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« Reply #105 on: November 25, 2010, 21:14:38 » |
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It has been removed for repair. Was told by a Reading Depot Manager at the weekend that the first 166 with the new air conn is due back from Doncaster soon to be tested in service. The rest of the fleet is to start fitment in Feb with the refurb starting in June. We had a good discussion on how to test that the system was working when it is snowing outside. It has been suggested that it is taken into one of the maintenance sheds and that the heating turned up to full.  |
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« Reply #106 on: November 25, 2010, 21:35:41 » |
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I take it the unit with the new air-con hasn't received its refurb yet? If not let's hope that the windows are locked shut, otherwise they'll all be opened again leading us back to square one with broken air-con.
I am amazed how many people don't understand the concept. Perhaps locking them with a carriage key, so that they can be opened by guards (on routes that have them) or station staff should there be the need to. The plastic tag thingys they used to have are just pointless.
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« Reply #107 on: November 25, 2010, 21:59:37 » |
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On the assumption that the new a/c actually works, then the windows damn well ought to be locked as you suggest. As far as I know the idea was always to get this set back after Wabtec had bashed it around and see that the a/c fitted the bill before they start refreshing any 166s at all.
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« Reply #108 on: November 25, 2010, 22:17:00 » |
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The program that the company has means that they have to start fitting the air con in Feb to make sure that the whole fleet is refurbished on time as it has to be fitted first.
They were basically hoping that it would work 'out of the box'.
The person that I spoke to was not too sure that their timescales were practical.
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« Reply #109 on: December 03, 2010, 09:39:08 » |
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Had my first opportunity to see the new PIS▸ system in action on the refreshed 166108, the second unit to be fitted, and by and large I was impressed.
The system performed faultlessly for the 2 hours or so I was with it.
Not in my experience... Travelled last night on a refubished 165 (18.12 to Henley) Announcement just leaving Paddington "The next station is...Slough". No further announcements up to or on arrival at Slough Announcement just leaving Slough "The next station is...Slough"  oops! No further announcements to Maidenhead Announcement just leaving Maidenhead "The next station is...Slough" No further announcments to Twyford Money well spent then  |
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« Reply #110 on: December 03, 2010, 12:19:20 » |
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Money well spent then At least one of the units seems to be playing up, I forget which one, but that was the one you were probably on last night. |
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« Reply #111 on: December 03, 2010, 13:13:40 » |
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Think thats bad? Got on at Newbury racecourse a few weeks ago with the system playing up. 'the next stop will be London paddington'. Train only goes to Reading!!!  I really feel the tables should have been retained, and already some of the units are showing the usual signs of not being kept clean. |
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« Reply #112 on: December 03, 2010, 14:22:47 » |
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Had my first opportunity to see the new PIS▸ system in action on the refreshed 166108, the second unit to be fitted, and by and large I was impressed.
The system performed faultlessly for the 2 hours or so I was with it.
Not in my experience... Travelled last night on a refubished 165 (18.12 to Henley) Announcement just leaving Paddington "The next station is...Slough". No further announcements up to or on arrival at Slough Announcement just leaving Slough "The next station is...Slough" oops! No further announcements to Maidenhead Announcement just leaving Maidenhead "The next station is...Slough" No further announcments to Twyford Money well spent then I'd imagine that would be a fault with the GPS onboard the train. As its clearly obvious that the train didnt know where it was. |
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« Reply #113 on: December 04, 2010, 00:20:50 » |
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The new PIS▸ , is that the TrainFX system with Michelle and her dorset tones announcing, or is there an even newer one?
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« Reply #114 on: December 04, 2010, 16:05:48 » |
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I've noticed there's now a 166 running around with 2 cars only. Is the missing centre care related to the refurb project, or just under repair?
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« Reply #115 on: January 31, 2011, 18:23:45 » |
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Just the six units currently fitted with the new CIS▸ . A few problems have come to light, ranging from the awful 'The next stop is Slough after every station' as described by 'argg' above, to the vaguely annoying 'The next station is [silence].....' when Evesham is involved, to the vaguely amusing 'Goring & Streetley'. Hopefully all of those, and any others, will be sorted with a software upgrade due any time now, and the fitment of the rest of the fleet can continue.
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« Reply #116 on: February 14, 2011, 18:18:04 » |
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How's the overall project getting on? It's been a while since I travelled on a non-refurbished 165- are there any still out there?
When's the 166 work getting underway?
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« Reply #117 on: February 15, 2011, 01:07:49 » |
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There's still a handful of the 165's left to do. For example 165128 is still to be done, yet has the new PIS▸ fitted.
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« Reply #118 on: February 15, 2011, 09:39:37 » |
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I must be unlucky in that every time I get a turbo is an un refreshed one
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« Reply #119 on: February 15, 2011, 12:29:43 » |
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Just over half of the fleet has been done - if you include the 165's and 166's as a whole.
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