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double deckers
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 4:53 pm
by broads2
is anyone out their doing or going to
build the SR double decker train ??
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 5:25 pm
by philbozz
??
I'm not gonna be buildin one 'cos i dont hav a clue what it is, do you have any pics??
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 6:09 pm
by broads2
http://www.semg.org.uk/gallery/class4dd.htm
only found on Dartford to Cannon St line 1950s 60s
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 6:14 pm
by doownyl
More info on the two Bulleid prototypes
here.
Ingenious solution to overcrowding - on paper. Poor ventilation and increased station dwell times, along with cramped accommodation meant the idea was not pursued.
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 6:14 pm
by tinsley
We can't get it right here but in France and Holland they run double deckers very successfully....was in Paris 2 weeks ago and had a look inside...spacious... bright...clean..and lots of seats....whereas here we are cutting down on sitting to increase standing
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:05 pm
by basildd
I don't know about standing room in the bloody things - I used to catch it on the 0818 Bexleyheath to Welling for school on may occasions and it was like being in a sardine tin!
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:51 pm
by jeastmond
tinsley wrote:We can't get it right here but in France and Holland they run double deckers very successfully....was in Paris 2 weeks ago and had a look inside...spacious... bright...clean..and lots of seats....whereas here we are cutting down on sitting to increase standing
Spacious - yes. They have a larger loading gauge on the continent, so they can make true double-deck trains, not the 1-and-a-half deck abominations that trawled between Cannon Street and Dartford for over 20 years....
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 5:58 pm
by isambardkingdombrunel
