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Shame really. Its possible to get a 159 to Paignton, instead the number of trains will be reduced and I will have to sit on a pacer!
Or probably stand! I doubt FGW▸ /Dft/ XC▸ will increase the number of services to compensate. They did when ATW▸ stopped train services down here and this will be a similar service level cut. It was WESSEX that kept the trains running that ATW withdrew. But ATW transferred two units to Wessex to run them, can't see SWT▸ doing that some how! |
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« Reply #31 on: January 14, 2008, 19:46:39 » |
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Will be interesting as the 1751 ish from Exeter St Davids, fairly peak hour all stopper, will need replacing and FGW▸ don't have that many 142s spare with half of them tucked away in Exeter TMD▸ broken!
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« Reply #32 on: January 14, 2008, 20:20:26 » |
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Shame really. Its possible to get a 159 to Paignton, instead the number of trains will be reduced and I will have to sit on a pacer!
Or probably stand! I doubt FGW▸ /Dft/ XC▸ will increase the number of services to compensate. They did when ATW▸ stopped train services down here and this will be a similar service level cut. It was WESSEX that kept the trains running that ATW withdrew. Yeh with extra stock from ATW which the DfT» sorted out. |
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« Reply #33 on: January 15, 2008, 11:23:59 » |
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Will be interesting as the 1751 ish from Exeter St Davids, fairly peak hour all stopper, will need replacing and FGW▸ don't have that many 142s spare with half of them tucked away in Exeter TMD▸ broken!
Do we have an exact number regarding how many Class 142 units are out of action? |
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« Reply #34 on: January 15, 2008, 17:39:04 » |
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No idea but in the middle of the day there were about 5 doing nothing in the yard!
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« Reply #35 on: January 15, 2008, 17:40:51 » |
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There is 1 that is gutted for spares and 1 thats dead I think.
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« Reply #36 on: January 15, 2008, 17:50:46 » |
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There is 1 that is gutted for spares and 1 thats dead I think.
Yes - 001 is dead and hence was canibalised for spares. |
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« Reply #37 on: January 15, 2008, 18:23:49 » |
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Not dead enought to get to Exeter in the first place though?
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« Reply #38 on: January 15, 2008, 18:30:21 » |
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Not dead enought to get to Exeter in the first place though?
It got used for spares to keep the others running. |
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« Reply #39 on: January 15, 2008, 18:31:44 » |
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Not dead enought to get to Exeter in the first place though?
It required an engine drop and it was considered not worth it so as Jim said, got used for spares. |
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« Reply #40 on: January 15, 2008, 18:44:58 » |
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FGW▸ don't have that many 142s spare with half of them tucked away in Exeter TMD▸ broken!
And the other half running services - broken! Surely a Pacer, by definition, cannot be not broken? |
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« Reply #41 on: January 15, 2008, 18:50:41 » |
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There was only one out of action today by the looks of it.
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« Reply #42 on: January 15, 2008, 19:53:04 » |
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There was only one out of action today by the looks of it.
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« Reply #43 on: January 15, 2008, 22:28:08 » |
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It got used for spares to keep the others running.
Gordon Brown's proposals for organ doning by default are already working, then?  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #44 on: January 16, 2008, 09:53:28 » |
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Will be interesting as the 1751 ish from Exeter St Davids, fairly peak hour all stopper, will need replacing and FGW▸ don't have that many 142s spare with half of them tucked away in Exeter TMD▸ broken!
RUMOUR is that up to 6 more 150/1's will be arriving at Exeter in the future. When and where from, the rumour mill does not know. Did I say that this is a rumour  |
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