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Title: What did I pass at Swindon tonight........... Post by: Mookiemoo on July 22, 2009, 23:42:16 Okay, i've seen a few canary yellow trains with innards ripped out in the past but this was different.
Was on the 1939 from NWP to PAD and as we went through swindon....... on the middle track there was an ancient engine - dont ask me what it was but it was in old BR colours where it could be seen beneath the grime Behind it were two canary yellow HST cars - again no idea of the MK or what ever. The first one seemed to be a normal SC car with all its seats The second was a buffet and I could see someone making tea in there! No machinery or inner gubbins replaced as I could see What was it? Title: Re: What did I pass at Swindon tonight........... Post by: willc on July 22, 2009, 23:58:31 Sound likes a Class 31 - see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_31 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_31) - hauling a couple of Mk3 Network Rail inspection coaches.
Title: Re: What did I pass at Swindon tonight........... Post by: Electric train on July 23, 2009, 07:56:08 Network Rail have a quite a collection of track recording coaches an other surveying trains. Where once the track was patrolled on high speed routes this is not always safe and can not pick up all the defects so trains are run quite regularly the data when processed in Derby is sent to the Area Maintenance Manager, NR has an HST set for this so it can run at service speed.
Title: Re: What did I pass at Swindon tonight........... Post by: tramway on July 23, 2009, 10:32:29 If you are interested there is a little more info here, it's been sat in Bristol for a few days and is obviously doing a few local lines. 31454 in intercity livery, was used for a while running to Weymouth in the summer for Wessex.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Rail_New_Measurement_Train HST version does the main lines. http://www.toton-rail.co.uk/class31.htm Originally 2 31's top and tailed the smaller test train, they now have the one with a DBSO. 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 |