GWR Cornish Night Riviera Sleeper and GWR Class 57 updates from Long Rock

[adc82140]

Passed one heading Westbound along the A38 near Ivybridge earlier today, so I presume that went the long way round via Exeter.

 

[fgwrich]

Even if that prevents it, and using the day time traction retention moves isn't workable, surely a third party such as ROG could be contracted to do these movements by rail.

Now… if only we still sent fuel by rail, it could easily be tagged on to that. Remember the old Laira / St Blazey / Long Rock fuel tankers?…

 

[Amlag]

Now… if only we still sent fuel by rail, it could easily be tagged on to that. Remember the old Laira / St Blazey / Long Rock fuel tankers?…

The DBS class 66 and traincrew based at St Blazey seem not exactly over worked.

 

[IanXC]

Now… if only we still sent fuel by rail, it could easily be tagged on to that. Remember the old Laira / St Blazey / Long Rock fuel tankers?…

I believe Neville Hill still gets its fuel by rail....

 

[Tony43]

As a HGV driver that used to drive abnormal loads i find it incredible that a movement order was granted via Tavistock. The route via A38 to Exeter and A30 seem much more preferable and probably wouldnt take much longer

 

[Papyrus]

GWR green is so drab, with not even history to give it any credence. the original GWR coaching stock, including the multiple units, were always chocolate and cream. Only the locomotives were green.

Be careful what you wish for. The last time they dumped green we had all that FirstGroup blue and purple. Current livery is more classy than most TOCs’ these days.

 

[Northerngirl]

Whereas on a unified system it would just be the fuel and driver costs.

What an unthinkable horror, too much like communism that

 

[RPI]

Just use the 08 from Laira....... (Waits for comments from people who actually think I'm being serious)

 

[PZ 08895]

Just use the 08 from Laira....... (Waits for comments from people who actually think I'm being serious)

I ramber in BR days, which would have been the late 1980s, speaking to a train driver who had actually driven an 08 from Penzance to Laira. Obviously it had to be done overnight, but you can imagine the time taken to travel 80+ miles at only 15mph!

 

[Nym]

I ramber in BR days, which would have been the late 1980s, speaking to a train driver who had actually driven an 08 from Penzance to Laira. Obviously it had to be done overnight, but you can imagine the time taken to travel 80+ miles at only 15mph!

Yes.

Kind of like when I was doing night time testing on the Victoria Line in RM the whole way at 16km/h.

 

[HamworthyGoods]

One assumes that's more expensive than moving by road, due to the way the rail industry is fragmented. "You want a path for loco + coach". Sure, that's £x,000 in track access charges please. Plus the costs and profit margin for ROG. Whereas on a unified system it would just be the fuel and driver costs.

If you don’t have track access charges how do you charge for open access passenger and freight operations which have been deemed the success of recent years?

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I ramber in BR days, which would have been the late 1980s, speaking to a train driver who had actually driven an 08 from Penzance to Laira. Obviously it had to be done overnight, but you can imagine the time taken to travel 80+ miles at only 15mph!

Well they've travelled a part of the GWML in place of a 57 a few times!

Here's 08836 attached to the sleeper back in 2016.

 

[FGW_DID]

Well they've travelled a part of the GWML in place of a 57 a few times!

Here's 08836 attached to the sleeper back in 2016.

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Two years later and 08836, now sporting GWR green is seen in action again, this time at Reading. 57306 had failed on depot so the Sleeper was started from Reading and the Gronk took the ECS from the TCD to the station.

 

[glenbogle]

Night Riviera Sleeper not running tonight in either direction for some reason.
Not mentioned on the Engineering works update either.

Monday 22 to Thursday 25 January	Will not run in either direction
Monday 29 January to Thursday 1 February	Will not run in either direction

 

[HamworthyGoods]

Night Riviera Sleeper not running tonight in either direction for some reason.
Not mentioned on the Engineering works update either.

Monday 22 to Thursday 25 January	Will not run in either direction
Monday 29 January to Thursday 1 February	Will not run in either direction

ASLEF Industrial Action

 

[TheLastMinute]

Night Riviera Sleeper not running tonight in either direction for some reason.
Not mentioned on the Engineering works update either.

Monday 22 to Thursday 25 January	Will not run in either direction
Monday 29 January to Thursday 1 February	Will not run in either direction

Cancelled tonight (Sun 28/1) due to ASLEF Action Short of Strike and also Friday 2/2 and Sunday 4/2. Sleeper isn't running on the dates above due to engineering work, but would have been cancelled anyway if they were. Info gwr.com/strike.

 

[co-tr-paul]

Disabled Second Open (B coach) 12161 has arrived back at Long Rock today ex C6 exam at Laira. SLEP 10589 went off for it's C6.

 

[co-tr-paul]

Missed 589 coming back to Long Rock and 10601 going but it's back today with BSO 17174 going off for its C6 at Plymouth today.