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« Reply #31 on: October 16, 2017, 07:51:13 » |
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Richard Clinnick's facebook page shows Messrs Grayling and Hopwood in first class coach K. I wonder how much they paid for their tickets.....
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« Reply #32 on: October 16, 2017, 07:57:41 » |
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Because Hopwood is the MD of the railway and travelling on company business, and Grayling is his invited guest for the launch event.
More importantly, ITV is reporting that they had problems coupling the two units together at the depot, hence the reason why it set off 25 minutes late from Bristol. Really? You couldn't make it up could you? Hitachi should have had the units ready hours before for such an important launch event. At least they didn't run the service short formed though...
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« Reply #33 on: October 16, 2017, 08:03:54 » |
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Rumour has it the PAD» arrival has had technical difficulties and won't arrive! RTT» showing it hasn't cleared Slough yet but not sure if this an error.
Finally arrived nearly 40min late...
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« Reply #34 on: October 16, 2017, 08:07:26 » |
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Geeetings from a HST▸ based service which I boarded at Reading for Paddington . Sadly it don't know the origin of the service I was too busy trying to board and get a seat
We have been switched onto the "slow" up line - does anyone know if this is connected with the introduction of the IETs▸ today ?
Update: we were routed back on to the Up Main (?) line just west on Slough station
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« Reply #35 on: October 16, 2017, 08:12:49 » |
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« Reply #36 on: October 16, 2017, 08:42:30 » |
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Excellent! Ideal for dealing with smelly trainspotters  |
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« Reply #37 on: October 16, 2017, 08:47:51 » |
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Up working 1C03 seems to have had a rather disastrous debut. Arrived at Padd 41 mins late. Failed to switch over from diesel to AC at Maidenhead, so diesel all the way to Padd. Return working 1B12 8:15 to Cardiff has been cancelled.
Down working 1A03 seems to be doing a bit better, 7 mins late at Bath.
No doubt they'll sort it all out eventually but fabled 'Japanese reliability' has taken a bit of a knock!
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« Reply #38 on: October 16, 2017, 08:50:59 » |
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Was this the moment when things started going swimmingly for the debutante ? |
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« Reply #39 on: October 16, 2017, 08:51:33 » |
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Is this the first dog to travel on a Class 800?  |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #40 on: October 16, 2017, 08:58:05 » |
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He very probably is. And so very very adorably photogenic. He could almost be looking into a gramophone horn just waiting for HMV !
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« Reply #41 on: October 16, 2017, 08:58:29 » |
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1A03 was the up working, 1C03 the down,
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« Reply #42 on: October 16, 2017, 08:59:42 » |
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1A03 was the up working, 1C03 the down,
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« Reply #43 on: October 16, 2017, 09:01:39 » |
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Wonder how long it's been since the word "Intercity" has appeared on screens (or Solari boards!) at Paddington? |
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« Reply #44 on: October 16, 2017, 09:16:53 » |
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Up working 1C03 seems to have had a rather disastrous debut. Arrived at Padd 41 mins late. Failed to switch over from diesel to AC at Maidenhead, so diesel all the way to Padd. Return working 1B12 8:15 to Cardiff has been cancelled.
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