Lab 5 at Derby in the late 1980s
Paul Hadfield
47431 with Lab 5 in tow at Doncaster in the late 1980s
Jeff Pugh
On the murky morning of 6th February 1990, 47973 hauls Lab 5 north out of Derby,
John Goodale
John Goodale
Laboratory Coach 5 TRIM DMU
| TRIM stood for Track Recording by Inertial Measuring
and the TRIM unit measured ride quality. Always known as Lab 5 the unit was based on a Park Royal Class 103 and numbered RDB 975089 & 975090 Between December 1984 and January 1988, before the LUL Track Recording Vehicle entered service, Lab 5 was used to collect track data for those sections of LUL track over which the vehicle was in gauge. The unit was self-propelled and driven by a BR driver with a LUL pilot. In October 1976 Lab 5 was shipped to Zeebrugge to carry out a track survey in Holland for an ORE project Look on Departmentals.com for a few more pictures http://www.departmentals.com/photo/975089975090-5 Above info courtesy Arthur Richards who was the man in charge of Lab 5 |
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Lab 5 at Derby in the late 1980s
Paul Hadfield |
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47431 with Lab 5 in tow at Doncaster in the late 1980s
Jeff Pugh |
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On the murky morning of 6th February 1990, 47973 hauls Lab 5 north out of Derby, John Goodale |
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47973 heads north form Derby John Goodale |