The UKs most reliable train is...

nightbeaver911 · Post by **nightbeaver911** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:08 pm

SWTs class 421/5. Well acording to Modern Railways.

http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/gb/ele ... WT4VEP.jpg (for people who dont know what a 421 is

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The least reliable is Wales and Borders class 143 (pacer). Although over the last four weeks the least reliable train has been MMLs HST sets!

Reliability is based of miles per casulty source: Modern Railways: January 2004. A good buy

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:35 pm

nightbeaver911 wrote:SWTs class 421/5. Well acording to Modern Railways.

http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/gb/ele ... WT4VEP.jpg (for people who dont know what a 421 is .

The least reliable is Wales and Borders class 143 (pacer). Although over the last four weeks the least reliable train has been MMLs HST sets!

Reliability is based of miles per casulty source: Modern Railways: January 2004. A good buy

Damm straight!!!! Thats 1301 - 1322, including the redeemed 1309!!

All maintained by me and my boys at the best depot in the land, Fratton!!

nightbeaver911 · Post by **nightbeaver911** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:37 pm

Top marks

its a shame they will all go to waste. How long would you say they could last?

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:00 pm

2 years yet i would think. That type will be the last to be withdrawn, due to the fact that their 100mph capable

Christopher125 · Post by **Christopher125** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:19 pm

Hi

Where did the IoW 1938 stock come then?

Chris

nightbeaver911 · Post by **nightbeaver911** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:38 pm

*flicks through Modern Railways* they are not in it! no fair!

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:13 pm

nightbeaver911 wrote:*flicks through Modern Railways* they are not in it! no fair!

Thats because they only use 2 units! They have 7 units in total {at my last check}. In they run a 1 train service {which is one unit i think} and in the summer they run a 2 train service.
Its like all these times when they get voted most punctual, they only have 7 miles of track to worry about!

petermakosch · Post by **petermakosch** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:34 pm

MML will conquor over them all! hehehe, although im pooped off with them ATM.
Petey

Christopher125 · Post by **Christopher125** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:50 pm

Hi

Even in Winter they use two sets (one unit each), and in summer, they double them up, so that 4 units are in use (two trains made up of two units). I think they can even have 3 different 'trains' in use at the same time.

Chris

jjules · Post by **jjules** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:48 pm

Bah! Where'd the 43s come? Or the 158s?

chriscooper · Post by **chriscooper** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 10:15 pm

Cool, shows how good CIGs are even after over 30 years. Not suprising though as their isn't a lot to go wrong with those old units, not like modern ones with loads of electronics. Not suprised MMLs HSTs are well down as they seem awful these days, and the worst seem to be the refurbished ones. Pacers do suprise me as those and the Sprinters seem pretty reliable. Wonder where the 101s came?

nightbeaver911 · Post by **nightbeaver911** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 11:36 am

jjules wrote:Bah! Where'd the 43s come? Or the 158s?

Ill let you know when my dad gets back with the mag as hes stolen it for the day! git! It varys from operator to operator.

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 2:15 pm

chriscooper wrote: Not suprising though as their isn't a lot to go wrong with those old units

phat2003uk · Post by **phat2003uk** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 3:23 pm

chriscooper wrote: Not suprising though as their isn't a lot to go wrong with those old units.

I'm sure Steve could tell you a few.

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 4:07 pm

phat2003uk wrote:
chriscooper wrote: Not suprising though as their isn't a lot to go wrong with those old units.
I'm sure Steve could tell you a few.

2327 - nose end jumper recep blew up. The front of the unit looked like it had been hit by a SCUD missle when i saw it last

1563 - managled after it hit a tree at Liss on saturday

1573 - TPWS gear ripped off after derailment in Bournemouth depot - 15.12.03

1318 - fuse board melted

1550, 1533 and 1534, we won't even get started with those 3.

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