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North Pole Depot
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:40 am
by 1288gaje
Well the depot soon to close in 2007 which means no more eurostars on the West London Line
This Temple Meads depot thingy is
Temple Meads is this --->
:snipersmile:
What's going to happen to North Pole Depot in 2007?
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:54 am
by LucaZone
You mean this one?
Looks rather good, will save snaking across London to get home at nite. Will be a shame to see them go from North Pole. I think it will be handed to OOC once Eurostar have finished with it.
Great Western Franchise HST Depot?
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:00 am
by 1288gaje
LucaZone wrote:You mean this one?
Looks rather good, will save snaking across London to get home at nite. Will be a shame to see them go from North Pole. I think it will be handed to OOC once Eurostar have finished with it.
Great Western Franchise HST Depot?
Who's OCC?
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:15 am
by simont
OOC is Old Oak Common, the main depot in Acton.
And it's Temple Mills, not Temple Meads.
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:41 am
by BR7MT
Would make sense for FGW to get it for HST maintenance - newer facilities = higher reliability?
Nah...
Regards
Dan
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:57 am
by 1288gaje
BR7MT wrote:Would make sense for FGW to get it for HST maintenance - newer facilities = higher reliability?
hahaha.....
FGW get North Pole....
Probably Network Rail will take over and put it's own vehicles....
Or maybe Southern to store their 377/2.
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:29 pm
by BR7MT
Well that wouldn't be a waste of space would it now?
Dan
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:49 pm
by tigermon
1288gaje wrote:BR7MT wrote:Would make sense for FGW to get it for HST maintenance - newer facilities = higher reliability?
hahaha.....
FGW get North Pole....
Probably Network Rail will take over and put it's own vehicles....
Or maybe Southern to store their 377/2.
Yeah...right...after all Southern wont have any need for their 377/2's once all the MK1 EMU's have gone now will they
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:03 pm
by SheffieldLad2008
Lucazone or Bassild, (or anyone else for that matter) do you know if the Eurostarts will retain their 3rd rail gear? Because surely it won't be needed when CTRL 2 is completed.
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:15 pm
by chrispierce
SheffieldLad2008 wrote:Lucazone or Bassild, (or anyone else for that matter) do you know if the Eurostarts will retain their 3rd rail gear? Because surely it won't be needed when CTRL 2 is completed.
I'd expect them to retain it. Its not going to do too much harm to leave it on, and you never know when you'll need it again.
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:46 pm
by basildd
SheffieldLad2008 wrote:Lucazone or Bassild, (or anyone else for that matter) do you know if the Eurostarts will retain their 3rd rail gear? Because surely it won't be needed when CTRL 2 is completed.
Once the next phase of CTRL is completed, the 3rd rail gear will be removed from the units as they will have no work over such track. If they need to traverse 3rd rail lines, they will be hauled. E* will not retain redundant equipment as the cost of maintenance and examination is unwarranted.
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:56 pm
by charlierc
Temple Meads depot?
Sounds like they should electrify the GWML line if they where stabled in Bristol Temple Meads station.
I would have thought Temple Mills would have more sidings than 13!
Charles
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:13 am
by basildd
The design has been changed since that artists impression and there is no room for 13 and the final version will have even less, currently.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:22 am
by LucaZone
basildd wrote:The design has been changed since that artists impression and there is no room for 13 and the final version will have even less, currently.
Its very rare for an artists impression to see realisation
They arent constrained by cost.....
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:24 am
by BR7MT
An OO gauge model was used to design Bedford depot, and what did they use to gauge it all - a class 390....
Regards
Dan
