Sleeper Formations

[me123]

Could be; didn't get the number it was hellfire 8)

 

[rail-britain]

Excuse me for being a "norm", but I don't get or understand any of this $%$ stuff
Have I missed something?

 

[Ascot]

Excuse me for being a "norm", but I don't get or understand any of this $%$ stuff
Have I missed something?

It's the smart arse way of typing a unit number by holding shift, 170 becomes !&).

 

[me123]

djw started it He accidently held the shift key down when typing 170, thus getting !&). It's just evolved from there really.

 

[laseandre]

Yup, all djw's fault. I'm innocent I tells ya!

 

[rail-britain]

I knew I'd missed something, I was actually wondering if you were referring to specific Class 67 or Class 90 locos, as they were the only things I could think of that hauled sleepers!
A few years ago some of the Class 47s at Eastfield had their own nicknames, again some people knew exactly which locos we were referring to, other people just didn't understand!

 

[djw1981]

It was a mistake which became a short lived joke....

 

[heart-of-wessex]

IIRC the FGW one can vary, something about an extra coach usually added on Fridays to accommodate the extra passengers?

EDIT:

Also which is the correct way the FGW sleeper should be formed? It seems to get turned around so many times on Yeovil diversions especially that most that once day I see the passenger cars at the london end, next day they are at the country end etc...



cheers,

James.

 

[P156KWJ]

and IIRC, for some reason the Night Riviera doesn't operate on Saturday nights?

 

[Ascot]

and IIRC, for some reason the Night Riviera doesn't operate on Saturday nights?

No UK sleeper does.

 

[djw1981]

Engineering works, lower demand from Business types.

 

[rail-britain]

I worked on some of the last Scotland - London Euston Saturday night sleepers
They were such a joke!
Passenger loadings were unbelievably low, quite often the Aberdeen sleeper would have less than a dozen passengers
Added to that the two hours extra journey time, along with engineering delays which all too often extended that!
Quite often the Aberdeen, due at 09:30, would arrive at least an hour late
I personally loved them as working just one return trip was the equivalent of three days work

 

[djw1981]

I worked on some of the last Scotland - London Euston sleepers
They were such a joke!
Passenger loadings were unbelievably low, quite often the Aberdeen sleeper would have less than a dozen passengers
Added to that the two hours extra journey time, along with engineering delays which all too often extended that!
Quite often the Aberdeen, due at 09:30, would arrive at least an hour late
I personally loved them as working just one return trip was the equivalent of three days work

I assume you meant some of the last under BR, since the FSR operated Caladonian sleeper still runs.
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A few years ago some of the Class 47s at Eastfield had their own nicknames, again some people knew exactly which locos we were referring to, other people just didn't understand!

AIUI Northern have a unit (a 158 I think) called Trainbaby... and IIRC SWT had one called Damien because the crews believed it was evil.

 

[rail-britain]

I assume you meant some of the last under BR, since the FSR operated Caladonian sleeper still runs.

Operating on Saturday nights
Neither NatEx nor FSR never had any operating on Saturday nights

 

[djw1981]

Ah r5ight, you were referring specifically to that one service. It wasn't totally clear from your last post what you were referring to. My apologies.

 

[rail-britain]

It was a direct follow on, from the previous reply