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« Reply #195 on: July 11, 2011, 14:24:03 » |
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I think many of us will be long since gone from this earth by the time HST▸ gets to anywhere in Scotland - if it ever does!
HST are a daily occurance in scotland. I think you mean HS2▸  |
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« Reply #197 on: July 11, 2011, 17:00:32 » |
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read a information document i received from CSRE on their polaris high speed train, it said they could do trailer's for ^0.93 million.
might be a good idea if they need replacement carriages if they can do a loco hauled trailer,It would be even better if they can base them on the currently MK3 stock but with better safety standards
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« Reply #198 on: August 02, 2011, 02:29:10 » |
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1C99 left PAD» 145 mins late (!) at 0210.
Lets see how much of that is 'recovered' by Penzance.....
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"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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« Reply #200 on: August 02, 2011, 03:06:19 » |
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Last reported at 03:04 through Newbury. 130 late.
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« Reply #201 on: August 02, 2011, 03:59:09 » |
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Opened the taps a bit since then. Now just 98 late through Bruton. 42 minutes to cover the 52.65 miles from Newbury. I make that an average speed of 75.1 mph. Not bad for a loco that has a top speed of 95 mph. That stretch is normally timetabled to take 71 minutes by the Down Night Riviera.
Gonna keep and eye on this one. Who needs sleep? It'll be interesting to see the start to stop average from Reading to Taunton.
Go 1C99!! Go!!!
Oh, and well done to the bobbies for keeping the sticks off!
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
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« Reply #202 on: August 02, 2011, 04:10:25 » |
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Live departures at 04:06:
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« Reply #203 on: August 02, 2011, 04:22:20 » |
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Reading to Taunton via Westbury avoiding line is a distance of 107.69 miles. Time taken by 1C99 this morning was 76 minutes. That's just 2 minutes slower than the best HST▸ timing for Reading - Taunton non-stop.
That's a start to stop average of 85.01mph. Wow!
Soaking up the dwell times at Taunton, Exeter, and Plymouth, plus some speedy despatching in Cornwall could see an on time arrival in Penzance.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #204 on: August 02, 2011, 04:28:02 » |
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Looks like a bit of a tour de force from the driver, don't suppose they get a chance to "run 'em" like this very often! I suspect it's fairly easy for the siggies to keep the boards off given that I doubt there's too much other traffic around at this time in the morning! There's usually 30 mins or so station dwell time at both Taunton and Plymouth (crew changes?); I guess there may be the opportunity to get back a significant amount of time by curtailing those stops as well. By the way, I have a five-hour time difference on my side so I'm watching this at a much more civilized 2320! And I don't wish to out-pedant the resident pedant, but it's 1C99... |
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« Reply #205 on: August 02, 2011, 04:31:30 » |
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Blame the late (early?) hour for the headcode error. You are of course correct with 1C99. I've gone back and edited my posts to show the correct headcode. Was getting my 1A40s and 1C99s mixed up.  |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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« Reply #206 on: August 02, 2011, 04:50:14 » |
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For comparison, the Up Night Riviera (1A40), routed via Melksham took 118 minutes to travel from Taunton - Reading, a distance of 121.9 miles.
A much more leisurely start to stop average of 61.5 mph.
Probably a bit more comfortable to sleep through as well.
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« Reply #207 on: August 02, 2011, 05:28:40 » |
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Off NTA» 44 down.
My money's on a right-time arrival at PNZ, especially given the 30 min dwell scheduled for PLY» ...
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« Reply #208 on: August 02, 2011, 06:52:52 » |
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But not much sleep was had, I suspect!
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« Reply #209 on: August 02, 2011, 08:02:21 » |
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Not quite made a right-time arrival, I'm afraid. Last report is from St Erth, 16 down. Lots of time saved at Plymouth, as predicted by blakey, but little since then. Still a good effort, though, and not just by the crew! Even my wife was (almost) enthused after reading the running commentary  |
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