TomJ93
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Twice I've passed coventry and 37s have been in the sidings. Passed today's one twice and it gad the engine running for 3hours whilst stationary, why is this needed?
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They have been there on stanby for snow ploughing. I suspect they are left running in case they dont start up when required
TomJ93
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But why here? Surely if they sat at Rugby they could be of more use in two sections of the wcml? I'm off to have a nose at it soon.
It could be something to do with Beechwood Tunnel, between Coventry and Brum International. There was a serious problem with icicles hanging down above the overhead wiring on Monday, the train I was on at Brum had to head north to Stafford to gain the Trent Valley route to Rugby because of this. The tunnel is notoriously slippy in bad weather, I know as I nearly skidded all the way through it on a light engine several years ago, the wheels just picked up and off it went. Not pleasant....
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That and the fact a LM got tangled in the knitting on the up line and brought it down.
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