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Hi Jim

For those of us not 'in the know' about these things, can you please explain why you had to go all the way to West Ruislip to change ends / reverse? Could this not be done at Princes Risborough or at High Wycombe?

 

Thanks for the continual flow of interesting pics and reports.

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It was all to do with timings, I thought it was just going to be a risborough turn back but there was still a couple of units to go across the single line before our train was due on there so heading to ruislip gives them time to get across the line and us a safe place to walk back down the train

 

also if we’d sat in risborough then the ECS from Bicester wouldn’t have been able to access the single line 

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13 minutes ago, Siggie in the east said:

Hi Jim

Is the 66 next to yours at the head of a DB service ? Looks like the 4E63 service for Felixstowe South that I see on the CCTV on the workstation.

 

Cheers

 

4L84, EMG - London Gateway 047 worked yesterday Siggie

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On 29/11/2020 at 17:40, Swifty11 said:

 

It doesn't fill you with confidence when even the Pendolino's aren't wearing their face covering properly... ;)

 

Looks like they've changed the front wing... maybe someone had a little ding...

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1 hour ago, bimble said:

 

Looks like they've changed the front wing... maybe someone had a little ding...


New nose cone, believe they get done every so often or if they’re damaged. There’s an Avanti livery one running round with a grey nose as well. 

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just a couple from last night, hams hall to pick up a loco

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which we used on a rail drop outside new st, another rare trip through the station from duddeston direction 

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another rail drop tonight, out to oxley to run round then down to smethwick 

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5 hours ago, big jim said:

Another rail drop, run round in oxley 

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then after the drop back to bescot 

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another one tonight, running round in rugby and back to stetchford to drop the rail 

Depending on what times your flying through Coventry I might see you in the morning as I'm on at 0438 and in the yard prepping units. 

 

Cheers 

 

Colin

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