Refurb and non-refurbs coupled

[solidbond]

Following the recent comments about refurb and non-refurb D stocks being coupled together I thought you might like to see these photos, taken today ;D ;D

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That's cheating! Neither of those couplers are full couplers anyway; they're missing the majority of electrical studs found on UNDM couplers.

I suspect they were running pushout tests, right?

[solidbond]

theonekea said:

That's cheating! Neither of those couplers are full couplers anyway; they're missing the majority of electrical studs found on UNDM couplers.

I suspect they were running pushout tests, right?

Ahh - but it is one of the only chances you'll get to see a refurb and a non-refurb coupled together
As to the electrical connections, that would not be a problem anyway, as Presspahns were used to insulate the connections.
And as to 'they' were doing pushout tests - more 'we' were simulating push-outs for new drivers ;D ;D

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The non-refurb looks seriously grotty next to the refurb.

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Yeah, it does.

I was kinda hoping that someone would couple a refurb UNDM to an unrefurb UNDM, just to see what would happen

[solidbond]

theonekea said:

Yeah, it does.

I was kinda hoping that someone would couple a refurb UNDM to an unrefurb UNDM, just to see what would happen

Now now - I'm not sure how happy some of the depot staff would have been to see those two trains coupled up - let alone UNDMs ;D ;D

[mowat]

I think that the refurb D stock would look better if they painted the half window behind the cab black.

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There is a half-refurb and half-unrefurb train-the prototype.