Isle Of Wight Railway Trip 1938 Tube stock 28/09/06

[danielspital]

Interesting to see that all the power is derived from the 3rd rail (there is no 4th centre rail). This means that the whole 630V potential to ground is contained therein. Thus you'd have much less chance surviving if you happen to touch the live rail on IoW than you would in London.

[ANDREWWALLFORD123]

That is problem the train seat front of carriage of the seat has bend of broken. Shouldn't updated testing train yet.

[BOOGE64]

I always wondered why the 1983 tube stock was entirely scrapped, instead of saving a few and using them to replace the 1938 stock on this line.

[MegaL14M]

i've always wondered how they haven't upgraded the trains to something like 455s or 158/9s...

[oashmole]

@MegaL14M, the reason they have not done this is because of the tunnel between Ryde Epslanade and St John's Road is no high enough, the trackbed in Ryde Tunnel was raised in 1967 to reduce flooding and decrease gradients.

[Cazkumali]

@oashmole some trains were in the livery with dinosaurs on

[oashmole]

@Cazkumali they use to have some with dinosaurs on, think they have all been painted red now.

[ianbillericay]

I miss then on the LUL, nice to see the musuem has a running 4 car unit. Should get it out more often though

[douglas1249]

I have been on them 32 years ago

[Grigoriy137]

Super!!!

[razzle27]

me and my 2 kids went on here 2 weeks ago to sandown bit shaky but the kids loved it.btw stay away from sandow piers food horrible.then we found fat harrys amazing

[DaveInBridport]

Superb stock! Used to get one on the Piccadilly in the late 1970s now and again.

[TheDepotCat]

Superb stock! Used to get one on the Piccadilly in the late 1970s now and again.

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Yeah they would sometimes combine silver stock, [1958 build I think], with the red 1938 built stock. As kids we always went for the silver trains - DoH!!!!

[trainmaster500]

how frequently do these trains run?

[oashmole]

There are 2 trains an hour, but due to parts of the route being single line they run with a gap of 41 minutes then 19 minutes throught the day, i have herd that they are meant to be putting another passing loop back in which would allow an 30 minutes service.

[grahamf19]

shame island line dont run as a four car unit at all times, cos ive been on there at busy times and i silly running a 2 car unit

[Skaliwag66]

Pretty modern looking for 1938.

[trainmaster500]

I guess they're trying to replicate that - still the 38's look pretty nice

[limeyfox]

Been on this a couple of times, don't think I've ever seen a train roll as much as they do at speed! Not sure whether its the train or the track, either way its rough :D

[metadyneman]

Funding has now been granted to refurbish all these old 1938 veterans into "heritage" red livery. Unit 004 was completed in December 07 and unveiled on January 18th 2008.. just two days ago