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« on: April 05, 2008, 11:09:53 PM »
... Reading avoider and.... MELKSHAM!

Although we didn't stop...

It's still running 104 late.

Some prat threw a brick at the driving cab, shattered the window, we pulled into Newbury Racecourse, reversed and set off via Didcot and Swindon.

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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2008, 11:24:15 PM »
Good wau to fix it.
Avoid the thing that is broken in the first place. Downside is a swapped around HST set to confuse people.
Still will be broken in the morning though, unless they can fix it at Long Rock.
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2008, 11:55:36 PM »
94 down at Truro.
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2008, 12:12:52 AM »
coming up cancelled on the screens guess they are running it down empty stock.
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2008, 12:47:21 AM »
More likely set down only - the pick up will be cancelled as the 18.05 was running on time!!
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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2008, 09:24:43 AM »
Lovely. You left Devon 104 minutes late Wink
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2008, 12:07:05 PM »
All sympathy to the driver involved in this incidence it must be frightening to get a brick through your cab window. We had a similar incident at Taplow a few years back unfortunately they didn't catch the culprit.

All credit to FGW getting the train to Penzance  it would have been easy to terminate it at Newbury.

Many years ago in BR days I was an on an HST that hit an obstrution on the line near Marshfield and ruptured the front engine's fuel tank! We reversed on the Maindee curve at Newport.

Also pity they didn't reverse the HST set involved in the Southall crash at Llandore to get working AWS in the front cab.
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« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2008, 05:36:14 PM »
Quote from: eightf48544 on April 06, 2008, 12:07:05 PM
All sympathy to the driver involved in this incidence it must be frightening to get a brick through your cab window. We had a similar incident at Taplow a few years back unfortunately they didn't catch the culprit.

Was that on a Turbo? Reason i ask is, a few years ago i remember seeing a turbo pulling into Paddington with a smashed screen.
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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2008, 06:31:01 PM »
Screen would have been changed at Long rock, it's been done down there before.
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« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2008, 02:03:53 PM »
Steve 44 asked.
Was that on a Turbo? Reason i ask is, a few years ago i remember seeing a turbo pulling into Paddington with a smashed screen.

No it was an HST at pretty well full speed the driver so so shaken up he had to be relieved.
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