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What was an HST doing in Barnes?
On bank holiday monday I saw a full length HST trundle through Barnes station
going north. What would it have been doing on Southern region? B2003 |
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What was an HST doing in Barnes?
On 29 Dec, 10:18, wrote:
On bank holiday monday I saw a full length HST trundle through Barnes station going north. What would it have been doing on Southern region? B2003 Reading closed for bridge replacement, so FGW trains diverted. See various other threads. David Biddulph |
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What was an HST doing in Barnes?
wrote in message ... On bank holiday monday I saw a full length HST trundle through Barnes station going north. What would it have been doing on Southern region? Running to Exeter in replacement for Paddington services. |
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What was an HST doing in Barnes?
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On bank holiday monday I saw a full length HST trundle through Barnes station going north. What would it have been doing on Southern region? Presumably a diversion into Waterloo as East of Reading on the GWML has been closed because of brdige works. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. |
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What was an HST doing in Barnes?
On Dec 29, 10:31*am, (A.Lee) wrote:
wrote: On bank holiday monday I saw a full length HST trundle through Barnes station going north. What would it have been doing on Southern region? Presumably a diversion into Waterloo as East of Reading on the GWML has been closed because of brdige works. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. Sounds like a consensus - but if it was actually going north it was forging a whole new route. Westish seems more likely. Tim |
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What was an HST doing in Barnes?
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:38:00 -0800 (PST)
TimB wrote: On Dec 29, 10:31=A0am, (A.Lee) wrote: wrote: On bank holiday monday I saw a full length HST trundle through Barnes s= tation going north. What would it have been doing on Southern region? Presumably a diversion into Waterloo as East of Reading on the GWML has been closed because of brdige works. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. Sounds like a consensus - but if it was actually going north it was forging a whole new route. Westish seems more likely. Tim Strictly speaking Barnes bridge is going north west , but I can't figure out what sort of convoluted route would take it through the leafy lines around Barnes to go north of the river presumably at some point to head south of the river again. Gauging issues perhaps with the Mk3's? B2003 |
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What was an HST doing in Barnes?
wrote in message ... On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:38:00 -0800 (PST) Strictly speaking Barnes bridge is going north west , but I can't figure out what sort of convoluted route would take it through the leafy lines around Barnes to go north of the river presumably at some point to head south of the river again. Gauging issues perhaps with the Mk3's? HSTs (rather than Mk3 coaches) are only cleared into platforms 17, 18 and 19. As this is a subset of the platforms allowing Mk3 coaches, the suspicion is that it's the power cars themselves that are the critical issue for gauging. Once you've decided those platforms are to be used, an approach via the Windsor lines is apparently less disruptive to other mainline services, and there has also been limited track capacity via Surbiton these last couple of days due to engineering work. Lastly, the HSTs are not yet cleared on the SW main line east of Byfleet Junction. Paul S |
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What was an HST doing in Barnes?
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:21:33 -0000, "Paul Scott"
wrote: wrote in message ... On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:38:00 -0800 (PST) Strictly speaking Barnes bridge is going north west , but I can't figure out what sort of convoluted route would take it through the leafy lines around Barnes to go north of the river presumably at some point to head south of the river again. Gauging issues perhaps with the Mk3's? HSTs (rather than Mk3 coaches) are only cleared into platforms 17, 18 and 19. As this is a subset of the platforms allowing Mk3 coaches, the suspicion is that it's the power cars themselves that are the critical issue for gauging. Isn't it the trouble with part of the linkage on some Mk3 bogies being liable to argue with the conductor rails at some locations ? Various articles found via Google suggest that most but not all Western HSTs have short swing links so if there is the odd chance (or the certainty?) of the wrong one turning up then somebody could be shutting the stable door before the horse bolts (or goes off bang) ? Once you've decided those platforms are to be used, an approach via the Windsor lines is apparently less disruptive to other mainline services, and there has also been limited track capacity via Surbiton these last couple of days due to engineering work. Lastly, the HSTs are not yet cleared on the SW main line east of Byfleet Junction. Paul S |
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What was an HST doing in Barnes?
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:21:33 -0000
"Paul Scott" wrote: days due to engineering work. Lastly, the HSTs are not yet cleared on the SW main line east of Byfleet Junction. Given they're 35 years old now its probably a fair bet they never will be! B2003 |
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