London Underground trains

[dave9876543210]

And don't forget Queens Park to Harrow & Wealdstone

oh dam there as well i should know i was ridding that line last week

[Jim2016]

The 378’s 3rd rail shoe is for 750 V, while the exterior 3rd rail on the LU tracks is at 420 V. How does that work?

[perfecttrains1000]

actually thats true, i wonder how that works

[Sjoerd]

The surface sections use the fourth rail solely for operational consistency; the system shares track with Network Rail in several places. Where the track is shared with 750 V third-rail stock, the central rail is bonded to the running rails and the outside rail electrified at 660 V. This allows both types of train to operate satisfactorily. The suburban network of the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) was electrified in co-operation with the Underground, but during the 1970s British Rail introduced third-rail EMUs and the sections of the LNWR suburban network not used by the Underground had the fourth rail removed (see "London and North Western Railway", above).

The Underground has carried out studies to consider raising the voltage above the present 630 V nominal.[26] New equipment at their substations does allow for a future increase to a standard 750 V nominal. In addition, the electrical equipment of new trains are also based on the use of 750 V rated equipment. So, whilst new equipment is being designed to for 750 V operation, no decision to increase the voltage has yet been made public by the Underground.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_e ... urth_rails

[perfecttrains1000]

i see, makes sense

[Sjoerd]

Overground roundels and unit numbers installed....
The cab still to do.

[perfecttrains1000]

amazing so far

[AlistairCowell]

I can report that on 'LU 1996 A' vehicle, when hitting the '3' key, it will take you to the sky. This is supposed to be the external view.
On the 'LU 1996 B' vehicle, the train number still carries the 516xx numbering range (basically a duplicate of 'LU 1995 B' vehicle!).

That needs to be fixed before the next update.

[Sjoerd]

The Class 378 driving cab interior.... being build



I'll do the wall to close off the space for the emergency exit later, as that will need to be a separte object, in order to animate it (Opening it when the emergency exit is activated).

[perfecttrains1000]

Niceeeeeee, loving it so far