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Title: [otd] 1st December 1933 - first GWR diesel railcar Post by: grahame on December 01, 2023, 09:01:26 90 years ago today, the first GWR Diesel Railcar made its first run - WikiPedia tells us (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_railcars)
Quote The prototype unit, No. 1, made its first run on 1 December 1933 between London Paddington and Reading with a large number of press representatives. 38 were built, of which three have survived into preservation - just one operational at present. There were the precursors of the bubble cars and then the class 153. I would argue that single carriage multiple units these days are useful as extra carriages onto other trains (or in pairs) but a diagram that works with a single carriage train is a hard one to make a case for. That view many vary on lines that support both longer distance fast services and still have a number of intermediate stations to be served. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |