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Title: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: FlyingDutchman on December 12, 2010, 21:59:00 The train departed from Paddington on time but got to Newbury the Plymouth end power car packed up and we headed back to Reading for Plan 1, which changed to Plan 2 go via Swindon and on to Westbury missing Pewsey out.
I got into Exeter about a hr and 15 mins Guy Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 12, 2010, 22:14:32 ... but, looking on the bright side - you went through Melksham? :P ::) ;D
Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: John R on December 12, 2010, 22:36:45 Must have been something that stopped the train being driven from that end (eg AWS failure, headlight, or something else wrong in the cab). Hence by heading back to Reading and then taking the Reading west curve the train could carry on its journey albeit very late. The alternative would have been to kick you all out at Newbury (or back at Reading Reading) to await the next Exeter bound service.
Sounds like the least worst option was taken under the circumstances, as adding a second load of passengers to an existing service would have been cosy to say the least. Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on December 12, 2010, 22:49:56 be glad it wasn't cross country dread to think how they would have dealt with it!
Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: Ollie on December 13, 2010, 00:00:24 The horn had to be isolated as it got stuck on.
Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: inspector_blakey on December 13, 2010, 01:45:32 I had the pleasure of a little jolly round the triangle at Didcot one Sunday morning when my train arrived with the low tone on the front power car stuck on - we all got on on platform 1 then about 50 minutes later we arrived at Didcot again, using platform 3 this time. At least they didn't take the easy way out and just cancel the service!
Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: Henry on December 13, 2010, 07:41:35 All this modern technology, wouldn't have happened during the steam days !!!!!!!!!! Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on December 13, 2010, 09:17:41 I don't wish to bad mouth the humble class 43 however they ain't exactly modern
Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: readytostart on December 13, 2010, 13:39:53 be glad it wasn't cross country dread to think how they would have dealt with it! Care to expand on that? I know of quite a few occasions recently where trains have been re-routed rather than taken out of service. Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: Tim on December 13, 2010, 13:42:17 The horn had to be isolated as it got stuck on. ...happened to all of us ;) Title: Re: Sat 11th DEc 19:06 London Paddington to Plymouth Post by: Ollie on December 13, 2010, 22:14:35 No comment :P
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