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Originally Posted by stanners
ON the old push pull sets used for Glasgow Edinburgh (with Class 27s - anyone remember?) the wiring was bespoke.
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Yes, I remember them very well indeed. In fact, the only bespoke parts of the trains were the uprated disc brakes fitted to the 27/1s and 27/2s, and the ETH (ETS/HEP) fitted to the 27/2 subclass. <edit - disc brakes on the Mark 2 coaches too>
Most people are surprised when they find out the the coaches were fitted with standard blue star multiple working cables throughout so the locos thought they were next to each other and were working in multiple. I don't know if there are any photos existing but if there weren't enough 27/1 or 27/2s available then 37s used to deputise and you would often see a standard class 37 at one end although I can't recall seeing the service ever with a 37 at both ends