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Arrived Paddington at 0459, 24 early. Late at all intermediate stops, but caught up some time between Reading and Paddington.
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« Reply #541 on: January 02, 2015, 17:17:31 » |
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The Night Riviera service resumed last night - and quickly ran into problems. The westbound service tripped the hotbox detector near Swindon and was held at the station for over two hours until the eastbound service arrived for the usual staff pickup just after 3am. The two locos were then used to shunt the offending coach out of the train and left it in the yard to the east of the station.  The down service then resumed its journey 2 hours and 45 minutes late. The up was delayed by 45 mins. As usual both made up some of the delay before their final destinations. I was on the up service and only a third of the beds were taken, which surprised both me and the crew. Following the recent problems both services now have a travelling fitter on board. |
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« Reply #542 on: January 02, 2015, 19:16:37 » |
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Why would nsny journey/return to London today? Very few back at work, surely more likely to be full on Sundayvready for the first main day back at the grindstone
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« Reply #543 on: January 02, 2015, 20:54:03 » |
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Down sleeper also had 57310 on the back as well as 57602 for power. I guess as only one driver was present on the train that they had to wait for the up sleeper to assist. At least the locos ran well!
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The two locos were then used to shunt the offending coach out of the train and left it in the yard to the east of the station. I trust that any passengers in that Mk3 SLEP were moved to alternative accommodation. I can think of little worse than waking up in a siding in Swindon when you were expecting Paddington. Unless of course your ultimate destination is Swindon.    On a technical note, does anyone know how long the batteries are good for, for those red lamps on the SLEP? |
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« Reply #545 on: January 03, 2015, 09:10:49 » |
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............I can't think of anything worse than waking up in Swindon full stop!  ........heard there were problems again last night with the Up Sleeper, late departure? |
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« Reply #546 on: January 03, 2015, 09:16:11 » |
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............I can't think of anything worse than waking up in Swindon full stop! ........heard there were problems again last night with the Up Sleeper, late departure? I wake up most mornings in Swindon and I'm a normal well rounded individual (quiet CfN). There was a late start last night from Penzance. Problems setting up the loco. All but a few minutes of the delay recovered by Paddington. |
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« Reply #547 on: January 03, 2015, 09:40:02 » |
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The two locos were then used to shunt the offending coach out of the train and left it in the yard to the east of the station. I trust that any passengers in that Mk3 SLEP were moved to alternative accommodation. I can think of little worse than waking up in a siding in Swindon when you were expecting Paddington. Unless of course your ultimate destination is Swindon. On a technical note, does anyone know how long the batteries are good for, for those red lamps on the SLEP? Batteries that are in good condition should last about 2 hours with non-essential equipment switched off. |
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« Reply #548 on: January 03, 2015, 09:44:22 » |
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Were there any passengers on the offending coach that has to be moved in the middle of the night? Or indeed did others need to be moved while they shunted other coaches to get that one out?
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« Reply #549 on: January 03, 2015, 10:10:51 » |
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On a technical note, does anyone know how long the batteries are good for, for those red lamps on the SLEP?
Batteries that are in good condition should last about 2 hours with non-essential equipment switched off. That photo was taken about 5 hours after the coach was detached. |
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« Reply #550 on: January 03, 2015, 10:12:49 » |
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Were there any passengers on the offending coach that has to be moved in the middle of the night? Or indeed did others need to be moved while they shunted other coaches to get that one out?
I don't know as I was on the sleeper going towards London. I also don't know whereabouts in the train the coach was. |
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« Reply #551 on: January 03, 2015, 17:43:32 » |
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I think it was the rear coach. I don't know if anyone was in it. If it was lightly loaded, then chances are they would have moved them forward.
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« Reply #552 on: January 03, 2015, 20:41:51 » |
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............I can't think of anything worse than waking up in Swindon full stop! I wake up most mornings in Swindon and I'm a normal well rounded individual (quiet CfN). I can confirm, having met him more than once, that my colleague bobm is indeed a well rounded individual. |
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« Reply #553 on: January 03, 2015, 21:20:49 » |
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....just a question........why does the sleeper have "old fashioned" locos attached to it rather than HST▸ engines? Do you think that this is an issue when it comes to reliability? Are they much older?
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« Reply #554 on: January 03, 2015, 21:23:27 » |
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Much more of this reliability, then I can see the day when the first HST▸ sets to be displaced by IEP▸ , being retained and adapted to run top and tail on the sleeper stock. Woulld this need much adaption assuming line speed remains the same ?
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