Pendolino Train: Pendolino tilt train at speed, heading for London from Birmingham. Taken at Berkswell near Coventry, 03 November 2017. British Rail initially developed the tilting...

TonyL Loc: Coventry, UK

Pendolino tilt train at speed, heading for London from Birmingham. Taken at Berkswell near Coventry, 03 November 2017.
British Rail initially developed the tilting Advanced Passenger Train for use on the winding West Coast Main Line but it never went into revenue-earning service and the project was abandoned in the mid-1980s. FIAT acquired some of the patents in the early '80s and developed the Pendolino, which Virgin Trains acquired for use on the West Coast Main Line! What goes around comes around.

toxdoc42

Nice speed effect.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Nice one, Tony. Interesting train technology, as well.
--Bob
Coventry...birthplace of my 1960 Series II 88 LandRover.

TonyL wrote:

Pendolino tilt train at speed, heading for London from Birmingham. Taken at Berkswell near Coventry, 03 November 2017.

digitalexplr Loc: Central Missouri

Nice!

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

Waitaminute... the trains are tilted? How does that work?

toxdoc42

We were on one in the Czech Republic. The bodies of the cars are articulated and the train then "bends" on turns! It is really cool.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

So the tracks are not flat--the wheel assemblies lean as a person leans in a car that turns?

TonyL Loc: Coventry, UK

The tracks are as normal; on any rail curve on a running line the outer rail is super-elevated in relation to the inner one, perhaps up to about 6 inches or so but this can't be too exaggerated for high-speed trains because slower trains (eg locals/freights) often use the same tracks. The tilting train has computer controlled suspension so the body can be tilted in relation to the bogies (wheel-frames/trucks) and remains more upright and reduces the sensation of rounding the curve. Experience has shown that too much tilt can upset passengers and induce nausea/motion sickness, so there has to be a compromise.

TonyL Loc: Coventry, UK

I believe all Land-Rovers, prototypes of which were first shown at the Amsterdam Motor Show in April 1948, were assembled at the Meteor Works, Lode Lane, Solihull. Rover HQ, the company having graduated to motor manufacture from bicycles, was in Coventry until 1947 when it moved to the Meteor Works, originally built as a 'shadow factory' prior to and in anticipation of, the Second World War, for the production of aero engines and airframes. The Coventry factory was bombed in 1941 and never resumed production of cars. Some Land-Rover part were manufactured in Coventry then shipped to Solihull.

TonyL Loc: Coventry, UK

I believe all Land-Rovers, prototypes of which were first shown at the Amsterdam Motor Show in April 1948, were assembled at the Meteor Works, Lode Lane, Solihull. Rover HQ, the company having graduated to motor manufacture from bicycles, was in Coventry until 1947 when it moved to the Meteor Works, originally built as a 'shadow factory' prior to and in anticipation of, the Second World War, for the production of aero engines and airframes. The Coventry factory was bombed in 1941 and never resumed production of cars. Some Land-Rover part were manufactured in Coventry then shipped to Solihull.
TonyL

TonyL Loc: Coventry, UK

I believe all Land-Rovers, prototypes of which were first shown at the Amsterdam Motor Show in April 1948, were assembled at the Meteor Works, Lode Lane, Solihull. Rover HQ, the company having graduated to motor manufacture from bicycles, was in Coventry until 1947 when it moved to the Meteor Works, originally built as a 'shadow factory' prior to and in anticipation of, the Second World War, for the production of aero engines and airframes. The Coventry factory was bombed in 1941 and never resumed production of cars. Some Land-Rover part were manufactured in Coventry then shipped to Solihull, some 12 miles away. A 1960 Land-Rover would definitely have been born in Solihull.
TonyL

toxdoc42

I believe my 1969 Triumph TR6 was built in Coventry. I adored that car!

TonyL Loc: Coventry, UK

I live just up the road from the site of the Standard-Triumph works, Canley, Coventry, now a Sainsbury's Supermarket and business park. I believe the US market TR6 had a carburetted engine owing to emissions regulations, whereas the UK etc version had fuel injection. I drove Triumph 2.5 PI police cars with Warwickshire Police in the early 70's; same engine as the TR6, not quite so powerful. Great performers when they were running well but a little unreliable in the fuel department.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

toxdoc42 wrote:

I believe my 1969 Triumph TR6 was built in Coventry. I adored that car!

I don't know how long they made Triumphs, but King David had one. The Bible says, "And David entered Jerusalem in a Triumph."

St. Paul, on the other hand, said, "Let us all leave in one Accord."

toxdoc42

the car had dual carboraters which had to be synchronized often. The car's electrical system was very prone to being out of commission after a rain. I found rubber gaskets which went over the electrical components.