Glasgow

[Sjoerd]

Does the Glasgow Subway have its own equivalent of London Underground's battery locos? Locomotives that actually fit the gauge of the tunnels.

Yes. As far as I was able to find out, Glasgow has three of these;


To be able to run on non-electrified tracks, I had to define it as a diesel locomotive in the simulator (leaving the diesel engine sounds out). Therefore, to start driving, 'activate' the batterypack first with Ctrl+E (after activating the cab with Ctrl+F4).

I'll take the RET locomotives out of the activities; they really look too large in this environment anyway

[AlistairCowell]

Yes, Glasgow Subway has three battery locomotives, numbered L2 to L4.

L2 and L3 were delivered in 1978 and were built by Clayton:

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[AlistairCowell]

Another locomotive, L4, was acquired in December 1988. This locomotive has a different cab:

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[Sjoerd]

I have modeled the locomotive based on that picture of the L3 I posted (and another picture from the other end), and I have numbered them L1, L2 and L3.
The L1 has been fitted with a Scharfenberg coupler to connect to the new trains, the L2 and L3 have a wedgelock coupler to connect with the old trains (and service carriages).

I'll take the numbers off the L1 and add a Clayton logo to make it look more like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlT-EHL7Z8

[Sjoerd]

Lightshow under Glasgow

[Sgt_DeBones]

So we're doing .gifs now aye?

[iamhankhamTS]

Lightshow under Glasgow

This is coming on very nicely!

[AlistairCowell]

Maintenance wagons included in Glasgow Subway map

[Sjoerd]

Just one type, but at least with this you can also run a proper maintenance train into the tunnels (So no passenger motorcar with RET flatbeds anymore );



Model based on:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cycleolog ... otostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cycleolog ... otostream/

[Nicolas]

I really like what I see. I'm so hyped now