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Title: 0723 Warminster/Cardiff 1st March Post by: tramway on March 01, 2007, 09:55:35 0723 Warminster/Cardiff surprisingly ran with two 143's this morning, and was on time from Trowbridge, all was not well though. As we arrived in Bradford the engine in the last coach stopped and didn't want to restart. Just emergency lighting in the carriage is not an issue in these lengthening days, and the lack of engine noise only heightens the awareness of the general din that the 143s make. We finally made it into Bristol a few minutes down, which turned into quite a few more while staff did a watering can hunt to top up the coolant which was obviously the cause of the engine problems. Filton 17 minutes late
Title: Re: 0723 Warminster/Cardiff 1st March Post by: Jim on March 01, 2007, 21:45:05 That service is now starting to get better to turn out the booked traction & Formation
Title: Re: 0723 Warminster/Cardiff 1st March Post by: whistleblower on March 01, 2007, 23:02:46 The return service for this unit from Cardiff to Westbury (0900) was cancelled/scheduled to re-start from Bristol. Unfortunately the crew were still in Cardiff and had to travel to BTM to pick it up. By the time they arrived it had been decided to scrap the service and couple the unit to the 0930 Cardiff - Portsmouth to position it to Westbury for its next working.
Title: Re: 0723 Warminster/Cardiff 1st March Post by: Jim on March 20, 2007, 15:57:36 The return service for this unit from Cardiff to Westbury (0900) was cancelled/scheduled to re-start from Bristol. Unfortunately the crew were still in Cardiff and had to travel to BTM to pick it up. By the time they arrived it had been decided to scrap the service and couple the unit to the 0930 Cardiff - Portsmouth to position it to Westbury for its next working. That is the 1106 WSB - SOU then? This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |