DarloRich
Veteran Member
Twitter is alive with rumours that this evenings 1923 Euston - BHM is to be dragged due to a Pendolino failure
Indeed it was. 'Pride of Crewe'. It might make Wolverhampton by tomorrow.
I got a quick clip of it passing through Rugby
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Unsurprisingly the service has lost a lot of time and got to Wolverhampton 41 minutes late http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P55131/2015/08/28/advanced
Why does it lose so much time? How fast can these go?
Why does it lose so much time? How fast can these go?
Surprised they didn't withdraw the Watford Jcn call to relieve the disruption to following services. Hats off to them for not cancelling as so many Pendolinos & Voyagers where leaving Euston full & standing yesterday.
Any why would it need to be dragged for they do not have cab doors. Maybe a wind noise problem. Or no protection between cab and passengers.
In which case you counted wrong: It was an eleven car set.To be fair seemed to be doing well thru rugby, but i counted only 9 on, so a few ton weight saved will help its progress...
to put it in simplest terms, a 57 can just not keep up with the timings of a Class 390!Why does it lose so much time? How fast can these go?
to put it in simplest terms, a 57 can just not keep up with the timings of a Class 390!
they do not have cab doors.
Don't they?
I hadn't really noticed and didn't know that!
Thats why they have opening cab windows. So drivers can climb in through them.
Thats why they have opening cab windows. So drivers can climb in through them.
I was fairly sure that an opening cab window is for emergency egress only. Like on the Class 180.
Clearly you've never been at Euston! Very common to see VT drivers climbing into the cab through the windows.