1C47 810014 sat down

[03_179]

Currently stuck at Kilby Bridge Jn (just south of)
Awaiting a tech 8 mins away.
Sat here for about 40 mins now.
No air con.

It could have been arranged the the next units 810022 1B49 to attach and assist.

But they ran it past us.

Not good.

 

[jfollows]

1C47 11:57 Sheffield to Saint Pancras

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C21536/2026-07-11/detailed

810012 according to this also.
RTT extract at 14:07 attached.
Most readers won’t know where “Kilby Street Jn” is.

 

[Ashley Hill]

But they ran it past us.

Not good.

Depends what the fault is, you don’t want to transfer the problem and end up with two dead ducks!

 

[Dr Hoo]

Presumably Kilby Bridge Junction? Pity that it couldn’t stop until it reached the two-track section (beyond the end of the bi-di third track).

 

[dk1]

Depends what the fault is, you don’t want to transfer the problem and end up with two dead ducks!

Exactly what I was going to say.

 

[Ashley Hill]

1V47 loss of diesel power and unable to change to electric.

 

[Gerald Fiennes]

Surely one would first expect a tech to examine to see if train can be restarted, especially if they are that close? Pushing/dragging failed train is not always a straightforward operation! That said, if aircon is off, one would hope that the train would get priority for recovery/detrainment if loss of power continues. Let's hope there's some speedy action!

 

[Dr Hoo]

Perhaps a comment for one of the main Class 810 threads rather than this one but as a regular user of the Sheffield-St Pancras route I find it extremely disturbing that a modern bi-mode unit with multiple traction motors that had been speeding along on diesel one minute and then just grind to a halt as an inert lump of metal and glass under overhead wires but unable to raise the pantograph even to just provide air conditioning the next minute.

 

[dk1]

Perhaps a comment for one of the main Class 810 threads rather than this one but as a regular user of the Sheffield-St Pancras route I find it extremely disturbing that a modern bi-mode unit with multiple traction motors that had been speeding along on diesel one minute and then just grind to a halt as an inert lump of metal and glass under overhead wires but unable to raise the pantograph even to just provide air conditioning the next minute.

A lot will come down to what the onboard software detects and does/doesn’t want to do.