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Title: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: Steve44 on January 13, 2009, 14:24:29 From XC website:
11:27 Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth due 16:15 This train will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 4.This is due to a train fault. 16:45 Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly due 21:40 This train will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 4.This is due to a train fault. 22:07 Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street due 23:40 This train will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 4.This is due to a train fault. Is this a misprint? As in, should it be 4 coaches instead of 5? It just baffled me slightly. Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: eightf48544 on January 13, 2009, 14:44:18 One coach of a 4 car vomiter locked out of use.
Anyone seen it yet? Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: inspector_blakey on January 13, 2009, 15:14:15 And you can bet it's not the first class vehicle locked out. What's the world coming to...? A three-car train on the Pines ;)
Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: devon_metro on January 13, 2009, 16:10:55 And you can bet it's not the first class vehicle locked out. What's the world coming to...? A three-car train on the Pines ;) Believe it or not, First Class is often full! So makes more money ;) Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: Don on January 13, 2009, 22:24:34 Believe it or not, First Class is often full! So makes more money ;) First class on a 4 or 5 coach Voyager is a massive 19 seats. Of course they're often full. XC new HSTs have over 80 1st class seats, so they are almost always empty. Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: Btline on January 13, 2009, 23:12:40 I wish someone would set fire to the Voyagers.
Preferably when their fuel tanks are full..... Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on January 13, 2009, 23:40:25 I wish someone would set fire to the Voyagers. Preferably when their fuel tanks are full..... do you think xc would swap them for our pacers? Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: dog box on January 14, 2009, 00:35:45 I wish someone would set fire to the Voyagers. Preferably when their fuel tanks are full..... do you think xc would swap them for our pacers? quite possibly..what would FGW do those heaving piles of junk Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: devon_metro on January 14, 2009, 17:16:56 I wish someone would set fire to the Voyagers. Preferably when their fuel tanks are full..... Probably wouldn't be that exciting considering the fact that diesel isn't overly flammable. Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: inspector_blakey on January 14, 2009, 19:42:19 Probably wouldn't be that exciting considering the fact that diesel isn't overly flammable. ??? You've never lit a brake van stove using old rags soaked in diesel, have you? I can confirm that it is (sometimes alarmingly) flammable under those circumstances. Definitely a case of "mind your eyebrows". Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on January 14, 2009, 19:42:40 oh i dunno, add some petrol and you got 125mph petrol bombs... the diesel keeps the petrol alight ( should i be saying this?)
Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: Btline on January 14, 2009, 21:04:19 125 mph? Ha - that'll be the day!
Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on January 14, 2009, 21:50:06 125 mph? Ha - that'll be the day! haha fair point more chance of a 125 pacer Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: readytostart on June 05, 2009, 15:50:01 Back to the original post, it's unusual but possible for XC to use their Turbostars on the Manchester - Birmingham route, using both ex VT and ex CT crew, expensive though.
Never heard of this happening Birmingham - Bournemouth but as far as I'm aware the 170's are passed for the route. Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: cereal_basher on June 05, 2009, 16:59:07 This actually happened this week. Two 170s coupled together worked a Birmingham-Manchester portion of a train.
Title: Re: 3 Coaches from Manchester - Bournemouth? Post by: eightf48544 on June 06, 2009, 11:35:15 This actually happened this week. Two 170s coupled together worked a Birmingham-Manchester portion of a train. Just goes to show what a state the railways are in, 2 DMUs under the wires all the way! 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 |