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Diesel on the back for shunting

Rasprava u 'Steam Traction' pokrenuta od MellishR, 23. Kolovoz 2013..

  1. MellishR

    MellishR Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    Whilst there are sometimes other reasons as well (notably in recent weeks) shunting at the destination is often the only apparent reason. And yet sometimes the shunting is done with the steam loco propelling and nothing on the other end (e.g. on the Weymouth Seaside Express). Why is this sometimes OK and other times apparently not?
     
    MellishR, 23. Kolovoz 2013.
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  2. RalphW

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    The only way to get the answer would be direct from a TOC, anything else is, as always, speculation.
     
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  3. buseng

    buseng Part of the furniture

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    As here, taken from elsewhere on the forum.
    5029 does all it's own shunting before it goes for servicing & turning.



    So not exactly an impossible task.
     
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  4. Big Al

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    It's hard to generalise on this one and I suspect will be partly to do with local circumstances, as dictated by NR, and partly what the TOC is prepared to do. In the case of WCR who don't have diesels sitting around the country, for them it's often because of the need to take their shunter with them or pay for an extra path (as with the GB Tours). In the case of DBS they sometimes have something nearby. For example, with the Swanage trip (that in the event ran with a DL) there was a separate path for a DL to go from Eastleigh to Swanage, pull the train back to Soton and then detach and return to base. Ironically it is DBS who has more potential flexibility with such things. In practice no steam crew relishes having the equivalent of 3 or 4 extra coaches in the consist. And depending on the engine up front, when the shunter has to be added, it may mean that the shunter just cannot be silent at starts in particular.
     
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  5. Stu in Torbay

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    If I recall, Bob Meanley gave some explanation about this from an operational aspect a while back. Relating to VT obviously, but could very well generally apply to others.
     
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