Weymouth - summer weekend loco-hauled services - 2010

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[dickyc]

Not exactly! But I must say it didn't look too busy.

Nice pics Luke. Looked quite well loaded as it passed through Bradford-on-Avon, and quite a few people hanging out of the windows! Well done First Great Western - great end to the Summer season. The headboard was a nice touch, anyone have details on this?

[Ollie]

Last Saturday we ran the last Loco Hauled Summer Saturday Bristol to Weymouth train and, as part of our 175 th  Anniversary celebrations, we arranged for it to be hauled by our Great Western Railway Green Class 57604 Pendennis Castle. The train carried a special headboard in an old fashioned style saying ^Bristol -Weymouth Sand & Cycle Explorer^, which was auctioned off afterwards raising over ^100 for the Railway Children Charity.

Above copied from a weekly news thing that staff get.

[Chris from Nailsea]

Thanks for that, Ollie. 

[Ollie]

No worries, glad it got a nice bit of money for charity - I personally wouldn't buy a name board, but I know it's collectable for others and may be worth more later

Don't know how the auction was done, I assume on the train?

[inspector_blakey]

Always good to see little instances like this of TOCs^▸ (Train Operating Company) going out of their way and entering into the spirit of things, especially when it's raising money for a good cause at the same time. A bouquet to FGW^▸ (First Great Western) methinks!

[bigdaz]

Save me trawling the tt's can anyone tell me, is Sat 25th last loco-hauled run of 2010?

[Timmer]

Save me trawling the tt's can anyone tell me, is Sat 25th last loco-hauled run of 2010?

Nope last Saturday was the last loco-hauled for this summer and if FGW^▸ (First Great Western) get all their allocation of 150/1s by next summer and decide the expenditure of a loco-hauled summer Saturday is beyond their budget for the line that could be it. But its been said many times before no more loco hauled on this line only for them to reappear again the following year so we will just have to wait and see but unless the line has done well this summer I think thats it for loco-hauled on the Weymouths.

[anthony215]

According to Roger Ford on his twitter page, the problems with the class 172' seem to be  with the testing and that there doesn't really seem to be any problems with the exhuasts.

 I dont have acess to Twitter, but maybe anyone who does can perhaps look this up and provide any further info.


As for the loco hauled London Overground are supposed to be starting to send the rest of their class 150's down to FGW^▸ (First Great Western)  & FGW are planning to withdraw the loco hauled set that does the service down to Paignton and replace it with a DMU^▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) from the beggining of October with the 2nd loco hauled set coming off next March.

(I should have said that FGW are hoping to have enough DMU'S to perhaps allow for the loco hauled set used on the Cardiff - Taunton - Paignton diagram to be withdrawn in October although this will depend on whether FGW receieve any more class 150's from London Overground.!!!!)  As for the march date to withdraw the other loco hauled diagram  i have been told by a member of FGW staff although it could be changed

[JayMac]

Roger Ford is not always accurate unfortunately, so lets wait and see regarding the 172s setting of the cascade of LO 150s. His twitter feed said;

"Class 172 exhaust 'problem' is not a problem says LOROL^▸ (London Overground Railway Operations Ltd). Tests were flawed apparently and mods will not be needed after all."

Can you provide sources for the rest of your post as well anthony215?

Thanks awfully! 

[TerminalJunkie]

Without access to twitter then we have nowt more than heresay.

Ahem. I don't think you need to be a Twitter user to see the RSS^▸ (Regional Spatial Strategy) feed, so try http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/116803918.rss.
Oh, and it's hearsay.

[JayMac]

What is?

(Soz TJ, I edited before you could jump in!)