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Got my dates muddled. It was the week before, 26th August. Seen going through Bristol Parkway just before 12:30. It was, however, definitely 57303.
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« Reply #316 on: September 06, 2015, 11:59:33 » |
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Got my dates muddled. It was the week before, 26th August. Seen going through Bristol Parkway just before 12:30. It was, however, definitely 57303.
57301 & 57310 I believe did that working from photos on Flickr of the working. |
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« Reply #317 on: September 23, 2015, 19:51:22 » |
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57303 Failed on the down this morning at St Austell.
Came back to life and passed Redruth viaduct as I was leaving for work at just after 0900.
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« Reply #318 on: September 30, 2015, 12:22:30 » |
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Saw the sleeper leaving Paddington this morning heading back to the depot with Tintagel/Totnes Castle either end, and an interesting multicoloured selection of carriages in between...............as my old Gran would have said, "blue and green should ne'er be seen!"  |
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« Reply #319 on: September 30, 2015, 12:36:09 » |
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Saw the sleeper leaving Paddington this morning heading back to the depot with Tintagel/Totnes Castle either end, and an interesting multicoloured selection of carriages in between...............as my old Gran would have said, "blue and green should ne'er be seen!" I was on the Down sleeper last evening, seated in coach A. The coach was in smart green GWR▸ livery externally, but grotty original FGW▸ blue inside. |
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« Reply #321 on: September 30, 2015, 13:58:03 » |
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The GWR▸ liveried 57602 Restormel Castle brought last night's ECS into Paddington and (I think!!) 57604 Pendennis Castle took the Down sleeper forward. |
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« Reply #322 on: October 01, 2015, 09:34:30 » |
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There was a DRS▸ loco ("Pride of Carlisle" I think?) nearby as well as Tintagel Castle just detached this morning when I went past on my way into Paddington, Restormel Castle was attached to a multicoloured set of coaches (only one in the new livery unless my eyes deceived me in the early morning sun!)
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« Reply #323 on: November 13, 2015, 21:41:28 » |
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GWR▸ aren't the only ones to have sleeper reliability issues ... BBC» News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-34812382RMT▸ union members working on the Caledonian Sleeper rail service are to be balloted on industrial action.
The RMT said the service, which links Inverness and Fort William with London, has been suffering from defects such as broken toilets and fire alarms.
This has led to delays and cancellations, the union said.
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« Reply #324 on: November 13, 2015, 22:21:53 » |
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GWR▸ aren't the only ones to have sleeper reliability issues ... BBC» News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-34812382RMT▸ union members working on the Caledonian Sleeper rail service are to be balloted on industrial action.
The RMT said the service, which links Inverness and Fort William with London, has been suffering from defects such as broken toilets and fire alarms.
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« Reply #325 on: November 14, 2015, 07:56:46 » |
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Wasn't the fleet refurbed when the new franchise came in?
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« Reply #326 on: November 14, 2015, 10:14:51 » |
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Not that I know of. The Scottish Government awarded the Sleeper Contract to Serco who are no really noted for being the best !!! Maintenance was moved from Inverness to Alstom Depot at Polmadie (Glasgow) and went down the pan.
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« Reply #327 on: November 14, 2015, 10:16:36 » |
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I doubt if they would have done much of a refurbishment as the fleet is supposed to be replaced as part of the new franchise.
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« Reply #328 on: November 14, 2015, 13:36:46 » |
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« Reply #329 on: December 03, 2015, 10:50:54 » |
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Problem with the Sleeper service this morning due to it hitting a maintenance trolley on the track that had been 'deliberately' placed across it: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-train-crashes-stolen-trolley-delaying/story-28291324-detail/story.htmlMore questionable journalism from Plymouth Herald - apparently 'Between Redruth and Truro' is 'shortly after Plymouth'... A PLYMOUTH train has crashed into a trolley which had been stolen and laid deliberately over the railway line.
The maintenance trolley - used by rail staff working on the line - was struck by the London Paddington to Penzance service shortly after it left Plymouth this morning.
Passengers on the train were told that the trolley, which is understood to be used by workers to carry equipment, had been left deliberately "across the line."
The crash - which did not injure anyone - brought rail services in Cornwall to an abrupt halt this morning.
The trolley was left on the line between Redruth and Truro this morning and struck by the sleeper service at about 7.20am.
One passenger said the train came quickly to a halt, but "there was no loud bang or anything like that."
The passengers were told there was no damage to the train and one said a member of staff had told him the collision "chewed up a lot of metal."
He said that the locomotive pulling the sleeper service carriages was fitted with a device similar to a snow plough, which pushed the mangled trolley out of the way.
However, had the trolley been struck by one of the smaller trains it could have done a lot of damage to the unit.
A team of engineers were quickly on site to assess whether there was any damage to the train.
Great Western Railway said there delays of up to 30 minutes on trains between Plymouth and Penzance as a result of the collision but the situation is now believes to be returning to normal.
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