Caledonian Sleeper

[tadhatter]

Anyone know why it is empty and in the Southbound loop at Rugby this morning?

 

[sd0733]

It failed at Crewe, not sure what was up with it but it blocked platform 6 until at least 6:58. All the passengers were being put onto the 7:22 Virgin service to euston.

 

[CallySleeper]

1M16 was curtailed at Crewe last night, apparently because of a problem with the class 90. It's supposed to be moving from Rugby to Wembley CS via Northampton at around 1135.

 

[tadhatter]

Ok thanks. 90029 in DBS colours is currently on it - presumably that wasn't the loco that failed?

 

[CallySleeper]

Probably not..

 

[sd0733]

Unsure of the number but it was a DB red 90 when it got to Crewe.

 

[Dave1954]

That's a bit of bad luck on the passengers especially the Sleepers

 

[keith43003]

Was on this. 90029 collapsed with knackered ETH at Crewe. Lick of paint solves all your problems!

 

[tcm1106]

Nothing to do with ETH, the GSMR failed.

 

[tadhatter]

Sorry for being thick but what's the gsmr please?

 

[Mark62]

It failed at Crewe, not sure what was up with it but it blocked platform 6 until at least 6:58. All the passengers were being put onto the 7:22 Virgin service to euston.

Were they still in their pyjamas?
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Sorry for being thick but what's the gsmr please?

Great question.It could stand for
Great Milk Stout Ride
Green mountain stage race
Global System for Mobile Communications
Granite State Management and Resources
Gay mens spiritual retreat
Great societies melt radiators
Golod and Socialist Moshehai Republics

I have no idea what gmsr or gsmr etc stands for. Why can't people just speak plain english? Or is that too easy?

 

[najaB]

Great Milk Stout Ride
Green mountain stage race
Global System for Mobile Communications
Granite State Management and Resources
Gay mens spiritual retreat
Great societies melt radiators
Golod and Socialist Moshehai Republics

I have no idea what gmsr or gsmr etc stands for. Why can't people just speak plain english? Or is that too easy?

In a special interest forum, it's not unexpected that people will use acronyms that are related to the special interest. The only 'mistake' (if there was one) is that it should be written GSM-R.

 

[scotraildriver]

The drivers radio failed. No radio no go.

 

[TheGrew]

GSM-R is just a subset of the GSM standard (Global System for Mobile Communications) for rail comms

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[Nean]

Were they still in their pyjamas?
I have no idea what gmsr or gsmr etc stands for. Why can't people just speak plain english? Or is that too easy?

GSM is the overarching term for most or all (that part escapes me at the moment) of the 2G telecom network. GSM-R is the version designed for use on the railway... it's the official and common-use term for it and so the "plain english" for it is no different than saying, for example, SPAD instead of "Signal Passed Against Danger", however SPAD is more straightforward than saying "The globally used telecommunications protocol with specifically designed features for use the railway"

It's a case of that it was a specific failure to the GSM-R module and so that's what people will report it as (and if you don't know what anything means, there's always google-fu)

 

[najaB]

GSM is the overarching term for most or all (that part escapes me at the moment) of the 2G telecom network.

Most. There are/were other technologies used for 2G/3G networks - e.g. CDMA is/was used commonly in the USA.

 

[deltic08]

And no other loco of any description at Crewe to stick on the front as pilot? Customer Service on the railways has gone to pot with privatisation.

 

[najaB]

And no other loco of any description at Crewe to stick on the front as pilot? Customer Service on the railways has gone to pot with privatisation.

There probably was a loco, but it may not have belonged to EWS. Also, would the sleeper have fit on the platform at Euston with two locos on the front?

 

[cjmillsnun]

There probably was a loco, but it may not have belonged to EWS. Also, would the sleeper have fit on the platform at Euston with two locos on the front?

The loco could move under its own power. It's just that it could only go to depot as the GSM-R wasn't working.

I would be very surprised if there wasn't a DB loco around at Crewe of all places.

 

[tcm1106]

Were they still in their pyjamas?
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Great question.It could stand for
Great Milk Stout Ride
Green mountain stage race
Global System for Mobile Communications
Granite State Management and Resources
Gay mens spiritual retreat
Great societies melt radiators
Golod and Socialist Moshehai Republics

I have no idea what gmsr or gsmr etc stands for. Why can't people just speak plain english? Or is that too easy?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gsmr
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The loco could move under its own power. It's just that it could only go to depot as the GSM-R wasn't working.

I would be very surprised if there wasn't a DB loco around at Crewe of all places.

There was a spare 92 at Crewe but no driver immediately available.

The decision was taken to run ECS (that's Empty Coaching Stock for those acronym pedants) to Rugby with the intention of doing a loco swap there. In the end a fitter attended with a new GSM-R set and swapped it out.