Perfect Use for an Adelante?

G.Uard

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Re: Perfect Use for an Adelante?

« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2008, 01:36:45 »

This may be purely academic. TOCs^▸ in the frozen north are fighting tooth and nail for 180s. The remaining FGW^▸ sets are set to leave by June 2009, if you can believe the current edition of 'Modern Railways', who add the rider.."assuming the Northern deal goes ahead".


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grahame

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Re: Perfect Use for an Adelante?

« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2023, 15:47:21 »

Quote from: devon_metro on October 21, 2008, 18:39:52

0500 Paddington
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1038 Penzance

1110 Penzance
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1500 Bristol TM^‡

1515 Bristol TM
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1830 Truro

1846 Truro
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2315 London Paddington

Thoughts?

Interesting where we were fifteen years ago. But these days would we be looking at a 5 car IET^▸ or (dare I ask) a Castle. Great way to bring people into Paddington when it's quiet late at night and in the early morning, with a set swap at Plymouth one of the times it calls there.


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Re: Perfect Use for an Adelante?

« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2023, 15:52:11 »

Quote from: grahame on October 21, 2023, 15:47:21

Great way to bring people into Paddington when it's quiet late at night and in the early morning...

It was never quiet at Paddington when an Adelante was screeching and rumbling away! Wink


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