Slam door Stock
 

So tell me all you modern railway people :D:D, is there any slam door stock in use on the railway of today excluding preserved stock of course ?

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London Norwich on G E
Aylesbury Princes Risborough
The Virgin Loco hauled set painted to look like a pendelino
Charter hire stock

Mind gone blank

Ok thanks for that mate.
Happy new year old chum.

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Question do any of the original HST stock count as slam door even with the "new" locking.?

I think I am right in saying that there is no Slam Door Commuter stock left in operation.
The last were in use on the Lymington branch.
All other stock with doors are HST, Mk 2,3,and 4 coaches and any Mk 1 in charter specials. These should all be fitted with central door locking unless manned by stewards.
Unsure what the situation is with stock in use on the NYMR Whitby service these may be exempt due to low speed.

My main complaint is I can't stick my head out of the window!;):eek:

Very good complaint there, love having the wind in my hair on preserved lines. although the length makes me look like a lion when i get off :D

All 'slam door stock' still in use now has central door locking, I think the full list is....

Virgin: Pretendilino (Mk3 set)
NXEA: Liverpool St-Norwich Mk3s
WSMR: Marylebone-Wrexham Mk3s
Chiltern: Marylebone-Birmingham Moor Street Mk3 + Princes Risborough-Aylesbury 121
Arriva Trains Wales: WAG Express Mk2/3 set and Cardiff Bay 121 service
East Coast: London Scotland HSTs
Crosscountry: North East-South West HSTs
East Midlands Trains: London-Nottingham/Derby/Sheffield HSTs
First Great Western: London-West Country/South Wales HSTs and Mk3 sleeper stock
Grand Central: London-Sunderland HSTs
First Scotrail: Mk2/3 sleeper train stock

I don't think the First Great Western and First Scotrail summer timetable loco hauled sets are still running around.

I think they only run the summer timetable loco hauled in backup of other trains. I have seen a few but they were only used after a train breakdown.

First Great Western had two loco hauled srevices last year; Cardiff - Taunton and Cardiff - Paignton. These services operated every day (not sure about Sundays).

I used to do that myself when I was a lad, it's really good fun.

At around the time that the last of the slam door stock was withdrawn, NR removed the drivers' rulebook requirement to "sound your horn whilst entering or leaving a station when a train is standing on an adjacent line".

It must have saved countless people's lives over the years.

I expect that like me, most of the drivers on here have come close to hitting someone who was leaning out of a train window. :eek:

It's a heart-stopping experience.

FP

[QUOTE=Flying Pig;58154]I used to do that myself when I was a lad, it's really good fun.QUOTE]

I always wore goggles especially in steam days:)