1C91 1705 London Paddington to Penzance via Newbury Racecourse...

[whole diary]

[swlines]

... Reading avoider and.... MELKSHAM!

Although we didn't stop...

It's still running 104 late.

Some prat threw a brick at the driving cab, shattered the window, we pulled into Newbury Racecourse, reversed and set off via Didcot and Swindon.

Hellfire

[Conner]

Good wau to fix it.
Avoid the thing that is broken in the first place. Downside is a swapped around HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) set to confuse people.
Still will be broken in the morning though, unless they can fix it at Long Rock.

[Jim]

94 down at Truro.

[cornishman]

coming up cancelled on the screens guess they are running it down empty stock.

[swlines]

More likely set down only - the pick up will be cancelled as the 18.05 was running on time!!

[devon_metro]

Lovely. You left Devon 104 minutes late

[eightf48544]

All sympathy to the driver involved in this incidence it must be frightening to get a brick through your cab window. We had a similar incident at Taplow a few years back unfortunately they didn't catch the culprit.

All credit to FGW^▸ (First Great Western) getting the train to Penzance  it would have been easy to terminate it at Newbury.

Many years ago in BR^▸ (British Rail(ways)) days I was an on an HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) that hit an obstrution on the line near Marshfield and ruptured the front engine's fuel tank! We reversed on the Maindee curve at Newport.

Also pity they didn't reverse the HST set involved in the Southall crash at Llandore to get working AWS^▸ (Automatic Warning System - an arrangement of permanent magnets and electro-magnets that convey information about the associated signal to the train driver) in the front cab.

[Steve44]

All sympathy to the driver involved in this incidence it must be frightening to get a brick through your cab window. We had a similar incident at Taplow a few years back unfortunately they didn't catch the culprit.

Was that on a Turbo? Reason i ask is, a few years ago i remember seeing a turbo pulling into Paddington with a smashed screen.

[vacman]

Screen would have been changed at Long rock, it's been done down there before.

[eightf48544]

Steve 44 asked.
Was that on a Turbo? Reason i ask is, a few years ago i remember seeing a turbo pulling into Paddington with a smashed screen.

No it was an HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) at pretty well full speed the driver so so shaken up he had to be relieved.