[Archive] Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Birkenhead Depot

(17/02/2013 15:30)Penny Return Wrote:  The pulsars from Runcorn should be moved here to get rid of some cadets,send the ex
speke ones back

Most of the ex Speke ones are terrible - 2416 and 2426 are particularly bad examples.

I was on 2416 on the 487 over to Liverpool last night, while going through the tunnel, just by the dock exit junction, it jumped out of gear. The driver then had to stop and put it back into gear.. the acceleration from that hill start was awful - the driver had to use the gears manually to get it to move, and didn't actually manage to get up to 20mph before the end of the tunnel.

Some of the R ABA darts where better than those cadets, and that says a lot!