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Re: what do you mean by Underruning 3rd rail? (was LIRR ESA) |
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Posted by Deaks on Wed May 24 11:24:16 2006, in response to Re: what do you mean by Underruning 3rd rail? (was LIRR ESA), posted by Fytton on Wed May 24 10:13:33 2006. Of course - I misremembered, I was thinking the Gatwick Express had the pure electric class 33s, but it did of course have the electrodiesels.The pure-electric locos were class 71s I am certain (33s being diesels), although some were converted to class 74s following installation of a diesel engine, a la class 73s. A book I have states that it would have been cheaper to purchase new-build class 74s rather than convert from 71s, such was the complexity of the operation. I believe that 33s, 71s, 73s and 74s were all able to work in 'push-pull' mode with certain types of Southern EMUs, though. |
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