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Author: thagor2008thagor2008 Date: Jul 15, 2008 05:33
I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing it
was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it going?
B2003
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Author: Paul ScottPaul Scott Date: Jul 15, 2008 06:05
> I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
> today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
> HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing it
> was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it going?
>
This is usually Paddington - Paddington via Greenford to turn the train,
maybe because a power car has a defect, or to get it the right way round
again after a previous occasion.
Paul S
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Author: John RowlandJohn Rowland Date: Jul 15, 2008 06:30
Paul Scott wrote:
>> I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
>> today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
>> HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing
>> it was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it
>> going?
>
> This is usually Paddington - Paddington via
... South ...
> Greenford to turn the
> train, maybe because a power car has a defect, or to get it the right
> way round again after a previous occasion.
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Author: Peter MassonPeter Masson Date: Jul 15, 2008 07:18
> I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
> today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
> HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing it
> was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it going?
>
Others have explained the HST. It's not strictly a freight only line, as
Chiltern's 1003 Gerrards Cross to Paddington and 112 Paddington to Princes
Risborough are booked over it.
Peter
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Author: DRHDRH Date: Jul 15, 2008 11:00
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Author: Clive D. W. FeatherClive D. W. Feather Date: Jul 16, 2008 11:05
In article bt.com>, Paul Scott
btinternet.com> writes>> I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
>> today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
>> HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing it
>> was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it going?
>This is usually Paddington - Paddington via Greenford to turn the train,
>maybe because a power car has a defect, or to get it the right way round
>again after a previous occasion.
Or it could be driver training for Virgin's Blockbuster (IIRC) service.
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Author: Peter MassonPeter Masson Date: Jul 16, 2008 13:09
"Clive D. W. Feather" on-the-train.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:xENAZs7YhjfIFw0t@romana.davros.org...> In article bt.com>, Paul Scott
> btinternet.com> writes>>> I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
>>> today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
>>> HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing it
>>> was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it going?
>>This is usually Paddington - Paddington via Greenford to turn the train,
>>maybe because a power car has a defect, or to get it the right way round
>>again after a previous occasion.
>
> Or it could be driver training for Virgin's Blockbuster (IIRC...
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Author: Clive D. W. FeatherClive D. W. Feather Date: Jul 17, 2008 03:22
In article bt.com>, Peter Masson
privacy.net> writes>> Or it could be driver training for Virgin's Blockbuster (IIRC) service.
>Possibly, but why use a HST for that?
Because there's one spare at Old Oak?
>The blockbusters are 221s, so it's not
>traction, and Chiltern have a route learning bubble car (which has been
>uised for route learning for the blockbuster).
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for that info.
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