RJS1977 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 This working seems to be a popular topic of discussion in my office (even amongst non-enthusiasts) as it's a bit of an odd sight seeing countless Ford Focuses and Transits travelling backwards along a railway line! As a result of today's discussions I looked up the WTT to find out where it was going from and to. Dagenham's pretty obvious, but why Didcot? There certainly doesn't seem to be sufficient of a population at Didcot to buy that number of cars every day, so I'm guessing they get forwarded from there. But do they get offloadad to road transporters for onwards transport, or does the train get remarshalled into other train(s) for onwards travel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 This working seems to be a popular topic of discussion in my office (even amongst non-enthusiasts) as it's a bit of an odd sight seeing countless Ford Focuses and Transits travelling backwards along a railway line! As a result of today's discussions I looked up the WTT to find out where it was going from and to. Dagenham's pretty obvious, but why Didcot? There certainly doesn't seem to be sufficient of a population at Didcot to buy that number of cars every day, so I'm guessing they get forwarded from there. But do they get offloadad to road transporters for onwards transport, or does the train get remarshalled into other train(s) for onwards travel? At Didcot, traffic from Southampton is attached, and the train then runs as a Marchwood/Eastleigh-Didcot-Mossend working, I believe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks FC - wondered if that was the case. :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40044 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 6X44 usually forms the bulk of 6X65 Didcot to Mossend. The front portion of the train is detached at Warrington to form 6X58 Warrington to Garston car terminal. The rear portion goes through to Mossend for unloading thereat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 8, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2013 As others have pointed out DBS moved most ops from Wembley to Didcot a while back and now operate a 'hub and spoke' style operation form there. Similar kinds of mixing and matching go on with MoD trains to Bicester, Kineton, Marchwood, Shoeburyness and elsewhere, presumably giving manpower productivity savings versus other options in the SE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 The Didcot to Mossend 6X65 now has Renaults on it as well as the Fords. The Renaults are loaded at Southampton Western Docks and run about 3 times a week I think on 6V38 as far as Didcot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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