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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    Definitely happening on 2nd September. Already being heavily planned.
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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    Only heavy maintenance and wheel lathe shut 23rd December, as well as losing some of the sidings. The main service shed and roads 1-6 stay until end of 2018.
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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    10594 on it's way to Wolverton for interior refresh
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    Class 180 automated announcements.

    That'll be Alison FORSTER then :wink:
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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    No sliding door on the wardrobe, standard outward opening. Nice little seating arrangement on the bottom bunk with a centre armrest and a smart retractable ladder. Shame the corridor and pantry remain untouched!
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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    10596 will be in the down sleeper LOOU on Sunday night all being well
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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    Looking unlikely now. Still not shunted into the set
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    A Question for Drivers

    Quite possibly
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    Voyager fails inside Severn Tunnel

    Do Voyagers not have cross feeding across vehicles of the 415v? On 180's, if one engine goes down, the adjacent vehicle (or one of the adjacent vehicles if intermediate vehicle) will cross feed 415v to power all of the 3 phase equipment inc compressors.
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    Leading end

    You can vaguely make it out on this image on the solebar --- old post above --- --- new post below --- No.1 WHEEL There won't be one above the no.12 wheel.
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    Night Running during Day?

    Surely it'd be less likely to glare into oncoming drivers' eyeshaing the night on during the day? Now having the day on at night is a different matter.
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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    What's the reasoning for that? Something fairly serious i presume?
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    GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

    12142 will be on the back of the down sleeper tonight (locked out of use) fresh from Wolverton. And very nice it does look too!
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    Damaged 395?

    Not sure what that was. As stated, the one in question went around lunch time one day early last month.
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    Damaged 395?

    Pretty sure it was 395020 and it was a coupling incident. Think it's gone to Wolverton for repairs.
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    Paddington derailment 16/06/16

    Immediately after the incident, the driver said he was lacking concentration due to fasting and that was the reason it happened.
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    Person hit by train at Cardiff 28/07/16

    It was set LA16 involved, one of the green liveried ones.
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    Class 334 banging noise

    This^^^ Failing that, damper bushes, bump stops making contact due to incorrect vehicle heights,traction centre bush worn, just about any part of the underframe mountings loose / bushes worn.

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