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I'm going to be on one for a journey with grandad

Pause it at 0:06 and read the number on the train.

I suggest reading the class 756 Wikipedia page. Both units in this video are 756/0, which are 3 car.

lmao confidently incorrect

I feel the passenger comforts are the same in the 1938 stock as the current deep-level stock, although I am curious to see how the new Piccadilly line trains will be with their "air cooling"

@@cmrailwaysmy experience of the 1938 stock was that its motor was louder than current deep level stock but I think track noise is really loud with deep tube currently.

This test run started out the back of North Pole depot, and turned around at Kensington Olympia and one of the sidings at Willesden. In practice (when this is used for diversionary use) I imagine the trains would go up the ramp at Acton Main Line, briefly go on the NLL then swing onto the WCML at Willesden.

The return journey was via Southampton, so I imagine it would have been fairly easy to have overtaken it.

The class 483s were retired at the very start of 2021 (3rd January, I believe). I had fun riding them many years ago.

I did enjoy the odd trip to the IoW to ride the class 483s. The 484s are on my to-do list, but I am lacking the assurance they will actually be running (it's a long way for me to travel to find out the line is not running).

Probably looks more vivid because it's clean!

They were withdrawn a long time before I was born, but I did ride the ones on the Isle of Wight

The current deep-level London Underground trains are the same height (as the tunnels are still the same size). This 1938 stock being preserved is a rarity in the UK - there are not many other electric multiple units preserved in working order elsewhere in the country (although there are plenty of loco-hauled trains preserved, as they have a good business case).

In service, there would have been two of these units coupled together.

In service, it would have been 7 cars (4 + 3). The other 3 cars would have been coupled to the 'D' end of the train in the video. The 5th car would either be another driving motor (DM) or an uncoupling non-driving motor (UNDM), car 6 a trailer (T) and car 7 a DM.

Trips like this often have both the front and back cabs internal door open. They are more likely to let you in the back cab than the front one. Just got to share it with the other passengers in the coach.

The London Transport Museum do an amazing job at keeping it in immaculate working condition. I believe the CBTC boundary on the Met line (at time of filming) is Finchley Road (traditional train stop north of there).

The acceleration feels like a class 710 on 3rd rail. According to Wikipedia, Class 701 acceleration is 0.7m/s² (Class 720 is 0.8m/s²)

@@cmrailways Wikipedia says 0.96 for me. I've never been on a class 710 with 3rd rail before (only on the AC areas), so I can't really tell what you mean by that, is that good or..?

The value of 0.96 isn't in the referenced material. ​ I cannot find the value of 0.96 in the news article referenced. In the limited info I can find, 0.7m/s² crops up a few times. Class 710 on 3rd rail feels underpowered compared to on AC, although I don't know if that's just due to speed/timetabling on the Watford DC line.

I believe this was a test run for potential running into Euston, should Paddington be closed for engineering works.

Paddington will be closed over Christmas 2024 for engineering works at Old Oak Common. Apparently, a shed load of HS2 infrastructure is being installed. GWR is looking at alternative routes into London during this blockade.

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Idk, but looks like there is central door locking fitted to these coaches.

@@cmrailways just saying

While class 745/1 (no first class) do occasionally run on this route, this train is two class 755/4s coupled together. Class 745 does not have generator cars or mid-cabs.

It’s not an 801 it’s an 802

Tri-mode Diesel or Overhead wires or battery (is running on overhead wires in the video)

I can only guess: - Mainly checking loading gauge issues (eg, platform height, gap etc). - Wouldn't want to accidentally bring the wires down around Euston just before rush hour. - Route to/from North Pole depot turned round at Kensington Olympia (no OHLE there).

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There were test runs to both Euston and Waterloo. Both could be used as a backup if Paddington is closed for works.

The route it was taking is unofficial for IETs. There are no signs to tell the driver when to switch from electric to diesel.

This was a test run (not a public passenger service, not a GWR driver).