APT-P trailer rake test train

APT-P trailer rake test train

The first trailer rake from Derby C&W was tested and commissioned without a power car. Instead Test Service Car No:9 was converted to represent a power car. It generally ran from Derby on a circular trip to Sheffield and back each day.

	The trailer rake was commissioned separately 'off the wires' with Test Service Car 9 masquerading as an APT power car Author's collection		The trailer rake test train heading south at Chesterfield in the summer on 1978. Test Service Car 9 is marshalled behind the locomotive This train would run four circular trips each day from Derby as outlined in the test plan below Phil Sangwell
	The trailer rake test train is included on the plan - 180 miles a day with a maximum speed of 80 mile/h - probably limited by the motive power Author's collection		The trailer rake test train passing Toton TMD on 29th September 1980 Colin Burnham
	A view from the rear of the trailer rake test train passing Toton TMD on 29th September 1980 Colin Burnham		The trailer rake test train on what looks like a transit move - note the brake van at the rear Unknown
	The trailer rake test train hauled by a class 40 at an unknown location Unknown		Passing Chesterfield hauled by a prototype HST power car Unknown
	Entering Preston with an additional vehicle in the formation, probably en route to Shields Depot in Glasgow Richard Thompson courtesy Online Transport Archive		A diagram of the converted test vehicles within the APT trailer rake test train Author's collection

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