The issues months back involved 800s which are not Dawlish proof unlike 802s.
Which units were involved yesterday?
What makes the 802 Dawlish 'resistant' ?(I'm going to say, tentatively. - Mother nature is, well Erm is, Mother Nature).
The issues months back involved 800s which are not Dawlish proof unlike 802s.
Resistor banks raised up so they don't get flooded.Which units were involved yesterday?
What makes the 802 Dawlish 'resistant' ?(I'm going to say, tentatively. - Mother nature is, well Erm is, Mother Nature).
Thanks.Resistor banks raised up so they don't get flooded.
I wasn't there but apparently stormy enough for voyager cancellations.Agreed - certainly worrying considering it was part of the orginial spec - to avoid such incidence as with Cross Country currently - was it not? (I can't recall recall the specifics)
Might be helpful (for observers, here) to know what the weather report / status (err, is it Infrastructure readiness report still? (Or something to that effect)) was for early yesterday morning.
Hopefully it was Red or very serious (whatever the report gives -icant recall).
I wasn't there but apparently stormy enough for voyager cancellations.
You need to attack the post and not the poster, he could have said the reverse to you. But he hasn't......GWR having influence over the base specification of the train is a different thing to needing to have to sign off third-party modifications to trains it operates under its safety case.
Were you once sacked by GWR or something? Only your irrational crusade against every move they make is bizarre.
Impractical, not going to happen. They were minor errors which Hitachi will look into.
The issues months back involved 800s which are not Dawlish proof unlike 802s.
Hitachi are obviously concerned.
Would've been a hardy soul if you were!I wasn't there but apparently stormy enough for voyager cancellations.
It was a “red” day for spray on the morning rail forecast.
I think you need to go back over the last few years and look at this individual's responses to many forum members - I think you'll find they have over a prolonged period of time.You need to attack the post and not the poster, he could have said the reverse to you. But he hasn't......
Were these 800s (OP said IETs) not 802s? If the latter they were specified as needing to be Dawlish tolerant were they not? If the former retrofitting seems rational for inter-availability, though of course it won't happen.
Oh dear! Back to the drawing board then for a solution? Hitachi will have to come up with something and quickly to combat this issue for the 802's. I expect the sea water got into the under floor engines? Was that the case?They were 802/1 units.
Oh dear.They were 802/1 units.
Oh dear.
Plenty of possible (and plausible) reasons I suspect.
Mother Nature trumps all - again.
Also, not surprised their not divulging info - high potential for a lot of backlash, given current events.
It can't be the first time 'Red' has been declared while the units have been running.
Shall wait and see what occurs.
Yes, I'm sure they will.I’m sure that Hitachi and GWR will get it sorted for later in the year when it will affect services the most. Cannot be any worse than Voyagers.
They had better get it sorted because even if it's no worse than the Voyagers the potential disruption every time there's an adverse weather forecast doesn't bear thinking about.I’m sure that Hitachi and GWR will get it sorted for later in the year when it will affect services the most. Cannot be any worse than Voyagers.
The issues months back involved 800s which are not Dawlish proof unlike 802s.
Full Functionality of the IEP Trains must be maintained during and after exposure to salt water spray and such exposure must not cause excessive cosmetic degradation of exposed surfaces, components and equipment.
Whilst 1h47m from Worcester to Paddington seems good, it looks to me like it ran non-stop from Worcester to Oxford (the following 0825 Foregate St. to Paddington would be only twenty minutes behind). I suggest 54 minutes for 57 miles with seven stops is not realistic. RTT on manually signalled routes is always a problem, but three minutes from the six miles from Charlbury to Hanborough would be interesting!
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