Class 800 - Updates

[eastwestdivide]

6 minutes ago, 31A said:

I see Hull Trains have come up with a very suitable name for theirs:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ANd-4wGGzs&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3EGaYMjDBiLRO2EGq6mzxPMIA_vz-G-u66gZZAW4taJ01KHoZts6Vsj4E

 

 

...and as well as calling the fleet Paragon, there's a competition for the public to suggest names for the individual trains - see the item at https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/news/2019/hull-trains-reveals-name-of-new-fleet

Although last time the public had any say in naming something, it didn't go so well.

[Mark Saunders]

1 minute ago, eastwestdivide said:

...and as well as calling the fleet Paragon, there's a competition for the public to suggest names for the individual trains - see the item at https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/news/2019/hull-trains-reveals-name-of-new-fleet

Although last time the public had any say in naming something, it didn't go so well.

 

Fortunately the Swedes have already used that one!

[Mallard60022]

23 hours ago, eastwestdivide said:

...and as well as calling the fleet Paragon, there's a competition for the public to suggest names for the individual trains - see the item at https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/news/2019/hull-trains-reveals-name-of-new-fleet

Although last time the public had any say in naming something, it didn't go so well.

Children will provide suitable ideas under supervision of attentive teachers. Richard Cranium ideas should then be eliminated. Not being a resident in the area of Hull I can not name any 'local' things as ideas other than Hull Pride perhaps?

[Zomboid]

Their claim to be the only rail company to name itself after the city it serves doesn't really stand up. Even if LNER is just an initialisation that doesn't actually stand for anything, London Northwestern Railway is named after one of the cities it serves.

 

I wonder what kind of names they're looking for.

[APOLLO]

On 28/08/2019 at 16:36, 31A said:

I see Hull Trains have come up with a very suitable name for theirs:

 

Doan's !!!!

 

 

Brit15

[cheesysmith]

Somebody said the HST was not revolutionary when it came in, that is was just existing technologies used in one train. The point is it benefited from the RTC research that allowed it to run 25% faster, on existing lines, without the need to alter the signal spacings. And it did it keeping the costs to BR the same so as to be able to run without extra costs to the customers. Just compare the times between wheel reprofiling of HST and the TGV. 

 

Then compare that to these 800 class trains, which appears to offer no benefits beyond the 225 other than longer coaches with more seats crammed in. At extra costs. With less luggage capacity. And harder seats.

[APOLLO]

The HST is probably the best train EVER produced by the UK,  1975 to 2019 and many still in daily service. 

 

Brit15

[Mallard60022]

2 hours ago, APOLLO said:

 

Doan's !!!!

 

 

Brit15

Ah, that might not be the case as HT seem to have had some control over the seat design. If I am mistaken then I don'th actually give a toot.

P

[Mallard60022]

11 minutes ago, APOLLO said:

The HST is probably the best train EVER produced by the UK,  1975 to 2019 and many still in daily service. 

 

Brit15

Oooooh that's a great challenge but I understand what you are saying g

Edited August 29, 2019 by Mallard60022

[JeffP]

An obvious name with Hull connections: William Wilberforce.

[cheesysmith]

They want local names, how about Cod, Mackerel etc. Lol

 

[billbedford]

56 minutes ago, JeffP said:

An obvious name with Hull connections: William Wilberforce.

 

Not Hell or Halifax?

[royaloak]

On 27/08/2019 at 11:17, lmsforever said:

A question for Royal Oak is there a marked difference between driving an HST and an 800 ie is the 800 a more relaxed drive etc and do you like the 800?

TBH lately I have noted there is very little difference between an 800 and an 802 despite the (supposed) extra power of the 802s.

 

The best test is climbing Hemerdon Bank as there is a 60mph restriction at the bottom and very little room to build speed before hitting the gradient, an 802 will get up to a maximum of about 72 before falling back to about 55 at the top (a HST would get up to about 75 and still be doing 65 near the top), I had a 9 coach 800 up there the other week (we dont get many 800s down here) and the speeds were with 1 or 2mph of what I would expect from a 9 coach 802 so either the 800s are running at the higher rating (very unlikely) or the 802s are not providing the full 700kW we are supposed to be getting.

 

They are okay to drive if a bit boring, until all the alarms start then they are bloody annoying although that has settled down of late.

[Siberian Snooper]

I heard last night that some have come to grief along the sea wall at Dawlish due to water ingress underneath, I don't have any other details.

 

 

[2750Papyrus]

10 hours ago, billbedford said:

 

Not Hell or Halifax?

 

"Dear Lord, deliver me".

 

A long time since I heard that song!

[Indomitable026]

Names??

 

How about;

 

• Selby
• Howden
• Brough
• Cottingham
• Beverley

[Fat Controller]

'Virtue'?

[62613]

Anlaby Road

Beverley Road

Hessle Road

[Mallard60022]

I think that the HT's  'Fleet' should be named after historic Trawlers from Hull, e.g. St Dominic. There could be the ones that were lost, however that might be controversial and not appropriate, but then again may be appreciated if the dates were also included as a tribute to the lost Crew members?

P 

Edited September 1, 2019 by Mallard60022

[rodent279]

5 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

I think that the HT's  'Fleet' should be named after historic Trawlers from Hull, e.g. St Dominic. There could be the ones that were lost, however that might be controversial and not appropriate, but then again may be appreciated if the dates were also included as a tribute to the lost Crew members?

P 

Dates and names of those lost in a plaque.

[JeffP]

There might be rather too many, given that three went down in one month.

 

[Mallard60022]

31 minutes ago, JeffP said:

There might be rather too many, given that three went down in one month.

 

That's why I hesitated to say include the Crew's names. Just a tribute would be enough in my opinion.

P

[billbedford]

Should they include the Gaul?

[Mallard60022]

32 minutes ago, billbedford said:

Should they include the Gaul?

Good question; diplomacy may detract from that one.

P

[Oldddudders]

On 28/08/2019 at 17:44, eastwestdivide said:

...and as well as calling the fleet Paragon, there's a competition for the public to suggest names for the individual trains - see the item at https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/news/2019/hull-trains-reveals-name-of-new-fleet

They could save money on individual plates by just calling them all "North of Potters Bar".