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« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2009, 16:32:03 » |
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Presume the unit was short-formed after the farce at Bradford On Avon earlier.
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« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2009, 17:26:57 » |
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Units all misplaced after fatality.
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« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2009, 19:32:44 » |
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Going off topic here, but does the Loco Hauled service operate on Sunday...? if so, does anybody know the timings...  |
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« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2009, 21:18:57 » |
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No, it doesn't.
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« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2009, 12:59:27 » |
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« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2009, 15:41:45 » |
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Could do with an HST▸ heading to Weymouth again this afternoon as it could be a bit of a sqeeze this evening as the scheduled 5 carriages for the 1730 Weymouth to Bristol will be just a single 2 carriage unit. To FGW▸ 's credit, road transport is being provided fast to Westbury:
17:30 Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads due 20:05
This train has been revised.This train will be formed of 2 coaches instead of 5.This is due to an earlier train fault.
Additional road transport will be in operation running non-stop from Weymouth to Westbury at 17:30.
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« Reply #21 on: May 25, 2009, 15:56:50 » |
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Not likely, HST▸ fleet is already quite stretched:
1x Relief Penzance - Paddington
2x Relief Plymouth - Paddington
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1000 Cardiff - Taunton
1211 Taunton - Bristol were formed of an HST.
Not sure what has happened to cause this drop in unit availability!
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« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2009, 18:25:25 » |
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Not sure what has happened to cause this drop in unit availability!
Not been the best of weekend for it to happen being a bank holiday/half term week. |
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« Reply #23 on: May 25, 2009, 20:58:50 » |
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Surely though if the HST▸ was that stretched, they wouldn't have been able to diagram that additional HST last Saturday? Wouldn't that set be available at the same time next Saturday?
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« Reply #24 on: May 25, 2009, 21:00:12 » |
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HSTs▸ to Weymouth aren't a feasible option. 8 carriages is too many, and they require a special type of bogie to avoid risk of shorting out on the 3rd rail.
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« Reply #25 on: May 25, 2009, 21:02:28 » |
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the only way hst's would run to time on that service without removing stops is to remove coaches, too much messing around for one service
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« Reply #26 on: May 25, 2009, 23:30:06 » |
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Hmmm - while I understand about the length of the trains being a problem - I cannot see the 3rd rail being an issue.
HSTs▸ have run regularly to Bournemouth, Poole and Portsmouth in the past, as well as diversions into Waterloo and i'm told no modification had to be made to them. If the risk of them shorting out was that great, HSTs would be banned from 3rd rail lines as per 143s surely?
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« Reply #28 on: May 25, 2009, 23:48:38 » |
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Hmmm - while I understand about the length of the trains being a problem - I cannot see the 3rd rail being an issue.
HSTs▸ have run regularly to Bournemouth, Poole and Portsmouth in the past, as well as diversions into Waterloo and i'm told no modification had to be made to them. If the risk of them shorting out was that great, HSTs would be banned from 3rd rail lines as per 143s surely?
For Hsts to run on 3rd rail they need Short Swing Link SSL▸ bogies. XC▸ sets had these. |
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« Reply #29 on: May 25, 2009, 23:53:53 » |
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this is a wild guess... im guessing the chance of actual contact is very slim if not impossible? is it to prevent arc'ing
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