general the lead vehicle on a higher speed train is always where you will find the liveliest run and the only time I was ever forced to switch coaches was on one of those wretched DBSO. Going towards Liverpool St would never have been a problem as it would be on the back end! I did say too and from As I said, never had any issues with them. Didn't do a huge number of journeys, but it wasn't one or two either. Probably in the low tens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraphim Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I always found the ride in a MkIII DVT to be outstanding. Problems with bits falling off in the early days meant that both drivers and maintenance staff were (rightly) wary of letting them run with even the smallest wheel flats or tread damage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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