In article <389b106d.346...@news.publiconline.co.uk>, In Free Agent if
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Close to? It is a locomotive in multiple with a single car
EMU.
No, the class 489 GLV might be powered, but the coach formations, <Class
488> although, not actually powered, ARE still, officially EMU's
Whether you consider the 488s to
be EMUs or not is a tricky point.
Ah yes, I see you do know this fact, but I wouldn't say that whether
class 488's are EMU's or not is a difficult question.
They ARE in effect, unpowered EMU's, that is all they are.
The class 73 and the class 489 GLV are powered, but nothing else is.
They are less of an EMU
than the 4-TCs,
Yes, they aren't really EMU's at all, it is only due to the Electrical
equipment that they carry that they are, on paper, EMU's.
To be an EMU, the train doesn't necessarily have to be powered, it is,
in effect, glorified loco hauled stock.
The Class 488's are the best example of this.
I thought 4-TC's were Actually units anyway, even though they were
sometimes Loco hauled
but they are much more permanent formations
than say the WCML sets (with their DVTs).
Yes, undoubtedly.
The only thing that is really ever changed on the Gatwick stock is the
73 and perhaps, sometimes the GLV.
The WCML and ECML stock aren't actually units though, they are just
simply plain old Mk2-4's <and Mk3&4 DVT's>.
I'm more a 73 fan, but that means that I probably still know more about
the Gatwick stock that perhaps your average enthusiast.
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Douglas Third
douglas@draco-corp(remove).demon.co.uk