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Title: Class 150 in Reading depot Post by: hornbeam on November 08, 2009, 20:46:47 Hope this is place to post this. Noticed in the lower Reading depot yesterday- a two car 150 FGW unit. Dont think we are geting any in this area are we? Looking how few 165/66s there seem to be to cover the work they might be short when they start the 'refresh'.
Title: Re: Class 150 in Reading depot Post by: Cornish Traveller on November 08, 2009, 20:52:58 :o Emergency stock replacement for Night Riveria failures ? LOL (and would still get to Penzance on time !)
Title: Re: Class 150 in Reading depot Post by: Sprog on November 08, 2009, 21:04:22 Probably heavy Underframe Cleaning after a fatality
Title: Re: Class 150 in Reading depot Post by: welsharagorn on November 08, 2009, 22:51:20 It was in the whell lathe when i passes today, so i'd assume tyre turning?
Title: Re: Class 150 in Reading depot Post by: Sprog on November 11, 2009, 19:15:54 Just to clarify, despite being in the wheel lathe, it was not there for tyre turning.
It was indeed there for heavy UFC after a fatality but of the Bovine kind. Hit a (very large, by the looks of it) Cow near Kemble over the weekend. Has made a real mess & the unit has since been sent to SPM and will be out of service for a week plus with the reapirs running into thousands. Obstacle deflector/Snow plough & brakcets took the brunt of the impact along with the BSI coupler and it is generally thought that if the 150s wernt fitted with ploughs, then it may have actually come off the road..... :-\ Title: Re: Class 150 in Reading depot Post by: ReWind on November 11, 2009, 20:12:35 Was that the 17.54 Swindon - Cheltenham Service last Thursday? ( 2G89 I think )
As I was on this service then and this train hit a cow and I must say the impact was very abrupt and substancial. It was quite a scary few seconds. I do know this unit had BSI coupling problems which were identified at turnaround at Gloucester. Title: Re: Class 150 in Reading depot Post by: smithy on November 11, 2009, 20:25:17 Was that the 17.54 Swindon - Cheltenham Service last Thursday? ( 2G89 I think ) As I was on this service then and this train hit a cow and I must say the impact was very abrupt and substancial. It was quite a scary few seconds. I do know this unit had BSI coupling problems which were identified at turnaround at Gloucester. that will be the one Title: Re: Class 150 in Reading depot Post by: Sprog on November 11, 2009, 20:42:27 Was that the 17.54 Swindon - Cheltenham Service last Thursday? ( 2G89 I think ) As I was on this service then and this train hit a cow and I must say the impact was very abrupt and substancial. It was quite a scary few seconds. I do know this unit had BSI coupling problems which were identified at turnaround at Gloucester. Yes thats the one. I bet it was!!! Watched the forward facing CCTV footage from the unit but it was dissapointing. Cow in the distance, Cow getting closer, Closer, Closer, Cow not moooooooooooving, Cow dissapears out of shot, Massive jolt! Not so much coupler problems, but destruction. The Electrical Conecton box was torn off but for the Flexible Cable conduits holding it on. 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 |