Staff transferred from Craigentinny to Haymarket around the time that Hitachi took EC over. Scotrail made much mention of it in twitter and press releases around the time so its not total lack of maintenance knowledge at HA.
Agreed - Plenty not adding up.Assume that GWR power cars are not exactly the same as LNER ones? Understood LNER ones had significant upgrades?
Don’t see then why we can’t get similar reliability to all other HST operators. XC setts seem to leave Wabtec and go straight into service. Castle sets seem to work fine.
Something seems not to add up here.
They've got all the GEC traction motor fitted examples, and a few Brush ones.Are the Scotrail HSTs GEC or Brush Traction motored?
There in lies one of the issues. The GEC motored ones always seem to be the trickiest ones to keep reliable, although Landore (where they were allocated) did manage to get them to settle down quite nicely. I suppose this could in part be history repeating itself as they take some time to settle in with their new operators.They've got all the GEC traction motor fitted examples, and a few Brush ones.
All of the GEC ones were with Angel along with some Brush and didn't Porterbrook have all Brush. If so time for Angel to buy some Brush TMs when they go for scrap...There in lies one of the issues. The GEC motored ones always seem to be the trickiest ones to keep reliable, although Landore (where they were allocated) did manage to get them to settle down quite nicely. I suppose this could in part be history repeating itself as they take some time to settle in with their new operators.
Today, at least for me on the HML, the proportion of HSTs seemed pretty good, quite a number of services throughout the day with refurbs, and the remaining few operating DMUs. This seems to have been the case since at least Wednesday on the HML, things seem to be getting better... At least compared to the worsening mess earlier this month and in September.
Assuming you have remembered correctly, how is that going to work? Will sets due for a power car change work to Haymarket where the exchange takes place or is it intended to work the power cars 'light engine' from Haymarket to Inverness and vice versa? Whose responsibility is it that the whole rake works properly when coupled up? I can see plenty of opportunities for buck passing.If I remember correctly, the primary depot for the power cars is Haymarket, while the coaches will primarily be maintained at Inverness.
Seen a STP 1353 Doncaster to haymarket depot move on RTT, scheduled to run on tuesday. Could that be HA19 coming north?
Booked HSTs so far this morning:
0707 Queen Street-Inverness running as a 170
0735 Aberdeen-Queen Street running as a 170
Booked HSTs so far this morning:
0707 Queen Street-Inverness running as a 170
0735 Aberdeen-Queen Street running as a 170
How close to departure do they change stock? Are these 170s waiting in the same area?
I would imagine (and hope) the idea is that planned maintenance takes place at the designated depot (power cars at Haymarket and coaches at Inverness) but with all depots being able to carry out any unplanned maintenance/repairs.Assuming you have remembered correctly, how is that going to work?
Ah right, well that makes things more straightforward. A planned inadequate service rather than an unplanned one.Sorry to report but the 0735 is a booked 170 now
I still don't see how that is supposed to work.I would imagine (and hope) the idea is that planned maintenance takes place at the designated depot (power cars at Haymarket and coaches at Inverness) but with all depots being able to carry out any unplanned maintenance/repairs.
ScotRail don't have that experience though.It seems to me that forty years of experience has been ignored.
Did it not occur to them to ask the people who do?ScotRail don't have that experience though.
It's going to take a while to learn 40 years worth of experience.Did it not occur to them to ask the people who do?
Fair enough, but @coppercapped is saying that there may be a fundamental failure in maintenance strategy. That's a bit more than day to day learning.It's going to take a while to learn 40 years worth of experience.
I don't necessarily disagree. I'm generally willing to give ScotRail the benefit of the doubt, but the more this goes on, the more I can't. Not having the industry knowledge means I can't provide much evidence either way. Not very convincing, I know.Fair enough, but @coppercapped is saying that there may be a fundamental failure in maintenance strategy. That's a bit more than day to day learning.
Given the Scrapheap Challenge scene we see as we pass Haymarket depot every day, and the very patchy service delivered, it's difficult to argue against the point without clear evidence to the contrary.