This morning's BTM to PAD via Theale

chineseJohn

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This morning's BTM to PAD via Theale - 4 July 2012

« on: July 04, 2012, 22:28:05 »

HST^▸ Failed at Reading after a long crawl through the Kennet valley - I assuming the power units failed.

Thinking back, good on the driver to get the thing to Reading - could have been worse - we could have been stuck between stations.

Caused a few delays though as it'd blocked platform 8.


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Mookiemoo

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Re: This morning's BTM to PAD via Theale - 4 July 2012

« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2012, 00:06:10 »

Quote from: chineseJohn on July 04, 2012, 22:28:05

Be thankful it got that far - it could have been failed a lot earlier

The driver ended up in hospital


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TonyK

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Re: This morning's BTM to PAD via Theale - 4 July 2012

« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2012, 19:43:40 »

Quote from: Mookiemoo on July 12, 2012, 00:06:10

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Be thankful it got that far - it could have been failed a lot earlier

The driver ended up in hospital

Eh? Did he fall ill because it failed, or did it fail because he fell ill?


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Mookiemoo

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Re: This morning's BTM to PAD via Theale - 4 July 2012

« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2012, 22:35:41 »

Quote from: Four Track Now! on July 12, 2012, 19:43:40

Quote from: Mookiemoo on July 12, 2012, 00:06:10

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Be thankful it got that far - it could have been failed a lot earlier

The driver ended up in hospital

Eh? Did he fall ill because it failed, or did it fail because he fell ill?

it blew its front engine up I think about hungerford or just after.


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