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On Jul 18, 2:10 pm, j...@m wrote:
> On Jul 17, 11:48 pm, "Peter Masson" <peter.mass...@> wrote:
>
> > "Nick Leverton" <n...@leverton.org> wrote
>
> > > The 3TCs used to be a bit quicker off the mark: the same power but only
> > > 3/4 the weight !
>
> > TC stock would have been a decided advantage when I travelled from Ashford
> > to Hastings in a train dragged by a 73. We actually had a 4CIG, so the 600
> > hp of the 73's diesel engine had to drag the weight of the useless traction
> > motors of the CIG.
>
> > Peter
>
> I've heard of a trip from Elephant to Stanmore using the '38 stock in
> August or September - anyone else heard this?
>
> A trip using Sarah (surely she would run with LUs 4TC set, rather than
> with the '38 stock - can they even couple?) is news on me - but sounds
> lovely if true.


I don't think the OP implied SS hauling 38 stock.

I assumed - although the wording is not there - that it meant seperate
38 and SS+TC trains.

--
Nick