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« Reply #1020 on: September 25, 2018, 19:36:06 »

Are we over the availability problems finally?  Seems to be several days where there have been hardly any 5 vice 10 car services.

There have been some but GWR (Great Western Railway) haven't been posting on Journey Check despite a promise they would do a while ago

Yes, there are a couple today on further investigation:  10:29 SWA» (Swansea - next trains)-PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains) (fuel issues) and 10:30 PAD-WSM and return 13:01 WSM-PAD.  As you say though, they should be on journeycheck as definitely booked to be 10-cars but aren't.

Still, I suppose that's way better than recent weeks.

The 10.29 SWA-PAD was a planning issue, a 10 car set planned on a diagram of 1244 miles, this is over the mileage and at risk of running out, so it went into Maliphant for fuel and a spare 5 car came out to take over.
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« Reply #1021 on: September 25, 2018, 19:59:28 »

It seems all a bit hit and miss.
Yesterday on the Paddington Penzance run...
0635 9 car,  0730 2 x 5 car.
Today 0635 2 x 5 car, 0730 HST (High Speed Train).
Tomorrow a couple of 153's and a Castle class?
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« Reply #1022 on: September 25, 2018, 21:28:34 »

Yesterday, I did a day trip to London for an event at the DfT» (Department for Transport - about).  I got the Golden Hind (06 53 ex Plymouth) and it was an HST (High Speed Train).  However, the Train Manager apologised over the PA (Public Address) for the reservations being a mess, saying they were for a new train and not the old one we had. 

I came back on the 20 03 which was 2x5 Cl802 - my first long distance trip on an IET (Intercity Express Train).  Things are changing fast!

As I do when I have to make an early start like this, I treated myself to breakfast on the Hind.  It was lovely, as always, and it may just have been my last restaurant car breakfast on an HST.  We'll see.
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« Reply #1023 on: September 25, 2018, 21:31:54 »

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5 vice 10

What does that mean? Google shows me lots of nice pictures of vices for my work bench. Is it a railway term or some obscure word that my English teacher didn't tell me about?
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« Reply #1024 on: September 25, 2018, 21:39:54 »

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What does that mean? Google shows me lots of nice pictures of vices for my work bench. Is it a railway term or some obscure word that my English teacher didn't tell me about?

The second bit, it’s in the dictionary - ‘as a substitute’.
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« Reply #1025 on: September 25, 2018, 22:07:59 »

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What does that mean? Google shows me lots of nice pictures of vices for my work bench. Is it a railway term or some obscure word that my English teacher didn't tell me about?

I don't use Latin per se.
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« Reply #1026 on: September 26, 2018, 12:20:35 »

It seems all a bit hit and miss.
Yesterday on the Paddington Penzance run...
0635 9 car,  0730 2 x 5 car.
Today 0635 2 x 5 car, 0730 HST (High Speed Train).
Tomorrow a couple of 153's and a Castle class?

Turns out to be 1x 5 car and a HST...  and reported on journeycheck as such
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« Reply #1027 on: September 26, 2018, 19:25:40 »

Finally got a seat on the 17:42 today as we approached Stroud! And I thought it was getting better...
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« Reply #1028 on: September 26, 2018, 19:37:37 »

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What does that mean? Google shows me lots of nice pictures of vices for my work bench. Is it a railway term or some obscure word that my English teacher didn't tell me about?

It is a fairly old term, meaning "instead of" now used primarily in a railway context. Can be used in other contexts, for example "I drank beer vice whiskey to save money"
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #1029 on: September 26, 2018, 22:12:41 »

Vice versa or if one speaks brissle  vicel versal !..
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« Reply #1030 on: September 26, 2018, 23:21:52 »

It is a fairly old term, meaning "instead of" now used primarily in a railway context. Can be used in other contexts, for example "I drank beer vice whiskey to save money"

Surely whiskey vice port?   Grin
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« Reply #1031 on: September 28, 2018, 22:29:37 »

It is a fairly old term, meaning "instead of" now used primarily in a railway context. Can be used in other contexts, for example "I drank beer vice whiskey to save money"

Surely whiskey vice port?   Grin

Did somebody say "Drink!"?

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« Reply #1032 on: October 03, 2018, 11:46:48 »

I have it on good authority from someone I know who commutes from Twyford that since Monday, 1K05 0609 Newbury to Paddington has gone over to being a 5-car IET (Intercity Express Train) instead of a Turbo. However both on Monday and today the train was delayed at TWY (Twyford station) for about 10 minutes due to door issues.
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« Reply #1033 on: October 03, 2018, 15:30:01 »

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I believe this one was usually a 180 until they went away, so good to see previous capacity (and speed) restored.
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« Reply #1034 on: October 03, 2018, 23:26:18 »

We were a little surprised to see an IET (Intercity Express Train) at Worcester Shrub Hill on Tuesday just after 5pm. Could we not have been mistaken? Surely this was never intended to be near their patch?
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