Very unusual PC Move from Mon May 11

[Stacey]

On Monday a very unusual move produced from St Philips Marsh to Laira on an 0Z77...
43172 headed down without a barrier vehicle - it looks very odd and a shot before just before work limited me to just Newton Abbot -
did anyone else get this move? I wouldn't have like to have thought about if the PC had failed....!
http://www.staceys-fots.fotopic.net/p58184608.html

 

[Ilove165's]

Hmm...how odd...

Great pic and thanks for sharing! :]

 

[JonG]

Great pic, Stacey.

 

[westcoaster]

im right in thinking that, this move will be speed restricted? anyone know what speed it was able to do 60-70mph.

 

[Ferret]

I think it's 60.....

 

[37401]

how odd, nice shot of it

 

[37402]

More than willing to be corrected here, but are HST powercar light engine speeds not higher than conventional locos due to the presence of both tread and disc brakes?

 

[Aictos]

Great shot,

Power cars can move under their own power from A to B as it has been done in the past but it's usually done with a barrier vehicle and a loco so well done to getting this rare photo.

 

[90019]

More than willing to be corrected here, but are HST powercar light engine speeds not higher than conventional locos due to the presence of both tread and disc brakes?

I thought it was a blanket limit of 70 for all locos running light?

 

[almark]

Now that's.....different! Great Shot!

Cheers,
Mark

 

[Stacey]

Thanks for the comments, I really didn't know the gen regarding the speed limits and whatnot of the PC so that's ideal it's been posted!!

Yeah that shot was one of those where I waited on that bridge for a good 45mins before it turned up and then it was a very quick RA to the bus to get to work!! I was almost willing to taxi it to work just to get a shot!! lol

 

[northernbored]

How very strange.. but cool

 

[43034 The Black Horse]

Saw this down at SPM on Monday and wondered where it was after Morning tea. Nice phot.

 

[KingboyD]

I wonder what speed it would achieve if the driver was to open up the throttle

 

[Ferret]

More than willing to be corrected here, but are HST powercar light engine speeds not higher than conventional locos due to the presence of both tread and disc brakes?

Did a bit of digging today and I'm told that 2 PCs running back to back can run at 125mph but (and I quote!) 'I don't know many who'd be daft enough to try it!' Didn't get a definitive answer on the max speed of a single PC though...

 

[Stacey]

Did a bit of digging today and I'm told that 2 PCs running back to back can run at 125mph but (and I quote!) 'I don't know many who'd be daft enough to try it!' Didn't get a definitive answer on the max speed of a single PC though...

LOL, Laira are fairly frequently running back to back PCs to NTA and return!! As in - http://www.staceys-fots.fotopic.net/p48004536.html