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The 0645 Penzance - Paddington started 20 mins late today and appears to be dropping a minute or two on each leg of its journey through Cornwall. FGW Live Updates now shows that this train will not call at Bodmin Parkway "due to a train fault".

I have known trains to miss the stop at Totnes when one power car is poorly. Does the same happen at Bodmin Parkway, or is there an alternative reason for this stop being cancelled?

09:25 : shown on departure boards as having departed Saltash 21 late, last reported between there and Plymouth (sched dep 08:53) and "delayed" from there onwards.

Extract from the Genius log:-
Incidents and Delays
Impact   Description
36 mins + 1 FTS   PENZANCE - PADTON (Ref 969144)
MD DMU TRAC CMEE 43097 PENZANCE 1A78 POWER FAULT PNZ
 
Incident 969144
Delays
16 mins   PENZANCE   LATE START ****
3 mins   PENZANCE - ST ERTH   
OEO
FTS   BODMINPKW   
3 mins   SALTASH - PLYMOUTH   
OEO
14 mins   PLYMOUTH   
FITTERS ATTENTION
Log
1A73 POWER FAULT PNZ. 06:55 F.G.W. advise. 1A78 Penzance - P addington meeting with delay at Penzance. Power fault on H.S .T. Driver liaising with F.G.W. maintenance. 07:00 F.G.W. advise. H.S.T. will now require to run O.E.O. t o Plymouth. Lostwithiel signaller contacted who reports rail head and weather conditions for Largin are good. Service wi ll now follow 2A03 06.55 Penzance - St Ives. 07:30 Driver has reported H.S.T. performing poorly on one po wer car. Bodmin Parkway stop therefore withdrawn. Lostwithie l signaller updated.

No idea what OEO stands for, could be a new one for the list once someone elightens us!

Where is Genius log

One Engine Only

Eastbound from Bodmin is an uphill start which a poorly hst would struggle with.

Thanks, chaps - done!  ;)

It's eyes only!  ;) Oh, and the odd leak when I'm feeling attentive.

We will keep you in 'TRUST'  then!!

DAYRANGER57

ps Something big and yellow on Royal Mail platform at PLY now!
TUE 17.02 07.06.11

97301 :-p

Hmm.  I was under the impression that 97301 was what kept interrupting my work at Yate yesterday ...  ::)

Does anyone know what the reason was for the 0806 not stopping at Bodmin Parkway this morning (09-06-11)?

As far as i'm aware it was running on 1 power car only, after the rear one got shut down following a problem leaving Penzance.

In the past I remember being told that HSTs running on one power car were not allowed to work west of either Exeter or Plymouth or is this only in the down direction?

It failed on departure from Penzance, and as Penzance has no spare sets it makes sense to run the train and withdraw the Bodmin and Totnes stops, however the Tiverton, Taunton and Westbury stops were also withdrawn.

Generally I think the rule is to try and swap sets if the train is working on one power car, however it can run beyond Exeter, but it can't stop at Totnes or Bodmin on the up. Neither can it go to Paignton or Newquay.

Quite right, if on one power car they aren't meant to call at Par on the down but St Germans and St Erth can also cause problems and sometimes removed, on the up Bodmin is a no no and also sometimes Hayle.

Thanks for the prompt answers, so on the same departure from Penzance for two consecutive weeks, identical problems with the train.

you must be a jinx  :D