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Jacobite 2024

Rasprava u 'What's Going On' pokrenuta od alastair, 29. Studeni 2023..

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  1. flying scotsman123

    flying scotsman123 Resident of Nat Pres

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    If the idea is just route refresh/keeping the paths current, would there be a need to take a rake of coaches up there, could the same not be achieved by light engine?
     
    flying scotsman123, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  2. Matt37401

    Matt37401 Nat Pres stalwart

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    You mean someone from 10A’s actually spoke to the press? I didn’t think they did that!
     
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    Maybe Mr Smith is being crafty here. The stock is not going into the yard where the Jacobite stock is normally stabled, but in the Traincare depot at Ft William, perhaps he is having CDL fitted there. I see there is a van in the consist which could contain parts for fitting CDL.

    Dave B
     
    Groks212, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  4. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    It's possible, I hope that's the idea, otherwise if WCRC tries to get around the CDL rules by sleight of hand, I can't see it ending well for West Coast, they would certainly lose their licence to operate on the main line.
     
    martin1656, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  5. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    there is of course the theatre and news value of running a train empty as those nasty rule makers say we can't carry on as normal . The cynic expects the press to find a heartbroken four year old to be very upset for the cameras.....
     
    Sidmouth, 5. Travanj 2024.
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    green five, Sheff, MellishR i 5 ostalih se sviđa ovo.
  6. GWR4707

    GWR4707 Nat Pres stalwart

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    What with LSL also running light stock up there the whole line seems to be descending into a sea of appendage waving!
     
    GWR4707, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  7. class8mikado

    class8mikado Part of the furniture

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    too late to get my April fool pic of a 56xx in Blue, push pull fitted to work with lsl's Scotrail set out...:Woot:
     
    class8mikado, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  8. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    I believe that the van is the usual collection of spares for rolling stock and locos.
     
    RalphW, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  9. Johnb

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    If it's a GUV van it does go up there every year
     
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    Isn’t that for the Tory thread?


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    My first thought on a similar vein was actually the Hastings unit, not sure if they would be keen on it being lugged around by a steam loco (if its even possible) but comes with CDL, its own power supply, opening windows and is fitted with CET toilets.
     
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  12. Sidmouth

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    Sidmouth, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  13. Paul Grant

    Paul Grant Well-Known Member

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    Paul Grant, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  14. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    I suspect Martin that they don't have your flights of fanciful thinking! :)
     
    Big Al, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  15. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    I get the fact that MPs in the area of the Jacobite would be concerned about the service but do they have any more leverage than the next person?

    Perhaps the first question to ask is why, in the face of a really early warning about the fitting of CDL, everyone decided to leave it to the last minute. Well I think we can answer that one and it must have something to do with cost.

    Then we come to the question about the evidence provided by all companies operating Mark 1 coaches that they have started, or intend to start fitting CDL to a given time scale. Presumably the ORR is satisfied about what other operators have said, or in the case of LSL and I believe Belmond, are doing. Only WCRC is digging its heels in, it seems.

    Sending a rake of coaches up to the Fort suggests that WCRC anticipates a shift of ORR in their direction. I hope that's the case for their sake otherwise it does rather feel like a red rag to a bull.
     
    Big Al, 5. Travanj 2024.
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    JBTEvans and acorb like this.
  16. wcmlbls1846

    wcmlbls1846 Well-Known Member

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  17. Walker

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    In addition they moved 33012 from Swanage to Eastleigh, collected 50026 and took it back to Swanage, worked the thunderbird duties on the East Coast Mainline and did various other moves. They are a big part of the railway scene.
     
    Walker, 5. Travanj 2024.
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  18. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    On the Jacobite with its local and international mix of people of all ages I feel sure that all the ORR wants is something very straightforward. By that I mean doors that cannot be opened until a train is stationary with each door at a platform. Let's not forget that a secondary bolt can be released at any time on a journey for whatever reason. Train stewards do not spend a journey next to every door.

    Let's do a reality check. I feel certain that many on here have seen images of trains in the past arriving at termini in the rush hour with many doors being opened as people hurry to exit the train, sometimes whilst it is still moving, in their rush to move on to the next part of the journey. Apply that thought to a charter arriving at say Euston late at night when it is also running late and there are connections across London to make.

    Food for thought.
     
    Big Al, 6. Travanj 2024.
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  19. 30567

    30567 Part of the furniture Friend

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    Does the Jacobite fit on the platform at Glenfinnan? Not defending WCR but isn't one of the arguments that CDL without selective doesn't actually deliver that?
     
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    30567, 6. Travanj 2024.
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  20. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    A good example of where the TOC's operational procedures now must show what instructions apply generally and then specifically where what you say applies at relevant stations on the Jacobite route where passengers may alight. This should remain the case once CDL is fitted. Selective opening would then not be necessary.
     
    Big Al, 6. Travanj 2024.
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