One 4 car was split in the afternoon for some reason but looked as though it was about to be reattached on the sets return from Exmouth this afternoon
More than likely a minor issue with one of the cabs, could be something like a broken window, a faulty wiper or something like that. Not enough to take it out of service, as long as that cab remains inward facing in a pair of units.
Its a common and safe occurance, could be an issue such as a wiper/headlight/faulty drivers seat that couldn't be repaired in time or awaiting delivery of a part, but just involves the cab having to be in the middle. Could even be something as trivial as a sun visor needing replacing.
As RPI said, it is most certainly safe to operate a multi-only unit in the same way that it's safe to operate a non-multi unit. The repair has usually been booked in but parts aren't available at the time. The latter is sometimes the reason for shortforms, TOCs would rather run a short formed train than no train at all! The amount of Turbos you see running around as non-multi does make me giggle at times
I'll look next week to see if one ends up at Exeter next week.165109 & 165122 heading West today;
Realtime Trains | 5C48 0850 Reading Traincare Depot to St Philips Mrsh H S T D | 14/05/2022
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From what I was told by the AOM the other day, from next week there should be 3x166 and 1 165(3 car) diagrams on weekdays on the Exmouth-Paignton circuit. This should free 2 x 150, an obvious candidate is the additional unit required for the Oke services.
So from Monday are there 4 16x diagrams on the Exmouth-Paignton?
Thanks for that info.
There were a couple of 2 car diagrams and some 4 car pacer diagrams, 4 car pacers being inferior in terms of actual capacity though, especially compared to now.
So is that three pairs?
Yes, three pairs, two of which split at Exeter SD early evening. Two units remain on the Paignton working separately, 1 unit does Okehampton and one goes to depot.
Sorry, should have been clear, I knew the 165 was a short formation, I'm not yet familiar with the new diagrams other than that there are 4 turbo diagrams.
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What tweaks exactly?
I think that the 20:19 off Central to Barnstaple in the evenings is also booked for a 150 now as I believe it splits from another 150 earlier on at St Davids (2F29) and does a service to Okehampton and then returns to Central to then form the 20:19 to Barnstaple but I could be wrong.Sorry, should have been clear, I knew the 165 was a short formation, I'm not yet familiar with the new diagrams other than that there are 4 turbo diagrams.
From what I can make out Barnstaple has a booked 150 now in the evening once the Barnstaple Axminster service departs, the inward working from Okehampton goes into platform 2 at Central then goes back out as the 18:15 Barnstaple.
There was also a 3 car 158 deputising today, I worked this on 2T07 which was cosy after Newton Abbot (me being me i still fought my way through and checked tickets
