977020
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- 977020 - Experimental Railbus R3
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- Bristol Temple Meads
- 25 February 1982
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SD0853
14 October 2007, 13:59:48
Note the "Secondary Windscreens" that were fitted as it was felt by various unions (ASLEF/NUR) that the "Bus" windscreens were not strong or safe enough for rail use, hence that internal framing and inner windscreens.
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jan astrego
29 May 2008, 16:01:32
This bus has made a one day experiment between Gronau (Germany) and Enschede (Holland) to demonstrate that there should be a future for that 10 kilometer line between the two countries. It was coöperation between NS, Db and BR. More than a thousand people took the bus. There was a full report from German and Dutch Television. But it took still 20 years to reopen the line. And it is operating between Enschede and Münster(BRD) and Enschede and Dortmund(BRD) every hour. Between Enschede and Gronau there is every half an Hour an connexion. I have a video from that day, because I was one of the people who organises that day.
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Martin Barnsdall
4 May 2009, 16:35:24
This was the second railbus after 975874 - and was built in 1981. It was larger than the original LEV. Eventually it was sold to Northern Ireland Railways, converted to 5' 3" gauge and ran for a time between Coleraine and Portrush.
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Dave Shell - Northumbria Rail
28 July 2011, 17:26:34
I would be interested in any video or photos you have from that day Jan