APOLLO Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Aren't the 802s going to be bi-mode - diesel and clockwork? Geoff Endacott Nay - that's just a wind up !!!!!!!!!! Brit15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Nay - that's just a wind up !!!!!!!!!! Brit15 replacing the run-down? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2017 Meanwhile, the road route to London will get improvements Better if they spent a few bob sorting out the bit wiv the pile of rocks on the Northside near Amesbury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2017 The Toilets for the voyagers and I think the Pendelinos were built in Bahrain and came over as complete units. It's a funny old world. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2017 Better if they spent a few bob sorting out the bit wiv the pile of rocks on the Northside near Amesbury. That's out for "consultation" as "part of a £2 billion package of improvement in the south west" www.gov.uk/government/news/next-step-in-major-investment-for-south-west-as-a303-stonehenge-plans-published Shame the railway isn't considered as part of this.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) Aren't the 802s going to be bi-mode - diesel and clockwork? Nay - that's just a wind up !!!!!!!!!! You laugh. The day of the mechanical "battery" is coming. The intermittency of renewable sources like wind and solar is driving storage technology in many directions - liquid metal batteries and electromechanical flywheels (which isn't quite clockwork but a kindred spirit) are two big research areas. I'll look for a better link than this one. EDIT: Here's a pretty serious link. "Electromechanical batteries" were the right keywords. Edited February 16, 2017 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2017 800s? Are we on the same page? They had bulbous noses (yup, similarity here) and large cast nameplates the last time around. Please, pretty please, can we have another build of "real" 800s, or 1000s, (even both?) with new-build Mk1 coaches fitted with Ford Transit diesel-powered air conditioning? They got past Dawlish in almost any conditions. Though not all the windows survived intact 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2017 Yes, but would it be PC these days to name them after warships? J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2017 Yes, but would it be PC these days to name them after warships? J What warships? There's not enough left to name a fleet of loco's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) What warships? There's not enough left to name a fleet of loco's. Historic ones, maybe the Mary Rose? that got used to being under water and got dragged out..... Edited February 16, 2017 by TheQ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2017 I liked the names of the galactic starships in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: The GSS Daring, the GSS Audacity, and the GSS Suicidal Insanity 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) Do you want the Vogons to destroy Dawlish to build a bypass? (for the railway) Edited February 16, 2017 by TheQ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 800s? Are we on the same page? They had bulbous noses (yup, similarity here) and large cast nameplates the last time around. How about calling them the Formidable Class? Geoff Endacott 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2017 How about calling them the Formidable Class? Geoff Endacott Then we could blame the French if they don't work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted February 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2017 Quel horreur! Les nouveaux trains ne fonctionnent pas quand il y a une tempête dans La Manche! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 How about calling them the Formidable Class?We can presume that indefatigable would be a misnomer. How about Téméraire? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Indefatigable and Temeraire don't make sense. They are the 802 class! Geoff Endacott 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith George Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 How about the Indomitable class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 How about the Indomitable class. That would make them Class 50026. They are Class 802 and therefore Formidable. And Class 800 should be called Brian. Geoff Endacott 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Historic ones, maybe the Mary Rose? that got used to being under water and got dragged out..... If that's a criteria, then perhaps PS Medway Queen would be a better choice (has sunk at least three times IIRC!). Not a Warship as such, but she took part in Dunkirk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2017 I think they should all be named after northern towns, such as Horrocksford, Blubberhouses, Bolton, Bury, Bootle, Accrington and Haverfordwest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted February 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2017 You forgot Grotton! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 20, 2017 I think they should all be named after northern towns, such as Horrocksford, Blubberhouses, Bolton, Bury, Bootle, Accrington and Haverfordwest. Has my geography astray, or has Haverfordwest moved from Wales to the Northwest of England? or is there more than one Haverfordwest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 CK's from Cornwall - which is south of Haverfordwest! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2017 CK's from Cornwall - which is south of Haverfordwest! Neither of which are in England, according to the Cornish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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