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Re: Railway Age from 1996—Metro-North Abandoning EMUs?? |
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Posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Mon Feb 11 16:08:47 2008, in response to Re: Railway Age from 1996—Metro-North Abandoning EMUs??, posted by Wado MP73 on Mon Feb 11 12:11:38 2008. The 1904 ones of the Great Western were mechanical and could only work from less than three cars apart. On a four car train, the locomotive would have been put in the middle sandwiched between the cars. They weren't very reliable but they were the first.The Western also had early MUs, which were a lot more successful. In fact, they were such a victim of their own success that they had to be replaced by loco-haulage on Birmingham (Snow Hill) to Cardiff (General) via Stratford-upon-Avon (General) runs. |
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