Currently having a very leisurely journey home on an EMR 360 limited to 60mph due to a technical fault. From the discussions overheard between guard and driver, seems like the train is stuck in a ‘reduced power mode’ similar to the limp home mode on cars with modern electronics. So it got me wondering - is this commonplace amongst more modern rolling stock?
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‘Limp home mode’ on trains
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Bletchleyite
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Having got off a WMT Bletchley terminator last week the driver (who I shared the lift with) was moaning about quite a few WMT 350s (I think he said about a third of them) being in reduced power mode at the moment.
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Speed restricted due to picking up wheel flats around Elstree in this case.
Ah, that makes a lot of sense! Thanks for confirming
. I guess with the railway being two-track for much of its length at that time of night, running up to Kettering speed-restricted was seen as better than detraining onto the service behind which would only have to follow that one up to Kettering anyway.- Status