1498 failed

[Tom]

1498 failed on 1J43 16.29 Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier (16.39)

Ta Mr Cox for bringing my attention to it

 

[westcoaster]

is it me or is the mpc getting lower on these units, there have been a lot of failures recentley ?

 

[Tom]

I think it's more because they haven't really been out for 7 or so weeks following the Lymington closure.

1497 didn't fail, just had very bad adhesion - and is at the wheel lathe.

 

[westcoaster]

surely they kept them in a run-in condition?, i see a few wheel flats then

 

[Tom]

Both units went to the lathe prior to restarting up the service - just 1497 managed to slip for 2 miles .... 1498 I'm told is a compressor fault ... whoops.
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Now operating again off 1J52...

 

[EE Type 3]

73 on standby then?

 

[Tom]

1497 came down last night and swapped over.

 

[EE Type 3]

1497 came down last night and swapped over.

That makes sense

Should get and bash that line one day, hopefully when a 73 is working it

Dave

 

[Tom]

Very unlikely to get a 73 on the line

 

[EE Type 3]

Very unlikely to get a 73 on the line

Someone can work some magic for me

 

[Juniper Driver]

I saw a slammer round the back at Wimbledon yesterday and was hoping to get a look at it but I couldn't.It seemed to have white bits of livery (round the windows) from what I could see.

 

[Tom]

1497

 

[Coxster]

I saw a slammer round the back at Wimbledon yesterday and was hoping to get a look at it but I couldn't.It seemed to have white bits of livery (round the windows) from what I could see.

Possibly the VEP number 3417 "Gordon Pettitt" in it's modified version of the original BR Blue livery? Not sure where that hangs out these days.

http://www.icrs.org.uk/images/Photogallery/Mark%20Richards/3417e.JPG

 

[Juniper Driver]

Not 3417 but what Tom said I think.

I was going to get a photo but got nabbed by another driver as I was going home.

No I saw 3417 actually in the shed as far as I could remember.

3417 was actually in the middle of a 12 car formation of the last slam door I ever drove coming back from Halsemere.

 

[Coxster]

Not 3417 but what Tom said I think.

http://www.coxster.co.uk/railphotography/electricunits/class421/421497.htm ?

 

[westcoaster]

Possibly the VEP number 3417 "Gordon Pettitt" in it's modified version of the original BR Blue livery? Not sure where that hangs out these days.

http://www.icrs.org.uk/images/Photogallery/Mark%20Richards/3417e.JPG

damon iirc it is now on the bluebell line.

 

[matt]

damon iirc it is now on the bluebell line.

Not yet it isn't