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« Reply #30 on: May 25, 2009, 23:57:26 » |
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The Sprinter Meister is the person to ask. I read a detailed answer of his elsewhere today.
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« Reply #31 on: May 26, 2009, 14:10:08 » |
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Buffet Refurbishment possibly...?
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« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2009, 01:12:07 » |
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HST▸ was definitely a 'last minute' decision caused by acute set shortages mainly caused by the fatality near 'Tuckers' crossing, Bradford on Avon. Set was operated by a 'High Speed' (HSS▸ ) crew (Bristol based presumably), as they had the traction knowledge, with them being piloted by a 'West' crew (Bristol or Westbury based), as they had the route knowledge.
One way an untrained eye can tell if an FGW▸ HST set is formed of SSL▸ fitted vehicles is that the letters SSL or LSL‡ are usually displayed at the ends of the carriages, depending on which type is fitted.
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« Reply #33 on: May 28, 2009, 10:23:25 » |
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Indeed. On Saturday 2x158/9s and 1x150/2 were taken out for inspection after than fatality.
8 carriages is quite a substantial amount!
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« Reply #34 on: June 01, 2009, 10:58:37 » |
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To be fair this is not the first time a FGW▸ HST▸ has run over 3rd rail territory this year, dont forget they sent a HST set down to Fratton in January for the Portsmouth vs Swansea match.
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« Reply #35 on: June 01, 2009, 11:28:45 » |
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To be fair this is not the first time a FGW▸ HST▸ has run over 3rd rail territory this year, dont forget they sent a HST set down to Fratton in January for the Portsmouth vs Swansea match.
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« Reply #36 on: June 01, 2009, 22:24:59 » |
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Hi, fullspeedahead - thanks for your post, and welcome to the Coffee Shop forum!  |
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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 #37 on: June 02, 2009, 09:41:54 » |
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Thanks very much. Been reading the forums for some time and so decided to join.
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« Reply #38 on: June 07, 2009, 23:19:29 » |
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For Hsts to run on 3rd rail they need Short Swing Link SSL▸ bogies. XC▸ sets had these.
After reading this post I've been keeping an eye out and haven't so far spotted a single FGW▸ HST▸ set that does not have all vehicles marked "SSL", so from a purely technical point of view regular HST services over the 3rd rail could be feasible. |
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« Reply #39 on: June 08, 2009, 11:54:15 » |
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From an operational point of view, platform length and slow acceleration would be the main barriers I suspect. 8 Coaches is too long for a number of stations on the Portsmouth-Cardiff route for instance, shame since a reintroduced Portsmouth to Penzance service on a HST▸ would be quite a pleasant ride I'm sure. As far as I'm aware the trips down to Fratton were at police insistence- Imagine the scene if the away supporters got to the station and saw that the 17.31 was a 3-car 158!  |
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« Reply #40 on: June 09, 2009, 10:43:24 » |
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For Hsts to run on 3rd rail they need Short Swing Link SSL▸ bogies. XC▸ sets had these.
After reading this post I've been keeping an eye out and haven't so far spotted a single FGW▸ HST▸ set that does not have all vehicles marked "SSL", so from a purely technical point of view regular HST services over the 3rd rail could be feasible. There are trailers which don't have SSL bogies but I am sure I read somewhere that what is now wrote on the trailers is not necessarily the truth. |
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« Reply #41 on: April 18, 2010, 03:26:16 » |
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Another went today!!!
1749 ex Bristol, and it was very, very late!
The computer says 52 late back into Bristol!
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« Reply #42 on: April 22, 2010, 23:27:03 » |
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Reading the Wikipedia page on Cardiff Central it currently states that FGW▸ will run a Cardiff (or wherever in South Wales) -> Weymouth train in 2012 prior to the Summer Olympics. Given Wikipedia's renowned unreliability for fact, Can anyone here confirm this? |
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« Reply #43 on: April 23, 2010, 16:41:50 » |
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Probably hasn't been finalised so I wouldn't trust anything on Wiki that isn't referenced.
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« Reply #44 on: April 24, 2010, 02:34:21 » |
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Sounds perfectly plausible though - no-one said anything about using HSTs▸ in this case. It's not so many years ago a lot of Weymouth services originated/terminated at Cardiff. I used to catch one such regularly on a Saturday morning which always switched to an ATW▸ crew at Bath for some reason.
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