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« on: January 13, 2009, 14:24:29 » |
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From XC▸ website:
11:27 Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth due 16:15
This train will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 4.This is due to a train fault.
16:45 Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly due 21:40
This train will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 4.This is due to a train fault.
22:07 Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street due 23:40
This train will be formed of 3 coaches instead of 4.This is due to a train fault.
Is this a misprint? As in, should it be 4 coaches instead of 5? It just baffled me slightly.
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eightf48544
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2009, 14:44:18 » |
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One coach of a 4 car vomiter locked out of use.
Anyone seen it yet?
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inspector_blakey
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2009, 15:14:15 » |
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And you can bet it's not the first class vehicle locked out. What's the world coming to...? A three-car train on the Pines  |
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devon_metro
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2009, 16:10:55 » |
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And you can bet it's not the first class vehicle locked out. What's the world coming to...? A three-car train on the Pines Believe it or not, First Class is often full! So makes more money |
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Don
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2009, 22:24:34 » |
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Believe it or not, First Class is often full! So makes more money First class on a 4 or 5 coach Voyager is a massive 19 seats. Of course they're often full. XC▸ new HSTs▸ have over 80 1st class seats, so they are almost always empty. |
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Regards,
Don.
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Btline
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2009, 23:12:40 » |
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I wish someone would set fire to the Voyagers.
Preferably when their fuel tanks are full.....
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6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01
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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2009, 23:40:25 » |
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I wish someone would set fire to the Voyagers.
Preferably when their fuel tanks are full.....
do you think xc would swap them for our pacers? |
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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2009, 00:35:45 » |
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I wish someone would set fire to the Voyagers.
Preferably when their fuel tanks are full.....
do you think xc would swap them for our pacers? quite possibly..what would FGW▸ do those heaving piles of junk |
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All postings reflect my own personal views and opinions and are not intended to be, nor should be taken as official statements of first great western or first group policy
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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2009, 17:16:56 » |
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I wish someone would set fire to the Voyagers.
Preferably when their fuel tanks are full.....
Probably wouldn't be that exciting considering the fact that diesel isn't overly flammable. |
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inspector_blakey
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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2009, 19:42:19 » |
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Probably wouldn't be that exciting considering the fact that diesel isn't overly flammable.
 You've never lit a brake van stove using old rags soaked in diesel, have you? I can confirm that it is (sometimes alarmingly) flammable under those circumstances. Definitely a case of "mind your eyebrows". |
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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2009, 19:42:40 » |
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oh i dunno, add some petrol and you got 125mph petrol bombs... the diesel keeps the petrol alight ( should i be saying this?)
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Btline
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2009, 21:04:19 » |
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125 mph? Ha - that'll be the day!
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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2009, 15:50:01 » |
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Back to the original post, it's unusual but possible for XC▸ to use their Turbostars on the Manchester - Birmingham route, using both ex VT▸ and ex CT crew, expensive though.
Never heard of this happening Birmingham - Bournemouth but as far as I'm aware the 170's are passed for the route.
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« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2009, 16:59:07 » |
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This actually happened this week. Two 170s coupled together worked a Birmingham-Manchester portion of a train.
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