Parry People Mover at Stourbridge

Experimental Parry People Mover vehicle 999900 departing from Stourbridge Junction on 1st October 2006.

[@northstar1950]

I believe this contraption is powered by an elastic band :)

[@bwhugul]

That would be the BIG (proper) train that runs on the branch at the moment. This Parry People Mover only has an engine the size of the one used in the Ford Focus!

[@Blizzards2007]

Im at Stourbridge Junction often! I hate it when the Trains are ontime! Well central Trains you do a great job of the trains! =)

[@dukerwd]

This is actually the first railcar to be powered by a flywheel !!

[@mayzon111222]

that bloodly thing wakes me up all the time

[@mayzon111222]

No No you must be thinking of the mainline trains. Its a whirling noise it does when it starts off, infact it may be the brakes releasing! It doesn't stress me out, tho i'm quite happy with it. I'll miss the old train though as I've grown up with it.

[@trainluvr]

an SPV (self propelled vehicle)

[@bwhugul]

The flywheel probably uses this principle!

[@bwhugul]

I've just watched another video of the PPM...is the noise a squeaking, squealing one?

[@Ron_TTE]

The mouse train

[@railandmodel]

MMMMM!!!

[@mayzon111222]

belive me I live close enough, couple that with train staff in orange vests farting and coughing

[@wdielwlairajmd]

They have been trying to close this line for years. This is their latest ploy - run a bus on rails! It is bad news for the line. Why don't they cut out the middle man and just run a bus? Oh, I forgot, that's what they're doing at the moment, as the new PPMs are "not ready" (i.e. they start the replacement bus now, and conveniently forget to start running the trains).