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« Reply #1020 on: September 25, 2018, 19:36:06 » |
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Are we over the availability problems finally? Seems to be several days where there have been hardly any 5 vice 10 car services.
There have been some but GWR▸ haven't been posting on Journey Check despite a promise they would do a while ago Yes, there are a couple today on further investigation: 10:29 SWA» - PAD» (fuel issues) and 10:30 PAD-WSM and return 13:01 WSM-PAD. As you say though, they should be on journeycheck as definitely booked to be 10-cars but aren't. Still, I suppose that's way better than recent weeks. The 10.29 SWA-PAD was a planning issue, a 10 car set planned on a diagram of 1244 miles, this is over the mileage and at risk of running out, so it went into Maliphant for fuel and a spare 5 car came out to take over. |
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« Reply #1021 on: September 25, 2018, 19:59:28 » |
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It seems all a bit hit and miss.
Yesterday on the Paddington Penzance run...
0635 9 car, 0730 2 x 5 car.
Today 0635 2 x 5 car, 0730 HST▸ .
Tomorrow a couple of 153's and a Castle class?
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« Reply #1022 on: September 25, 2018, 21:28:34 » |
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Yesterday, I did a day trip to London for an event at the DfT» . I got the Golden Hind (06 53 ex Plymouth) and it was an HST▸ . However, the Train Manager apologised over the PA▸ for the reservations being a mess, saying they were for a new train and not the old one we had.
I came back on the 20 03 which was 2x5 Cl802 - my first long distance trip on an IET▸ . Things are changing fast!
As I do when I have to make an early start like this, I treated myself to breakfast on the Hind. It was lovely, as always, and it may just have been my last restaurant car breakfast on an HST. We'll see.
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« Reply #1023 on: September 25, 2018, 21:31:54 » |
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5 vice 10 What does that mean? Google shows me lots of nice pictures of vices for my work bench. Is it a railway term or some obscure word that my English teacher didn't tell me about? |
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« Reply #1024 on: September 25, 2018, 21:39:54 » |
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5 vice 10 What does that mean? Google shows me lots of nice pictures of vices for my work bench. Is it a railway term or some obscure word that my English teacher didn't tell me about? The second bit, it’s in the dictionary - ‘as a substitute’. |
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« Reply #1025 on: September 25, 2018, 22:07:59 » |
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5 vice 10 What does that mean? Google shows me lots of nice pictures of vices for my work bench. Is it a railway term or some obscure word that my English teacher didn't tell me about? I don't use Latin per se. |
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« Reply #1026 on: September 26, 2018, 12:20:35 » |
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It seems all a bit hit and miss.
Yesterday on the Paddington Penzance run...
0635 9 car, 0730 2 x 5 car.
Today 0635 2 x 5 car, 0730 HST▸ .
Tomorrow a couple of 153's and a Castle class?
Turns out to be 1x 5 car and a HST... and reported on journeycheck as such |
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« Reply #1027 on: September 26, 2018, 19:25:40 » |
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Finally got a seat on the 17:42 today as we approached Stroud! And I thought it was getting better...
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« Reply #1028 on: September 26, 2018, 19:37:37 » |
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5 vice 10 What does that mean? Google shows me lots of nice pictures of vices for my work bench. Is it a railway term or some obscure word that my English teacher didn't tell me about? It is a fairly old term, meaning "instead of" now used primarily in a railway context. Can be used in other contexts, for example "I drank beer vice whiskey to save money" |
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #1029 on: September 26, 2018, 22:12:41 » |
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Vice versa or if one speaks brissle vicel versal !..
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« Reply #1030 on: September 26, 2018, 23:21:52 » |
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It is a fairly old term, meaning "instead of" now used primarily in a railway context. Can be used in other contexts, for example "I drank beer vice whiskey to save money"
Surely whiskey vice port?  |
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« Reply #1031 on: September 28, 2018, 22:29:37 » |
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It is a fairly old term, meaning "instead of" now used primarily in a railway context. Can be used in other contexts, for example "I drank beer vice whiskey to save money"
Surely whiskey vice port? Did somebody say "Drink!"? Four Pints, Now! |
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« Reply #1032 on: October 03, 2018, 11:46:48 » |
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I have it on good authority from someone I know who commutes from Twyford that since Monday, 1K05 0609 Newbury to Paddington has gone over to being a 5-car IET▸ instead of a Turbo. However both on Monday and today the train was delayed at TWY▸ for about 10 minutes due to door issues.
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« Reply #1033 on: October 03, 2018, 15:30:01 » |
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1K05 0609 Newbury to Paddington I believe this one was usually a 180 until they went away, so good to see previous capacity (and speed) restored. |
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« Reply #1034 on: October 03, 2018, 23:26:18 » |
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We were a little surprised to see an IET▸ at Worcester Shrub Hill on Tuesday just after 5pm. Could we not have been mistaken? Surely this was never intended to be near their patch?
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