I'm Not Blind But...

[nath9425]

http://paulbigland.fotopic.net/p52787710.html

Correct me wrong - Does one of those stop signs say "180 Car Stop" ??

Maybe the DFT Are planning for the future.

 

[D306]

wouldn't put it past them

 

[Ascot]

http://paulbigland.fotopic.net/p52787710.html

Correct me wrong - Does one of those stop signs say "180 Car Stop" ??

Maybe the DFT Are planning for the future.

180s work Paddington/Oxford to Worcester/Hereford. Well there's only 2 or 3 a day now on 180s.

 

[devon_metro]

180s were regular performers on the Cotswolds.

 

[richa2002]

I think people are missing the point.

 

[Coxster]

180? That's nothing! There are 450 car stops at Surbiton on the 'up'

Or if you want to take 'S car stop' to a whole new level, how about Woking up slow's 'X car stop'

 

[Death]

http://paulbigland.fotopic.net/p52787710.html
Correct me wrong - Does one of those stop signs say "180 Car Stop" ??

Maybe the DFT Are planning for the future.

Those carriages must be pretty darn short though...Note that the position of the "180 car stop" board is in the same place as the "VT 8-10 car" one!
Now if I'm travelling on a "180 car" train that's about the same length as two AXC Voyagers, would I be able to find a seat in amongst all of those couplings?

Oh...And I've never seen a stopping point for a "450 car" job either...But I've seen stop boards for "442-444 cars" at Farnborough Main plat. 1 (Up/Eastbound) and our platforms are only about 250m long! hock:

Farewell...
>> Death <<

.oO(I wonder how fast a 180-car APT with about 18 power cars would be?... )

 

[P156KWJ]

best you could get might be Merseyside - 508 car stop

 

[me123]

In all seriousness, should these not just read "180 stop"? Similar to "HST stop"?

 

[5872]

Think theres only 3 or 4 180s now

 

[EE Type 3]

Think theres only 3 or 4 180s now

What's happened to the rest of them? hock:

 

[P156KWJ]

hopefully caught fire

 

[devon_metro]

Better than a Voyager!

 

[P156KWJ]

true, true

 

[5872]

What's happened to the rest of them? hock:

Got rid of them, one is operating for Hull Trains at the moment.

 

[1D53]

Got rid of them, one is operating for Hull Trains at the moment.

Was out this morning actually, with another two sat on Crofton. They have run two of the out on the same day before now but normally just the one and normally only when a 222 has exams/failure.

 

[thefab444]

180104 and 180105 out for FGW today, running in multi as booked on 1P35 1031 OXF - PAD... hellfire! (was 20 late at Ealing, I suspect due to "a technical problem with the service")

 

[devon_metro]

Believe there was quite a lot of late running around those parts earlier.

 

[Jim]

180s were regular performers on the Cotswolds.

And still are!