swapmeetpete
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Thanks for the responses. I fear the new seated coach will manage to be less comfortable than the current MkII, so I’ll be using the old stock as long as possible.
Thanks for the responses. I fear the new seated coach will manage to be less comfortable than the current MkII, so I’ll be using the old stock as long as possible.
You'd hope at £x million per coach they're comfortable...! There's also the wider comforts that should be better, e.g. the temperature control, the toilets working/not smelling, the coach actually being able to be used etc etc...Thanks for the responses. I fear the new seated coach will manage to be less comfortable than the current MkII, so I’ll be using the old stock as long as possible.
Now now, it'll be the same Alsthom "maintenance" ...You'd hope at £x million per coach they're comfortable...! There's also the wider comforts that should be better, e.g. the temperature control, the toilets working/not smelling, the coach actually being able to be used etc etc...
Or even Alstom...Now now, it'll be the same Alsthom "maintenance" ...
If you were travelling around the time the new stock is being introduced, which would you pick?
There was a lone branded Sleeper seating or lounge coach sitting alone on Platform 17 at Waverley circa 22:30 on Friday night - the full train had just come noisily into the station so it stood out as I was heading for 18.
One of the lounge cars from the Aberdeen portion was out of use from the outset so was taken off at Edinburgh and left in the mid-road before all portions joined and continued on to London.
Did the Fort William lounge go to Euston instead?
It’s certainly not difficult to leave it in the formation - just uncouple the seats alone.
92010, now dumped in Up Through Siding at Carstairs.One of the locos on 5C11 was picked up by the GOTCHA at Braidwood.
92010, now dumped in Up Through Siding at Carstairs.
I take it that's a square wheel detector?One of the locos on 5C11 was picked up by the GOTCHA at Braidwood.
I take it that's a square wheel detector?
Gotcha: brand name for a Wheel Impact Load Detector. Replaces Wheelchex
Are they not still double-heading or was it a coaching stock fault?But things went downhill from then. The Inverness portion broke down between Dalwhinnie and Kingussie, blocking the HML.
When did 92018 come up given that it was on the Edinburgh portion of the up lowland Friday night. Was it dragged up DIT?Bit of a 'treat' for anyone on 1S25 tonight - 92028 is taking the train. First main trunk run since....
...erm, better not mention the last time. It was over 2 years and a full refurb ago, though.
92018 on 1S26.
It's been a single 67 for ages now, and recently the one in CS blue but minus branding. The only double in a while that I'm aware of was the 66+47 on the night the 66 got a wheelflat and the southbound train got cancelled at Waverley because of Storm Ophelia.Are they not still double-heading or was it a coaching stock fault?
Thanks. I've not been to Inverness in a while, last time I was up they were still doubling - pretty sure it was a 47+66 combo then as well.It's been a single 67 for ages now, and recently the one in CS blue but minus branding.
Apologies for being pedantic ...but 67003 is in Arriva Train Wales blue. The two ones that were in CS livery were 67004 - still in the livery (for now) stored at Toton and 67010, which after a couple of livery changes is now DB Red (+ branding) these days, and was one of the Inverness hire-in locos not too long ago.It's been a single 67 for ages now, and recently the one in CS blue but minus branding. The only double in a while that I'm aware of was the 66+47 on the night the 66 got a wheelflat and the southbound train got cancelled at Waverley because of Storm Ophelia.
Nope - it was just working very hard!When did 92018 come up given that it was on the Edinburgh portion of the up lowland Friday night. Was it dragged up DIT?