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Old July 15th 08, 01:30 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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Default HST on west london freight line

Paul Scott wrote:
wrote:
I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing
it was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it
going?


This is usually Paddington - Paddington via


.... South ...

Greenford to turn the
train, maybe because a power car has a defect, or to get it the right
way round again after a previous occasion.