LUL Test Crew

seeing these 47s makes me want to ditch N gauge and have a rethink on OO 

Ray

On 17/11/2013 at 18:32, EddieB said:

Thank you, gentlemen.  That has enabled me find more about this unit - including this rather fetching product poster from Schweerbau: http://www.schweerbau.de/en/pages/yellow-machine-2013.pdf

 

Seems that an RGU normally consists of three sections.

The extra car with the fans was added after the northern line run away ....... this car provides power in case of  an engine failure so the RGU can maintain air and brake control during recovery 

13 hours ago, Lord of Narnia said:

How is the project going? I heard that it has run into difficulties and some locos are to remain diesel? 

From memory only 6 or 8 were converted and found to be 2 ton over weight so have all been stopped and not turned a wheel since they come back 

2 have gone to Eastleigh to see if they can be modified to run as a single loco (2 permanently coupled running as one ) but after driving them on diesel and electric I found them to be under powered after the conversion 

I can’t see them ever running in revenue so will probably end up sold or scrapped but stranger things have happened 

her Networkrail/Railtrack registration/Tops number when we have her out on the mainline is 89212

1. that fine looking bald bloke on L5 is yours truly ............ I also tested them on the Old Dalby test track

On ‎22‎/‎02‎/‎2018 at 13:57, wn 1A said:

NLR - Euston / Watford conversion date was March 1977, I seem to recall.

 

Yes still the same today, pre September 2017 * Piccadilly Line Trains can also Reverse in the West bound platform mostly used for ECS back to South Harrow Sidings.

 

* Rayners Lane Junction was relaid on concrete sleeper's I have not checked if the formation was like for like.  

 Willesden High Level, was certainly 3rd rail only by 1981   

Rayners Lane still has the same layout

you can reverse west to east from the westbound platform (plt1) for south harrow (picc) or west to south to west harrow (Met) or use the centre siding just north of the station

the only "change" when the point were re-laid was to replace the old spring toggle points (14A&B) with powered points