Is this the RHTT?

[Class 92]

Is this the autumn leaf fall Rail Head Treatment train? I know it will be a class 97 though.
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H10807/2013/10/07/advanced

 

[Freightmaster]

That's the one! (runs as 3S71)

MARK

 

[Class 92]

Thank you!

 

[TOCDriver]

hells bells! That's some route knowledge that driver has. Could do with him around Castleton and Mills Hill - that stretch is very slippery at the moment

 

[Class 92]

Is there a good chance that this will run to time?

 

[The Planner]

Don't be surprised if it doesn't, RHTT trains have a habit of getting altered STP.

 

[Class 92]

Looks like it isn't running, my dad got a little annoyed with me because he had to wait at Prees for me for something that didnt turn up! >

 

[Freightmaster]

Looks like it isn't running, my dad got a little annoyed with me because he had to wait at Prees for me for something that didnt turn up! >

Probably a good idea to wait until it definitely starts running before going out for it on spec!

Have the leaves started falling in earnest in your area yet?

MARK

 

[Class 92]

I would normally do that but I was being rushed! I was thinking that it was running early as well!

 

[Darren R]

hells bells! That's some route knowledge that driver has. Could do with him around Castleton and Mills Hill - that stretch is very slippery at the moment

Looks like someone at NetworkRail agrees - started running today (Monday.) Not all RHTT workings have started running though - looks a bit hit-and-miss.

I thought they all started running at the same time (days of operation for individual trains notwithstanding.)

 

[Freightmaster]

I thought they all started running at the same time (days of operation for individual trains notwithstanding.)

Not true - each train starts running as and when when local conditions dictate;
it's often three weeks between the first and last trains commencing, with the
last ones usually being the Anglian circuits.

MARK

 

[Darren R]

Not true - each train starts running as and when when local conditions dictate;
it's often three weeks between the first and last trains commencing, with the
last ones usually being the Anglian circuits.

MARK

Well you learn something every day!

 

[Class 92]

For anyone who is wondering it might run today : http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H10807/2013/10/09/advanced

 

[Wikipedia]

Looks like 3J11 (Carlisle Kingmoor - Carlisle Kingmoor Via the world) ran this morning! Was 111E through Appleby!

 

[Freightmaster]

Looks like 3J11 (Carlisle Kingmoor - Carlisle Kingmoor Via the world) ran this morning!

Unusually, that train was the first diagram to start running this year,
with the first run being last Tuesday (October 1st).

(last year the Crewe/South Wales ones were first,
but they have not started yet, which goes to show
how unpredictable they are!)


MARK