Loco hauled

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[John R]

Some very impressed passengers this morning (and again on the 1453 ex Bristol) my correspondent reports.

[willc]

i think the fgw carrage livery might even make the skips look good.... i think they are so under-rated!

Speaking of new loco liveries, Arriva has turned out a Virgin Class 57 in a new paint job for its Holyhead-Cardiff 'express", see http://www.nwrail.org.uk/ and go to the noticeboard for December 9. There is also a reliveried Cargo-D Mk3 buffet in the coaching stock it was hauling.

[12hoursunday]

This little lot you mean?

Looking at this picture means that it was taken from a train somewhere in the region of Kingland Road. I hope if it was by you, then you are not doing what you do so well at the time. Not unless what you do well is PAO^▸ (Passenger / As Ordered. Traincrew travelling before/after working a service).

Didn't this lot go out on a test run last week, and only got to Yatton before FGW^▸ (First Great Western) gave an instruction to their owners to return to their depot for URGENT repairs? The answer to that is Yes by the way!

[devon_metro]

Dodgy BSO^▸ (Brake Standard Open (carriage)) i heard. Yesterdays runs also had some brake problems on 1400 from cardiff

[Don]

Speaking of new loco liveries, Arriva has turned out a Virgin Class 57 in a new paint job for its Holyhead-Cardiff 'express", see http://www.nwrail.org.uk/ and go to the noticeboard for December 9. There is also a reliveried Cargo-D Mk3 buffet in the coaching stock it was hauling.

And bringing the whole think back to the Western Region, I remember seeing the the Mk2^▸ (Mark 2 coach) coaches at Worcester a few weeks ago looking rather tatty in old Avira livery, on a train that had just left Long Marston.

[The SprinterMeister]

This little lot you mean?

Looking at this picture means that it was taken from a train somewhere in the region of Kingland Road. I hope if it was by you, then you are not doing what you do so well at the time. Not unless what you do well is PAO^▸ (Passenger / As Ordered. Traincrew travelling before/after working a service).

Didn't this lot go out on a test run last week, and only got to Yatton before FGW^▸ (First Great Western) gave an instruction to their owners to return to their depot for URGENT repairs? The answer to that is Yes by the way!

We do quite a lot of PAO nowadays. In fact I am getting most expert at it! What the normals make of crew holding mobile phones against the window is anyones guess.

Did hear there were some issues with the BSO^▸ (Brake Standard Open (carriage)) 9494, I noticed when I worked past Barton Hill the other day the set was receiveing a quite extensive battering. Not entirely sure what the issues were to be honest.

[TheLastMinute]

We do quite a lot of PAO^▸ (Passenger / As Ordered. Traincrew travelling before/after working a service) nowadays. In fact I am getting most expert at it! What the normals make of crew holding mobile phones against the window is anyones guess.

Sorry guys, but I haven't come across "PAO" before and it isn't in the acronyms list yet. Could you elaborate as to what it is?

Cheers,
TLM

[The SprinterMeister]

Sorry guys, but I haven't come across "PAO^▸ (Passenger / As Ordered. Traincrew travelling before/after working a service)" before and it isn't in the acronyms list yet. Could you elaborate as to what it is?

Cheers,
TLM

'PAO' = 'Passenger / As Ordered', ie traincrew travelling on their own or other operators services prior to or after working one of their own services. The crew travel in the passenger accomodation but are required to inform the crew in charge where they are sitting in order that their assistance may be called on should the need arise.

[thetrout]

Dodgy BSO^▸ (Brake Standard Open (carriage)) i heard. Yesterdays runs also had some brake problems on 1400 from cardiff

I would suspect you are right, When i first saw the set in formation it had the same livery BSO as the TSO^▸ (The Stationary Office (now OPSI))'s, now its a EWS^▸ (English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd, now known as DB Schenker Rail (UK^▸ (United Kingdom))) Executive Livery BSO

The set also worked the 0728 Taunton - Bristol Parkway this morning, saw it at Taunton Station on platform 3 on the way to work

[Chris from Nailsea]

Hello, thetrout, and welcome to the Coffee Shop forum: thanks for posting! 

[The SprinterMeister]

Dodgy BSO^▸ (Brake Standard Open (carriage)) i heard. Yesterdays runs also had some brake problems on 1400 from cardiff

I would suspect you are right, When i first saw the set in formation it had the same livery BSO as the TSO^▸ (The Stationary Office (now OPSI))'s, now its a EWS^▸ (English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd, now known as DB Schenker Rail (UK^▸ (United Kingdom))) Executive Livery BSO

The set also worked the 0728 Taunton - Bristol Parkway this morning, saw it at Taunton Station on platform 3 on the way to work

Public adress system 'transmit' amplifier broken on the Blue and Grey BSO apparently.

[Chris from Nailsea]

... and, for the benefit of the curious / puzzled (like me!) - BSO^▸ (Brake Standard Open (carriage)) means Brake Standard Open, a type of carriage.

Further details are at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_Standard_Open and I've added it to our own list of acronyms.

[devon_metro]

I always thought of them as Brake Second Open. Standard being a relatively new term.

[devon_metro]

I travelled on these yesterday and didn't hear any gripes about the stock. Good to see staff from Exeter working them!

[The SprinterMeister]

I travelled on these yesterday and didn't hear any gripes about the stock. Good to see staff from Exeter working them!

The 'West' Conductors are being trained up on the stock. There are no plans at this point in time for 'West' drivers to be trained / retrained on the locos. There are however a number of staff with previous knowledge of locomotives / hauled stock that could be utilized in the future should LHCS^▸ (Locomotive Hauled Coaching Stock) be a longer term thing.