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« on: February 24, 2024, 15:10:53 » |
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Hi all,
I heard a rumour recently that suggested GWR▸ are planning to withdraw IET▸ sets permanently due to rusting/corroding bolts. Does anybody have more information on this? Or is it untrue
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TaplowGreen
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2024, 17:10:48 » |
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Hi all,
I heard a rumour recently that suggested GWR are planning to withdraw IET▸ sets permanently due to rusting/corroding bolts. Does anybody have more information on this? Or is it untrue
.............rumour didn't come from a certain Port quaffing member of this esteemed forum by any chance?  |
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GWR 158
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2024, 17:45:58 » |
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No it didn't thankfully
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2024, 19:01:02 » |
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There’s loads of rumours surrounding IETs▸ ! Most, if not all, concern their withdrawal. We can only hope one, just one, turns out to be true.  |
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broadgage
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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2024, 19:24:07 » |
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Build some more HSTs▸ !
Not of course an exact copy of a near 50 year old design, but something similar in design.
A BIMODE power car or locomotive at each end, no more underfloor bus gin palace engines.
Total train length similar to a 5+5 car IET▸ .
Buffet car, padded seats, tables, luggage space etc.
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« Last Edit: February 25, 2024, 13:28:05 by broadgage »
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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▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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TaplowGreen
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2024, 20:36:51 » |
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Build some more HSTs▸ !
Not of course an exact copy of a near 50 year od design, but something simiar in design.
A BIMODE power car or locomotive at each end, no more underfloor bus gin palace engines.
Total train length similar to a 5+5 car IET▸ .
Buffet car, padded seats, tables, luggage space etc.
I had a vague, yet somehow certain feeling that one would come along!  |
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broadgage
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2024, 13:36:42 » |
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Build some more HSTs▸ !
Not of course an exact copy of a near 50 year old design, but something similar in design.
A BIMODE power car or locomotive at each end, no more underfloor bus gin palace engines.
Total train length similar to a 5+5 car IET▸ .
Buffet car, padded seats, tables, luggage space etc.
I had a vague, yet somehow certain feeling that one would come along! And what exactly is wrong with calling for proper trains to replace IETs ? With the features listed above, and also fixed formation. No flexible train length as flexible means shorter. Before the wretched things were even introduced it was clear that they represented a backward step in comfort and facilities They have now been in service for some years and poor build quality and unreliability are major problems. |
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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▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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Richard Fairhurst
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2024, 21:04:55 » |
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I heard a rumour recently that suggested GWR are planning to withdraw IET▸ sets permanently due to rusting/corroding bolts. Does anybody have more information on this? Or is it untrue Where are the replacement 93 trainsets coming from? (other than the Strategic Reserve in Box Tunnel, obviously) |
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broadgage
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2024, 23:26:16 » |
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Hopefully not every unit will need immediate withdrawal, some might be be allowed to run for months yet.
Some spare stock s available, the ex-TPE▸ stock has already been suggested, and there are still some surviving HSTs▸ stored. mainline passed stock from heritage lines is another possibility. Not adequate but a lot better than nothing.
Building loco hauled coaches is well understood and relatively quick.
The special bi-mode locomotives/power cars would take longer, but in the short term existing diesel locos would be better than nothing.
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« Last Edit: February 26, 2024, 00:35:00 by broadgage »
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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▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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IndustryInsider
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2024, 09:11:50 » |
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Sounds like a great idea to me. Perhaps it will allow GWR▸ to operate that service to Fantasy Island at long last so we can come visit you.
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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2024, 09:24:15 » |
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I heard a rumour recently that suggested GWR are planning to withdraw IET▸ sets permanently due to rusting/corroding bolts. Does anybody have more information on this? Or is it untrue Where are the replacement 93 trainsets coming from? (other than the Strategic Reserve in Box Tunnel, obviously) I think I have now realised why Network Rail have not remedied the persistent issues with flooding in various parts of the network. I contend that they are covert water troughs designed to support the Strategic Reserve. |
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2024, 11:40:08 » |
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Surely Hitachi are on the hook for these trains and a failure to provide sufficient sets a day costs them a few quid. I know they’re not responsible for the ‘lovely’ carriage interiors but you would think they’d make sure the exteriors were fine and mechanically sound.
Then again this is just a rumour isn’t it.
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REVUpminster
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« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2024, 12:09:26 » |
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They are never going to get rid of the 800s. With all the variants there are 262 sets from the 395 Javelin to Aurora 810s
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IndustryInsider
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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2024, 12:41:13 » |
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Then again this is just a rumour isn’t it.
Indeed. Perhaps GWR▸ 158 can tell us from where he heard the rumour? |
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« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2024, 13:13:53 » |
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Hi all,
I heard a rumour recently that suggested GWR are planning to withdraw IET▸ sets permanently due to rusting/corroding bolts. Does anybody have more information on this? Or is it untrue
I've had a look at RTT» for my local station (Tiverton Parkway) and only four of the GWR trains stopping or passing through today are not 80x types. 3 are 158s doing positional stuff I suppose. The other outlier is the only loco hauled service of the day, the sleeper, which was part-cancelled and began at Reading instead of Paddington. That would be a lot to replace. Given that they are largely running to time, I very much doubt that will happen. |
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Now, please!
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