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« on: February 24, 2008, 19:18:25 »

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Full report: "This train will run short formed with 1 carriages.This is due to a member of train crew being unavailable. "

OK - I'm trying to work that one out! HELP!
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2008, 21:18:26 »

Probably Traction knowledge issues....... looks as if a set swap has taken place due one of the crew avalible not signing the Original Traction
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2008, 21:24:51 »

Probably Traction knowledge issues....... looks as if a set swap has taken place due one of the crew avalible not signing the Original Traction
All Penzance and Par crews sign 150/153/158's which are the only units that run on the branch? unless it was a 150/1 and the guard's thrown his toys out the pram saying they don't sign them!
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2008, 22:11:55 »

If you read the later updates, it says 'due to a train fault'. Perhaps it was incorrectly reported initially?
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2008, 07:57:06 »

Probably Traction knowledge issues....... looks as if a set swap has taken place due one of the crew avalible not signing the Original Traction
All Penzance and Par crews sign 150/153/158's which are the only units that run on the branch? unless it was a 150/1 and the guard's thrown his toys out the pram saying they don't sign them!
Could be, a 150/1 was down Saturday so if there was a set swap.
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