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Me too! Just imagine Ezh3, 81-717, 81-717M and Siemens M1 in metrosim.Guille3604 wrote: ↑31 Dec 2017, 13:51 Darn, I want those plugins, I have some japanese trains waiting on the line too! xD
You mean this one?
Well, it is becoming obsolete then; nothing beats Metrosimulator, with it's realistic ATB, ZUB and CVL systems
@Sjoerd: Umm... you almost hit the spot! Prague version of 81-717 look similiar but color is different and it lacks frontlights on upperside of the front mask.
You're right Luka. They were rebuilt and since 2009 the "original" 81-717 isn't in service anymore.luka23 wrote: ↑05 Jan 2018, 11:41 @Brozma I was in Prague in the summer of 2016 and I didn't see an with that "traditional" front, they were all rebuilt AFAIK. Though I would love to see the 81-717! They're very similar to the MG2 stock and it was a pleasure to drive around in a blue old noisy subway car in Budapest, made me think I was in the MG2 again![]()
If i'm not wrong the 81-717 were modernized by Skoda Transportation, is that right?brozma wrote: ↑05 Jan 2018, 22:39
You're right Luka. They were rebuilt and since 2009 the "original" 81-717 isn't in service anymore.
Maybe you saw this train if you took a ride on A and/or B line:
That's 81-717M. It was made by rebuilding "old" 81-717 trains.
interesting fact: 81-717M's noise when they go fast in the tunnel is similiar to 81-717 stock. Only difference in noises is high pitched wheezing noise which 81-717M stock emits, when they are stopping or departing from station.
If you took a ride on C line maybe you saw this train
That's Siemens M1. It was made for C line to replace "old" Ezh3 stock. It was made by two companies: Siemens and CHKD (ČKD)
Also when you talked about similarities, I can confirm that MG2 and 81-717 looks similiar to me aswell.
Yes it is! Skoda transportation modernized 81-717 stock. I wonder if Skoda transportation makes a new rolling stock for Prague metro in the future. Prague transport company doesn't have many manufacturers to choose from. Metrowagonmash (company which made 81-717 stock) doesn't cooperate with Prague anymore since 1989 and in same year CHKD (ČKD) company bankrupted. Siemens don't care about rolling stock anymore and went back to making cellphones and other household appliances (frigdes, washing machines)RotterdamMetroLover wrote: ↑06 Jan 2018, 13:20If i'm not wrong the 81-717 were modernized by Skoda Transportation, is that right?brozma wrote: ↑05 Jan 2018, 22:39
You're right Luka. They were rebuilt and since 2009 the "original" 81-717 isn't in service anymore.
Maybe you saw this train if you took a ride on A and/or B line:
That's 81-717M. It was made by rebuilding "old" 81-717 trains.
interesting fact: 81-717M's noise when they go fast in the tunnel is similiar to 81-717 stock. Only difference in noises is high pitched wheezing noise which 81-717M stock emits, when they are stopping or departing from station.
If you took a ride on C line maybe you saw this train
That's Siemens M1. It was made for C line to replace "old" Ezh3 stock. It was made by two companies: Siemens and CHKD (ČKD)
Also when you talked about similarities, I can confirm that MG2 and 81-717 looks similiar to me aswell.