Warranty work

Bogie Warranty Engineering

In mid 2008 I started work for Bombardier Transportation in the Bogie Division at Derby as Warranty Engineer. This was a good time for Bombardier as there was a constant stream of new trains emerging from the Litchurch Lane Works. However a great deal of my time was spent dealing with existing fleets both in UK and abroad.

Here are a few pictures of the Works' output at the time

Click on the pictures for a bigger image - All photos are the author's except where indicated

	The pioneer of the class 378002 on the Works' test line in November 2008		On 9th December 2008 it was in the yard being loaded with test weights
	Class 378 on the test line		One of only four units for South Africa which were built in the UK, one of the Gautrains is pictured outside K Shop on 1st December 2008
	A Gautrain in the snow on 2nd December 2008 - a rare sight		Unidentified class 378 in the works on 24th December 2008
	London Underground S Stock train on the test line on 24th December 2008		Ex-Hull Trains Pioneer set No:222101 in the snow on 2nd February 2009 after arrival for a re-paint into EMT livery
	378006 on 31st March 2009		Two cars of a Class 377/5 destined for the Southern Region in the Works on 13th August 2009
	172003 Turbostar being loaded for delivery to Old Dalby for test running in March 2010		Class 172/0 No: 172001 on the Works on 19th May 2010
	Class 172/1 with no number on the Works on 13th December 2010

My duties mainly concerned existing trains which were under Warranty and involved working in the UK and sometimes abroad on trains for which the bogies were designed in Derby.

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	Electrostars
	Turbostars
	Voyagers
	Meridians
	Pioneers
	VLocity DMU Victoria NSW Australia
	China Metros in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai
	London Underground Victoria Line
	London Underground Sub Surface Lines
	Porto tram Portugal
	Nottingham tram
	Docklands Light Railway
	Delhi Metro India
	Blackpool tram
	Manchester Metrolink
	B5 refurbished coaches Norway
	X55 Regina Sweden
	OTU Denmark/Sweden
	Gautrain South Africa
	Adelaide Metro Australia
	Zefiro ETR1000 Italy

Some photos of the trains I was involved with are shown below:-

All photos are the author's unless otherwise credited

UK mainline

377 Electrostars	170 Turbostars	220 DEMU Voyagers
221 DEMU Super Voyagers	222 DEMU Meridians	222/1 DEMU Pioneers
172/0 Turbostar	172/1 Turbostar	172/3 Turbostar

UK London Underground

	VLU on test at Litchurch Lane		VLU on test at Litchurch Lane
	SSL on test at Old Dalby		SSL in service at Baker Street

UK London Docklands

Set 128 at Stratford 2011

Set 120 at Lewisham 2014

China

	Guangzhou Metro lines 4 and 5 with Linear Induction Motor (LIM) propulsion Unknown		Close up of LIM BT
	Guangzhou Metro line 2 BT		Shenzhen Metro Line 1 BT
	Shanghai Metro Line 1 BT		Guangzhou Metro line 6 - note the LIM reaction rail in the four foot Unknown

India - Delhi Metro

On Khyber Pass depot in Delhi	Delhi Metro Unknown	INA station
On Yamuna Bank depot in Delhi	Approaching Govind Puri station	Huda City station
Underground	Elevated section at night	Khyber Pass depot