Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 11:35 19 Apr 2024
* Children among nine dead in Russia strike on Ukraine
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
19th Apr (1938)
Foundation, Beatties of London (link)
Train RunningCancelled
08:48 London Paddington to Swansea
09:59 Cardiff Central to Taunton
11:23 Weston-Super-Mare to London Paddington
12:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
12:54 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
Short Run
09:27 Carmarthen to London Paddington
11:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach
16:31 Barnstaple to Axminster
Delayed
08:28 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
09:23 Swansea to London Paddington
•
PollsThere are no open or recent polls
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
April 19, 2024, 11:35:06 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[149] Rail to refuge / Travel to refuge
[137] Rail delay compensation payments hit £100 million
[56] Signage - not making it easy ...
[11] IETs at Melksham
[10] Ferry just cancelled - train tickets will be useless - advice?
[9] From Melksham to Tallinn (and back round The Baltic) by train
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Sideshoots - associated subjects > The Lighter Side > Another where was someone quiz
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Another where was someone quiz  (Read 2008 times)
bobm
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 9832



View Profile
« on: September 13, 2020, 21:04:09 »
Probably pretty easy to guess - but I liked the photo!
Logged
johnneyw
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2271


From station to station, back to Bristol city....


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2020, 21:49:29 »
At first I thought the river Hamble but then, if I strain my eyes, I think the boat on the right might say Lymington.
Logged
ellendune
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 4452


View Profile
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2020, 21:50:38 »
I was going to say Lymington
Logged
bobm
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 9832



View Profile
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2020, 06:43:26 »
Yes. Both right.  Lymington around 6pm yesterday.

There were also boats from Padstow and Southampton on view.
Logged
johnneyw
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2271


From station to station, back to Bristol city....


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2020, 10:11:41 »
Quote from: bobm on September 14, 2020, 06:43:26
Yes. Both right.  Lymington around 6pm yesterday.

There were also boats from Padstow and Southampton on view.

You certainly caught a nice evening there.  I haven't taken a train to Lymington since the early 1990s but once all this Covid tiresomeness is done with I think a day out from Bristol is in order.
Logged
eightf48544
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 4574


View Profile Email
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2020, 10:52:08 »
What's the unit?  Is it a DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) or EMU▸ (Electric Multiple Unit). I thought at one stage SWT▸ (South West Trains) were running DMU's because of the turnround time at Lymington couldn't be met when rebooting EMUs?
Logged
paul7575
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 5318


View Profile
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2020, 12:59:19 »
Quote from: eightf48544 on September 14, 2020, 10:52:08
What's the unit?  Is it a DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) or EMU▸ (Electric Multiple Unit). I thought at one stage SWT▸ (South West Trains) were running DMU's because of the turnround time at Lymington couldn't be met when rebooting EMUs?
It?s a 450 in SWR» (South Western Railway - about) livery. 

The rebooting issue was a comparatively temporary issue, and very early on after the 3CIGs were withdrawn, but once it was solved, and the platform was extended for 4 car trains at Lymington Town, then the intention was to use 450s 7 days a week. 

But then a little while later they decided that as a 158 was available, then that would be used weekdays only, to release the 450 to lengthen something elsewhere on the mainline.  But during that period 450s were still used Sat and Sun, so clearly the turnaround time wasn?t the reason for 158s on weekdays.  450s also appeared weekdays if the 158 failed.

Once the full 707 fleet entered service, they found a 450 for permanent weekday use, and that happened during the autumn 2018 period, a month or two ahead of the Dec timetable change.

Paul
« Last Edit: September 14, 2020, 13:04:51 by paul7755 » Logged
paul7575
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 5318


View Profile
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2020, 13:53:54 »
Oh, I found a pic of a 159 being used, I think during 2009:
Logged
bobm
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 9832



View Profile
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2020, 19:18:54 »
Back to a SWT▸ (South West Trains) liveried 450 on the branch today.
Logged
paul7575
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 5318


View Profile
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2020, 20:05:51 »
Quote from: bobm on September 14, 2020, 19:18:54
Back to a SWT▸ (South West Trains) liveried 450 on the branch today.

I think the odds are high, with only about 6 or 7 out of 127 reliveried so far?

Paul
Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page