Class 150 in Reading depot

[whole diary]

[hornbeam]

Hope this is place to post this. Noticed in the lower Reading depot yesterday- a two car 150 FGW^▸ (First Great Western) unit. Dont think we are geting any in this area are we? Looking how few 165/66s there seem to be to cover the work they might be short when they start the 'refresh'.

[Cornish Traveller]

  Emergency stock replacement for Night Riveria failures ? LOL^▸ (laughing out loud) (and would still get to Penzance on time !)

[Sprog]

Probably heavy Underframe Cleaning after a fatality

[welsharagorn]

It was in the whell lathe when i passes today, so i'd assume tyre turning?

[Sprog]

Just to clarify, despite being in the wheel lathe, it was not there for tyre turning.

It was indeed there for heavy UFC after a fatality but of the Bovine kind.

Hit a (very large, by the looks of it) Cow near Kemble over the weekend.

Has made a real mess & the unit has since been sent to SPM^▸ (St Philip's Marsh (Bristol depot)) and will be out of service for a week plus with the reapirs running into thousands.

Obstacle deflector/Snow plough & brakcets took the brunt of the impact along with the BSI^▸ (British Standards Institute) coupler and it is generally thought that if the 150s wernt fitted with ploughs, then it may have actually come off the road.....

[ReWind]

Was that the 17.54 Swindon - Cheltenham Service last Thursday? ( 2G89 I think )

As I was on this service then and this train hit a cow and I must say the impact was very abrupt and substancial.  It was quite a scary few seconds.

I do know this unit had BSI^▸ (British Standards Institute) coupling problems which were identified at turnaround at Gloucester.

[smithy]

Was that the 17.54 Swindon - Cheltenham Service last Thursday? ( 2G89 I think )

As I was on this service then and this train hit a cow and I must say the impact was very abrupt and substancial.  It was quite a scary few seconds.

I do know this unit had BSI^▸ (British Standards Institute) coupling problems which were identified at turnaround at Gloucester.

that will be the one

[Sprog]

Was that the 17.54 Swindon - Cheltenham Service last Thursday? ( 2G89 I think )

As I was on this service then and this train hit a cow and I must say the impact was very abrupt and substancial.  It was quite a scary few seconds.

I do know this unit had BSI^▸ (British Standards Institute) coupling problems which were identified at turnaround at Gloucester.

Yes thats the one.

I bet it was!!! Watched the forward facing CCTV^▸ (Closed Circuit Tele Vision) footage from the unit but it was dissapointing. Cow in the distance, Cow getting
closer, Closer, Closer, Cow not moooooooooooving, Cow dissapears out of shot, Massive jolt!

Not so much coupler problems, but destruction. The Electrical Conecton box was torn off but for the Flexible Cable conduits holding it on.