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91  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: IETs into passenger service from 16 Oct 2017 and subsequent performance issues on: September 18, 2018, 21:29:50
Quote from: TaplowGreen on September 18, 2018, 06:31:38
Quote from: bignosemac on September 17, 2018, 18:40:38
Quote from: old original on September 17, 2018, 14:16:20
HST▸ (High Speed Train) on the 07.30 Paddington - Penzance & rtn today.

All services to and from the westcountry (beyond Exeter) that were IET▸ (Intercity Express Train) last week are HST today. And possibly for the rest of the week too.

There's an issue with fuelling at Laira. Apparently the IETs don't like the taste of the liquid refreshment they're getting in Devon.

The computers are saying the fuel is contaminated.



Beyond parody.

Still, we've had the wrong kind of snow, rain, leaves, sunshine etc, so why not the wrong kind of fuel too? 

It’s a well known problem, GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) have had issues with it before, MTU▸ (Motor Traction Unit) have highlighted it on the powercars, but they have the advantage of have a very large coalescer in the engine room, absolutely no room to fit that on any unit with an underslung engine.  It has caused engine shutdowns on other fleets in GWR.

Why would you knowingly fuel a vehicle with contaminated fuel??

https://www.octane.uk.com/diesel-bugs-biofuel/
92  All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Intercity Express Train (IET) failure, near Exeter, 13 September 2018 on: September 18, 2018, 21:22:55
Quote from: a-driver on September 14, 2018, 16:46:28
Quote from: WelshBluebird on September 14, 2018, 16:36:37
Quote from: a-driver on September 14, 2018, 16:32:04
No point sending a fitter from Exeter. They won’t know anything about the train.

Hitachi have numerous fitters in the region, including travelling fitters, the nearest available fitter would have been sent.


I wasn't really just talking about Exeter. It was more a question of: has the change to Hiatchi staff looking after / fixing the trains (as opposed to GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) staff which is the case for the HST▸ (High Speed Train)'s) meant that staff who can fix issues will now take longer to get to incidents compared to similar GWR staff for HST's? 90 minutes away seems to be quite a distance away!

There’s Hitachi maintenance staff in Bristol, Laira and possibly Long Rock.  There’s also travelling Hitachi fitters for the South West based at Exeter, Plymouth, Truro and Penzance so for minor issues it shouldn’t take any longer.
The nearest maintenance facility is obviously Bristol, so any fault requiring specialist tools may have to come from Bristol.

No specialist tools needed, one thing that was very much against getting assistance to the train in a shorter timescale was the day long closure of the M5, no matter what contingency plans you have in place - within reason- can take into account exceptional occurrences like that.
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