Re: UK stock on the continent

Also a class 86 AC electric was used to test the wires, its panto was raised
a little to reach comfortably!
Djo
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> > >Also, weren't class 47s used for some kind of test runs before the
> > >tunnel was opened for traffic? Did they run under their own power in
> > >France?
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> > Class 47s are diesels, wouldn't that cause trouble in the tunnel
> > without fitting all scrubbers and things?
>
> 23rd February 1993 - BR 47973 and 47974 were utlised on high speed
> overhead catenary testing within the tunnel at up to 100 mph. These
> did not reach France.
>
> I've kept a list of all sorts of stuff like this.
>
> --
> Nick