Virgin East Coast Stock.

[lincolnshire]

Yesterday I noticed there was quite a few East Coast sets running round with broken windows in the coaching stock, large coach windows with protective film over them and even a coach door window on a 225 set with a hole through it. Was this due to the cold weather or have the kids been snowballing them en-route?

 

[43096]

Cold weather. Ice breaking off is capable of doing plenty of damage.

 

[MG11]

Yesterday I noticed there was quite a few East Coast sets running round with broken windows in the coaching stock, large coach windows with protective film over them and even a coach door window on a 225 set with a hole through it. Was this due to the cold weather or have the kids been snowballing them en-route?

I don't think a snowball or even a snowball with a small rock in it would be capable of breaking a strengthened train window..

 

[yorkie]

If there is ice within it , or as you say a small rock within it, then it could.

 

[30907]

Not strictly relevant, but some offical site tweeted a photo of an HST windscreen yesterday that had had a brief encounter with ice and come off worst.

 

[K.o.R]

I don't think a snowball or even a snowball with a small rock in it would be capable of breaking a strengthened train window..

What about if you threw it (just a snowball) at an oncoming train window?

 

[dk1]

Around five years ago when many other rail companies where running reduced speed/frequencies during a very cold snap, VTWC decided they wanted to run the full VHF timetable. It resulted in countless broken windows thanks to ice on their own fleet & several of London Midlands too!