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Some updates on the Ex Class 314:
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Scotland's Hydrogen train. - RealRail

Bo'ness Hydrogen Skunk Works. Arrival video: https://youtu.be/ejt3cBgfKd4 Update video: https://youtu.be/V6mdeeYi7-0 Family day video visit: https://youtu.be/kOJNX77vCXk New photos at bottom of gallery: 138 photos + 4 Videos added 30th September 2022 to 18th January 2023. New testing videos at...
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Many thanks for the update; great photos there.

Looking forward to seeing how it progresses.
 
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Thanks Davie - good to see what happens to it during the week as it's always somewhere new when I'm on site!
 
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The conversion seems to involve much more than I had realised. I had assumed they would just stick a fuel cell in one of the coaches, wire it up to same cabling the pantograph used, and that would be it! Shows how much I know :D
 
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anyone know if this machine going to retain the pantograph and all its gubbins or is it to be hydrogen + storage battery only?
 
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GLC said:
The conversion seems to involve much more than I had realised. I had assumed they would just stick a fuel cell in one of the coaches, wire it up to same cabling the pantograph used, and that would be it! Shows how much I know :D
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You’d have to bypass the transformer for a start - no way you could get 25kV out of onboard fuel cells!
 
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gingertom said:
anyone know if this machine going to retain the pantograph and all its gubbins or is it to be hydrogen + storage battery only?
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All of the cables from the pantograph under vehicle have been removed for new equipment to be installed.
The pantograph will remain attached to the vehicle for weight /ride height issues.
If the new kit adds too much weight then the pan will be removed but not for now.

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With it being called the class 614 the 314 is now completely extinct. I wish they’d kept another for preservation.

Any idea when the public will be able to see it?
 
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DAH37403 said:
Some updates on the Ex Class 314:
realrail.smugmug.com

Scotland's Hydrogen train. - RealRail

Bo'ness Hydrogen Skunk Works. Arrival video: https://youtu.be/ejt3cBgfKd4 Update video: https://youtu.be/V6mdeeYi7-0 Family day video visit: https://youtu.be/kOJNX77vCXk New photos at bottom of gallery: 138 photos + 4 Videos added 30th September 2022 to 18th January 2023. New testing videos at...
realrail.smugmug.com realrail.smugmug.com

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Excellent collection of pictures and great to see the detail close up which is rarely available when trains are in works or in build. Looks like it wasn't able to do demonstration runs but found this article which gives a lot more technical info. Given Salisbury accident those tanks slung underneath look vulnerable but given they are allowed in cars and buses already they must have plenty of resilience in high energy impacts

scotlands-hydrogen-train
 
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Some video and stills on the conversion of ex-DVT 82113 to a diesel hydraulic self propelled vehicle during 2018.


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We do actually have a thread on this already:

Artemis's project to convert DVT to use hydraulic energy storage

This looks interesting: http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/technology/chiltern-railways-set-to-test-alternative-traction-system.html?channel=00 BRITAINs Railway Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has confirmed that Chiltern Railways will participate in a three-month testing programme of an...
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The Bo'ness based Ex DVT 82113, Class 19001 has a new livery and owner.
Edinburgh based 'Lenz Labs' have taken over ownership of the vehicle from Artemis.


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Just thought I'd add the video description for a limited extra bit of context.
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The Bo'ness based Ex DVT 82113, Class 19001 has a new livery and owner.
Edinburgh based 'Lenz Labs' have taken over ownership of the vehicle from Artemis.


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The ex DVT 82113, Class 19001 gets a new lease of life via its new owner. Lenz Labs of Edinburgh have purchased the vehicle to carry out magnetic wheel adhesion testing. The vehicle has been repainted into a very bright livery and was viewed for the first time on the 20th May 2022 at Bo'ness.
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DAH37403 said:
The Bo'ness based Ex DVT 82113, Class 19001 has a new livery and owner.
Edinburgh based 'Lenz Labs' have taken over ownership of the vehicle from Artemis.


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So what decoder do they have in it, Silver, Gold, wonder how big the stay alive battery is? I immagine the signal put into the rails to operate it does not interfear with the track circuit?
 
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