IN BRIEF
Oct 15, 2018
3 minutes
GWR ‘802s’ BEAT DFT ‘800s’
GREAT Western Railway’s Class 802s, which feature software that allows greater use of the available diesel power compared with the earlier Class 800 cousins, made their appearance on scheduled passenger services from late August, and Railway Performance Society technical officer Dr David Stannard estimates they are about 20% better. However, after analysing data from RPS members David Ashley and Sean Emmett, he is also satisfied that the units have been outperforming their Class 800 cousins under electric power. It had been believed that all IET variants were
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