Comments on: Nodding Donkeys – The End Is Nigh http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/transport/nodding-donkeys-the-end-is-nigh/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/transport/nodding-donkeys-the-end-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-27948 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:09:15 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=7235#comment-27948 When originally introduced the gearboxes were not fit for purpose. The whole lot had to be rebuilt with new transmissions within a few years.

Several have derailed after engines fell off while the train was moving. That is not exactly British engineering at its best.

]]> By: Peter Crowther http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/transport/nodding-donkeys-the-end-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-27947 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:03:28 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=7235#comment-27947 I remember them coming in on the Manchester-Sheffield route and the gearboxes being utterly unable to handle the gradients. Dreadful bits of kit.

]]> By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/transport/nodding-donkeys-the-end-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-27945 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:57:54 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=7235#comment-27945 Valley lines are being electrified. Probably won’t get brand new trains, but older stock cascaded from London.

]]> By: Chris Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/transport/nodding-donkeys-the-end-is-nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-27944 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:53:29 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/?p=7235#comment-27944 I remember that in Cornwall :-) Glad to see the back of them in South Wales but what will people fight on now in the Valleys?

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