The 2K05 (Nodding Donkey) failed on its return jaunt from SVB to BRI» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) this morning... half-way down the platform.
Apparently the electrics/speedometer had failed in the cab and so we had to wait for the later service to drag
the failed set back to BRI.
Driver with red flag and 3 detonators deployed, the DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) sets were coupled without a problem (shame all couplings
aren't the same as there was 66120 idling at St Andrews Rd ).
Unfortunately, passengers were only allowed to board the working set... so by the time we got to Shirehampton it
was standing room only with the front and rear of the DMU looking like a Halfords cycle shop.
I'm sure there are rules governing the use of failed DMU's - but as there were now two sets of crew - it's a shame they
couldn't ease the overcrowding by using the failed set (the doors and lights were still working).
I just hope I can get home tonight!