Nice photo that!
Interesting. The first time an AC loco has appeared on the Riviera presumably?
More than likely, yes.
Trialled earlier in the year! (At Euston)
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So how are the coaches heated at the normal terminus of Paddington or am l missing something?
At a guess it’s to avoid diesel fumes at Euston, which is much more enclosed than at Paddington.
Cracking Photo that dude.
Top and tailed by 57s from Reading to Paddington. The front loco is then shut down as it’s in the train shed, while the rear loco is either then switched on and provides ETS or is already running and has its ETS switched on as it’s outside of the train shed.
And here is a picture of 90001 on top of the sleeper at Euston. This was the arrival from Penzance on Monday 18th. The picture shows 90001 coupled to 57605 at Euston.
Indeed, but I wasn’t suggesting for Euston though. Don’t forget Reading to Paddington is under the wires, and this is what I was thinking about for regular 6 day a week Night Riviera services (aka, into Paddington, not Euston).
Whilst this is a good idea having a 57/3 on hire with the Dellner coupling offers the advantage of rescuing units when the knitting fails. A 90 would not offer this advantage.
And the hired 57 occasionally ends up covering a PZ turn. Couldn’t do that with an electric!
My friends back in Hebden Bridge tell me that she was 34 minutes late through there on the return journey, following an eleven minutes late departure from York and an extended unscheduled stop at Wakefield Kirkgate.
