Night Riveria failed 15-16/01/25

[brad465]

According to Realtime trains, the down NR sleeper failed en route last night, and from Exeter was taken over by two Sprinter units to complete the journey (158760 + 150263)

Realtime Trains | 1C50 2345 London Paddington to Penzance | 15/01/2025

Real-time train running information for 1C50 2345 departure from London Paddington to Penzance on 15/01/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

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At the best of times this isn't ideal, but for a Sleeper must be especially bad as you have to wake the passengers up and transfer them to units without all the luxuries. Timing wise though it did manage to get to Penzance only 9L, having been 42L out of Taunton.

 

[Ashley Hill]

I don’t know what’s wrong with it but according to OTT it’s still fast asleep at EXD. Will it make it to PZ for 1A50 tonight?

 

[3973EXL]

57603

Realtime Trains | 0Z00 0900 Reading Traincare Depot to Exeter St Davids | 16/01/2025

Real-time train running information for 0Z00 0900 departure from Reading Traincare Depot to Exeter St Davids on 16/01/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

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[brad465]

57603

Realtime Trains | 0Z00 0900 Reading Traincare Depot to Exeter St Davids | 16/01/2025

Real-time train running information for 0Z00 0900 departure from Reading Traincare Depot to Exeter St Davids on 16/01/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

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Interesting that loco ended up going into P3 at Castle Cary en route, so had to reverse back out and carry on when the path was clear.

 

[Bletchleyite]

150s very much not ideal, but at least GWR have the option to do that - Caledonian Sleeper don't as all the stock they have is the Sleeper stock so they're stuck with buses or nothing if things go wrong for them.

 

[gordonthemoron]

150s very much not ideal, but at least GWR have the option to do that - Caledonian Sleeper don't as all the stock they have is the Sleeper stock so they're stuck with buses or nothing if things go wrong for them.

2021 I was booked Euston-Aberdeen, they didn’t have a driver for Edinburgh-Aberdeen, so they put us on Scotrail, 1st class on an Inter7City, not bad at all

 

[hexagon789]

150s very much not ideal

158s actually, so rather better comfort than a 150

 

[JN114]

The 158 conveyed the passengers (there weren’t a huge number onboard); the 150 was tagged on the back as a positioning move to cover for another 150 failing in Cornwall.

Not shown, was it was dragged from Taunton to Exeter by WCRC 57601

 

[brad465]

Not shown, was it was dragged from Taunton to Exeter by WCRC 57601

Did that come all the way over from Southall, or was it stationed somewhere nearer at the time?

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

Not shown, was it was dragged from Taunton to Exeter by WCRC 57601

That’s certainly a locomotive with some GWML express passenger experience! And also previously as 47825

 

[DBS92042]

Did that come all the way over from Southall, or was it stationed somewhere nearer at the time?

It was at Fairwater Yard having arrived in the early hours of 16/01 with two ZZA snow ploughs and 47832

 

[Ashley Hill]

It seems the sleeper 57 experienced a loud bang accompanied by black smoke coming down Cogload. Afterwards if the power handle was opened the loco vibrated violently.

 

[MiNi]

It was at Fairwater Yard having arrived in the early hours of 16/01 with two ZZA snow ploughs and 47832

A toss up between using the 57 or 47832. Would the sleeper driver drive with the wcrc man as second man ?.Or vice vesa.

 

[brad465]

It seems the sleeper 57 experienced a loud bang accompanied by black smoke coming down Cogload. Afterwards if the power handle was opened the loco vibrated violently.

If it was going at top permissible speed at the time, then it might have just about coasted to Taunton from there.

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

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[Sleepy]

Up Sleeper stock failed and replaced with IET tonight, would nice if Journey check was updated in case anyone wants to travel daytime instead ?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Up Sleeper stock failed and replaced with IET tonight, would nice if Journey check was updated in case anyone wants to travel daytime instead ?

802 003 doing this.

I wonder if this means a daylight positioning move to Reading tomorrow to get the Sleeper rake back in the right place for Sunday night?