jingsmonty
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Maybe but there's guys still struggling to get their hours in.
I know - I lost a day when I was doing my own training/running out too.
Maybe but there's guys still struggling to get their hours in.
I know - I lost a day when I was doing my own training/running out too.
Could it be the fire bell!Just got thrown off the 1255 Inverness to Edinburgh which terminated at Aviemore after being held outside the station for 30 mins. Loud alarms coming from 43148 at the front. If anything has made me doubt the viability of HSTs this is it .
Definitely sounded like a bellCould it be the fire bell!
Could it have been a brake fire or something just smouldering maybe?It was indeed the fire bell sounding but there was no fire. Hardly cause to "doubt the viability" of the whole project.
Was the power car 43140 by any chance.No, there was no fire or smouldering. There was another fault with the powercar and the train has gone empty to Inverness for depot attention.
Post earlier says 43148....Was the power car 43140 by any chance.
View attachment 58807 training run at Inverness last night? 17:05.
A few have indeed gone to Craigy for TPM but I was told they’re being charged handsomely for it and getting a slot at an appropriate time is proving challenging, hency why Shields is the go-to option. Incidentally one of the sets returning from Shields to Haymarket before Christmas was wrong routed at Bellgrove and ended up as the first HST ever at Carntyne!
Post earlier says 43148....
The power cars won't go to Ely they will either go the Loughborough as you say or Doncaster Wabtec.Which HST set left for doncaster earlier today from Haymarket and Will the PCs move to Ely for storage or Loughborough for repaint etc?
Set formed 43133 40210 42035 42033 44011 43147 I’m told.Which HST set left for doncaster earlier today from Haymarket and Will the PCs move to Ely for storage or Loughborough for repaint etc?
Any reason why it cant go via Bathgate to Haymarket? Route Knowledge??
The power cars (43133/147) are going to Ely by the looks of it..... but only to drop off 40210 and 44011 there, before they head to Brush for overhaul.The power cars won't go to Ely they will either go the Loughborough as you say or Doncaster Wabtec.
That makes more sense.The power cars (43133/147) are going to Ely by the looks of it..... but only to drop off 40210 and 44011 there, before they head to Brush for overhaul.
Really, worst? I've had many Scotrail HSTs in the last few days and the lighting of them is really horrible. On Great Western the lights were usually at the dim setting with 50% of them on but all the lights have been on in all the Scotrail sets I've done and it's so bright, particularly after dark. Why they don't have them in dim mode I don't know as it's a much nicer environment.I got on the 12:47 ABD-GLQ at Stirling yesterday, HST, and none of the carriages had lights the whole way, pitch dark through Queen Street tunnel, thought it must be getting taken to depot after that but RTT shows it running back to Aberdeen on the next departure. Worst scotrail HST experience yet, apart from the various cancellations I've experienced
Agreed there. Going from Scotrail HSTs with full lighting to an LNER one was a huge improvement, not only in lighting but also in seat comfort and general feel of the train.Even in dim mode the lights on the FGW HSTs were pretty excessive (and that's from someone that doesn't normally complain about lighting at all), so goodness knows what it must be like with them all on.
There is a light controller switch in the vestibule, if you got really annoyed you ask the passengers in the Coach and say is it too bright and use the switch. But obviously the guard could be a right pain about you medaling with things.Agreed there. Going from Scotrail HSTs with full lighting to an LNER one was a huge improvement, not only in lighting but also in seat comfort and general feel of the train.
I know but I don't think it's a very good idea to go fiddling with the train in case I break something . I'm sure there's a reason all the lights are on, whether that's Scotrail policy or whatever and I don't want to be kicked off the train or anything .There is a light controller switch in the vestibule, if you got really annoyed you ask the passengers in the Coach and say is it too bright and use the switch. But obviously the guard could be a right pain about you medaling with things.