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1740 slough to PAD» - you know the one that had a window blown out near hayes tonight - yes I was on it again - thats a stuck SDO▸ and a blown window in two days! Do they do individual discounts for piss poor performance?
I digress.......
I swear it came into slough - the CIS▸ boards were saying the front carriage was not for customer use but when it came in - the front coach was SC , the next 2-3 (I'm not sure how many) were FC‡ - hen SC at the back.
All coaches were in use
Not seen that before!
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2009, 00:03:08 » |
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That's a mystery to me. I've seen 9-car sets in the past with a vehicle out of service tucked behind one of the powercars, but never seen a 9-car set with all in use.
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2009, 11:34:06 » |
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thats the 2/7 set with the new TSB Vehicle in it..making it up to 2/8..it been placed between H and P/C for staff training initially and thus when the training is taking place its not in use but when the training has finished the its able to be used
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moonrakerz
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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2009, 19:34:43 » |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2009, 20:13:24 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2009, 20:26:37 » |
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inspector_blakey
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2009, 20:28:35 » |
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2 + 0 ?
Bet that HST▸ formation goes like stink... FGW▸ did operate a "2+1" HST (two powercars and a TGS, or "coach A"-type vehicle) in passenger service (although they may have been invited guests) as a special between Oxford and Didcot Parkway a little while back. This formation ran on 09 Feb 2007, in connection with the naming of the then-newly-refurbished power car 43 198 Oxfordshire 2007. For the photographic evidence go to http://www.rharchive.info/issues/RHUK/Issue72.pdf and skip to the bottom of page 4. |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2009, 20:33:20 » |
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Who might that be then Might be anyone, devon_metro: there's more than one train enthusiast in Cornwall, after all. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2009, 08:46:45 » |
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2 + 0 ? a couple of months ago i saw single power car with tail lamp on rear going from SPM▸ to Laira i believe. the 2+0 used to be quite common in the early greater western days due to maintainance the coaches had exams in Laira while power cars were done at SPM. power cars chopped off in plymouth coupled and sent to bristol,then when done they returned to re attach to the rake of coaches. |
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Chris2
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« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2009, 08:52:22 » |
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The strangest formation I have heard of for the HST▸ is passengers being carried in a decoupled power car due to a HST derailment. The derailment occured on the 25th May 1991 the train was the 1130 Newquay to Paddington service. http://www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk/village/hst.html |
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Steve44
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« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2009, 13:16:26 » |
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Wasn't there a 2+2 formation on the cotswold line running a while back as shuttle during engineering works? i'm sure i've seen a photo somewhere, either that or i'm just imagining it.
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« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2009, 15:27:33 » |
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Last summer I noticed that the HSTs▸ on the Paddington-Newquay Saturday through services had an extra TGS on the First Class (i.e. London) end specifically for accommodating surfboards (the seating area was locked out) making the sets 2+9 formations. I wonder if the same is happening this year?
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devon_metro
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« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2009, 15:56:15 » |
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Last summer I noticed that the HSTs▸ on the Paddington-Newquay Saturday through services had an extra TGS on the First Class (i.e. London) end specifically for accommodating surfboards (the seating area was locked out) making the sets 2+9 formations. I wonder if the same is happening this year?
Yes, same this year. |
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