True, but you're assertion is that it was management to deem whether it was acceptable. Given that it had been up until that point, it is not unreasonable for them to take the view that it still is, unless told otherwise by the Union which, don't forget, fulfils a key role in determining whether the driving cab would be acceptable, and indeed did ask for modifications with regard to seats which was carried out.
Absolutely. GWR is the duty holder.
However it’s phrased, compliance is a GWR responsibility, and union reps (where it applies) confirm acceptance of the workplace. That doesn’t preclude further discussion if issues arise.
Are you saying that if they got a pay rise they would suddenly become safe to drive, if course due to the increased desire to complete a diagram
Indeed and I am one who does sign cl220 and 221s. The difference is there isn't AWS on depot (other than the test magnet coming off the depot limits), so it isn't a fair comparison.
I should know the answer to that but admittedly I can't recall! My gut is they do, as I do think all GWR traction has luminous sunflowers nowadays, hence the union concerns. I'll confirm next time I get on a 57!
Likely when they have another option, which they currently dont.
What's your alternative suggestion to quickly address GWR's rolling stock shortage?
I'm not quite sure what the drivers are doing to them, but they're certainly dropping dead like flies at GWR
It's a great shame as I think they're a fantastic train. As soon as the 197s came in TfW really threw in the towel though.The problem is CAF/TfW completely screwed up their maintenance in their later years and were sent off lease almost immediately after that. Combine that with their cold storage for almost 2 years and it’s no surprise GWR are experiencing so many difficulties with the fleet, which otherwise ended up fairly reliable during their time in Wales. The fault-free running exercise really should have started before they were introduced by GWR!
769s are still in store that could go to Reading to let turbos come west. I don't know where they are stored.
The 769s are all sat in Long Marston, aren’t they? Given the overall reliability of them, not only during their brief foray with GWR but also at Northern and TfW, it would hardly seem a sound idea to dump anything else in favour of them I would have thought?
Which begs the question, do we have an issue in the UK with manufacturers of new fleets maintaining (or not) legacy rolling stock as part of the procurement contracts of new trains? There seem to have been accusations of sub-par efforts on the part of several manufacturers on this front in recent years? Maybe one for a new thread…
Trying to get the 769s into service makes persevering with the 175s seem a very attractive option indeed.
112+011 on RTT don't know where they are.
It does seem a common problem, yes. Although in one current topical case, it doesn't seem to be any better for the new fleet being introduced...
2E11 cancelled, 006 now running up to Plymouth as 5E11.
Did the sun go behind a cloud?
Internally, they are fantastic, i'll give you that, but mechanically they've always been absolute dogs. It's not the drivers it's those transmissions and cooler groups. The Welsh Marches have some climbs, but nothing like Devon and Cornwall, and with the Class 175's abysmal tractive effort, drivers will be having to rip their gut out on those all stations services to fight half of those climbs from standing starts. The Class 175 is as fragile as spun glass and needs long-distance cruising on dead level track preferable with a cold northerly blowing. It's a real shame that Transpennine didn't take up the option for extra-trains in their Nova 1 order to allow Class 185 replacements. The 185 might be a heavy beast, but it's a powerful, high acceleration, mechanically practucally indestructible, natural born hill climber. It would have been ideal used in pairs or reformed into a smaller number of 4 car units. They were originally to be 4 car units, hence why the carriage numbers end in 1, 2, and 4, missing a Motor Standard. They're also, I think the only train with doors a low dwell time ⅓/⅔ that have an intercity layout.I'm not quite sure what the drivers are doing to them, but they're certainly dropping dead like flies at GWR
RTT currently shows it as 15 cars, formed of 011+112, multiplied by 3!
www.bbc.co.uk
Didn't happen. Just 011 and 112 duplicated in the same allocation. Only 5 carriages.
