Grand Central HST 43065 with seized wheels / gearbox

[1madaboutguitar]

A train is no place to play a didgeridoo. How antisocial

[justplainrichard]

dosent supprise me - GC Cant even maintain anything - i think 43068 is on its 3rd valenta engine since GC took it over - they just keep braking them all the time. and in my eyes - to do this to a HST is just pure vadilism - surley some ididot should have realised the power car should have been put on wheelskates !

[jssuiter]

Tosser.

[55022RSG]

ill find the tosser here is you!

[EWS60500]

the 43's are running graet now and are some of the most reliable 43's with valentas in service.

[justplainrichard]

pretty much becasue there the only Valenta powerd 43's in service...now Network Rail has gone over to MTU aswell...as for GC's power cars...there still having there ups and downs...and whilst i agree there doing better...there still getting through other engines every few months or so...

And before anyone else complains about what i write...i do know what im talking about thanks very much...you try working on Valenta engines...

[BrambleH]

is that why they always seem to have their ummm magnetic bumper things (cant think what their called) out all the time?

[PennineProductions]

Eight of the power cars had the buffers fitted when they were converted into DVTs in 1988, they were converted back but no one thought to take the buffers off.

I'm just wondering how they managed to push a HST, does it actually couple to anything?

[BrambleH]

oh right ok thank you, so whats a DVT? :P

[PennineProductions]

Not 100% sure but I think it's for controlling a locomotive from the other end of the train so they don't need to uncouple it and run it round to the other end when departing.

[BrambleH]

ahh right, kk thanks for the help (Y)

[Xantec]

@BrambleH

Driving Van Trailer - basically it looks like a mk3 coach chassis with a class 91 body shell on it, and is used for carrying of parcels on that train. it goes at one end, and an electric loco, (class 86, 87, 90 or 91) goes on the other end

[class313]

The buffered version HSTs a have draw hook coupling system so any loco can couple up to it.

[55022RSG]

no its just that drivers want MTU so they brake them =(

[pacer142086]

burn some rubber baby! (metal sorry!)

[limeyfox]

Sounds like they're burning a bit of metal there...not good :S

[tb992]

oh dear.

[ACranesvideos]

i dont see the point in having grand central trains anyway. Whats the point of the grand central trains to run non stop from kings x to York! no wonder they are not making much profit they could at least stop at Peterborough & Doncaster!

[jakeo77]

Because they're linking Sunderland with London, and since NXEC stop at Peterborough and Doncaster they don't stop there. Also, because they only run a few services a day, I'm sure it's not going to impact on their profits missing a few stations out when their main focal point is Sunderland.

[scott5175]

hst's are not diesal - electric there just diesal

[Yownanymous]

Whoever gave him the thumbs down, he's right actually.

[hst125matty]

ITS A PLANE QHICK HIDE lol

[olympian2174]

HSTs are Diesel Electric so no gearbox is involved, the power is fed to the wheels using a generator and traction motors

[lhrjc]

ah ok thanks. I'm not sure what happened to be honest but the wheels couldn't turn so something major must have gone wrong!

[vectorm1299]

@lhrjc More than likey the traction motors or the generator suffered a flash over.

Massive electrical arch inside the gene or traction motor frying either or both.

Locomotives have been writted off in the event of a generator flash over, as the electrical arch sends a surge through the rest of the locos electrical systems frying the entire thing.

Where as a traction motor flash over is isolated to the traction motor.

[simonwass]

traction motors which are coupled to the wheels with a GEARBOX.....

somebody didn't concentrate at train school!

[olympian2174]

its not a true gearbox. The only mechanical linkage is the mechanical spur coupling gears, that required to drive the wheels. I did pay attention in 'train school' but my course was on Mechanical transmission which also isnt a gearbox. This isnt the place to discuss traction topics though.

[DelticMattV2000]

wtf lol