[Request] Class 322 Overhead EMU

eastcoastshipping · Post by **eastcoastshipping** » 19 Oct 2004 14:51

Doesnt 'Desiro' refer to a group of trains all produced recently by Siemens. For example, down here in the south we have i think 444 Desiros (3rd rail) for south west trains. But I have been told there are Diesel desiros as well.

http://www.semg.org.uk/gallery/class444_01.html see.

eastcoastshipping · Post by **eastcoastshipping** » 19 Oct 2004 14:54

http://www.semg.org.uk/gallery/class450_01.html

thats a page about the 450 desiro.

Told you

wade_man_uk · Post by **wade_man_uk** » 19 Oct 2004 14:57

Yeh i kno the desiros are being produced by Siemens. And that central trains have got some Class 350 desiros on order from them but other than that i kno nothing.

eastcoastshipping · Post by **eastcoastshipping** » 19 Oct 2004 15:00

Back on topic, how about a refittable 322/323/321 (as they all look pretty similar) into a 325 EMU (for mail) see below, i think it would be cool to have a network of 323s and 325s all running at the same speed. See below, its realistic too.

Class 325
http://www.semg.org.uk/gallery/class325.html

Probably should be made overhead but 3rd rail would work too.

jdtech · Post by **jdtech** » 19 Oct 2004 19:15

Ahhh, the Class 350, presumably the overhead electric version of the Class 450, which is 3rd rail for running in the South (where I live).

Cheers,
John

Thinlizzy · Post by **Thinlizzy** » 19 Oct 2004 20:33

jdtech wrote:Ahhh, the Class 350, presumably the overhead electric version of the Class 450, which is 3rd rail for running in the South (where I live).

Cheers,
John

Dual voltage officially, like the 375's, but it will most likely be dedicated to the AC network.
SWT have tacted an order for 10 dual voltage 450's {350's?} onto the end of the Silverlink order.

ChrisCF · Post by **ChrisCF** » 19 Oct 2004 23:54

First of all, the 325 is based vaguely on the 365, the 323 has no real relation to the 321/322, and a good part of Central's cross-country network isn't electrified. The only parts which are completely electrified are the WCML, the main line through Birmingham, and the Cross-City sections north/south and east/west. Given the 323s are in a pretty good state, and on the Central Network there's nowhere for them to cascade to from the Cross-City, I can't imagine where the Desiros fit in, apart from the occasional run from Liverpool to Rugby.

wade_man_uk · Post by **wade_man_uk** » 20 Oct 2004 10:04

The desiros wont fit anywhere now because as of last night Central Trains lost there franchise and Virgin Trains and Chiltern Railways are taking over all there routes.

ChrisCF · Post by **ChrisCF** » 20 Oct 2004 10:13

So, next time I have to travel Cardiff->Brum, I won't be on a Turbostar?

wade_man_uk · Post by **wade_man_uk** » 20 Oct 2004 11:01

It will be turbostar up until 2006 after that then it could be a virgin train, chiltern railways train or a silverlink train. Maybe also this will be an end to the 323's on the cross city service but who knows?

Tigermon · Post by **Tigermon** » 20 Oct 2004 12:23

Central have not lost their franchise, they still hold it, however there are RUMOURS that Central Trains will be split up, with portions being cascaded to Chiltern, Virgin Cross-Country, Northern Rail and Silverlink.

intercity125 · Post by **intercity125** » 06 Jan 2005 15:44

Whatever happened with Central in the end?
I dont like things as much now its all seperated into different franchises. I like it even less now that First, Anglia, and WAGN were combined to form 'One'. I HATE 'One'.

Anyways, for anyone that may still be interested in this, the class 322 isnt the Stansted Express trains, and hasnt been for years. I cant recall what class runs that now (though in body, they look similar - the face of the train aside) and i presume that they are pretty much the same. There are about 3/4 class 322 leased (i think) to 'One' for the time, though quite what they want them for now they have changed the timetables i am unsure. I have travelled between Ipswich and London in the a few times, and they are quite different to the 321 seating-wise. Different colour scheme, luggage racks, some tables, far better 1st class area, and even an old now disused telephone booth.

'One' also has a blue train, i am unsure of its class, but its made up inside virtually the same as the 322, and is in the North-West (i think) livery - the one with the giant gold star on the side.

Anyways, i would LOVE for these to be added to the game as i am rapidly losing interest with it for various reasons. I have asked for 321 to be made, but i think i would need to find further information perhaps. Whats the deal with the EMU situation in locomotion anyway? All EMU trains seem to be made up of 2-car units which run on third rail. Just not good enough!

intercity125 · Post by **intercity125** » 06 Jan 2005 15:53

This is the Stansted Express train type. I think it is made of a couple of styles of stock actually, one style seem to have a more curved roof than this but otherwise appears virtually the same. They have undergone a repaint since this time, and are undergoing a new one now also.

...class 317 i take it

samuelmorris · Post by **samuelmorris** » 17 Feb 2005 23:16

What we could do with is the Class 365/5s, complete with sounds, just like formula 1, the most peculiar noise ever. Does anyone with technical knowledge know why Alsthom motors make that noise?
For London People not familiar with the 365s, ride the Jubilee line!

YouTube · Post by **Geo Ghost** » 17 Mar 2005 17:57

Heres an interesting livery/train. The connex Class 465/466

http://www.angeltrains.co.uk/Press/gall ... -Large.jpg

heres another one, although im not suer whether its an Express type train

i think there are Electric Types too

Inter-Connex

Diesel Railcar VT0003

http://www.michaeltaylor.ca/Ind/003-connex-mt.jpg

ChrisCF · Post by **ChrisCF** » 18 Mar 2005 01:04

Silly Billy, not only have you missed the fact that Connex don't operate in the UK any more, but you've replied to a topic that's a month old ...

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