GWR HST power car in siding at Castle Cary

[158747]

I have just seen GWR HST power car 43172 in siding at Castle Cary.
Anyone know why it is there?

 

[superalbs]

It locked up, so the set continued to Plymouth on just the one power car.

More info here: https://www.facebook.com/dawlishbeach/videos/1845980275659615/

 

[PHILIPE]

To sum it up, as the link has so much content, useful and interesting, of course:-

1A73 0546 Exeter to Paddington, 43172, Harry Patch, failed with seized axle yesterday.
Set (without 43172) ran 5Z77 10+30 Castle Cary to Laira,

Hope superalbs doesn't mind me posting this,

 

[BestWestern]

Trainload of punters off'd at Cary... Ouch! :-/

 

[TheEdge]

Is there a reason it couldn't have returned to Taunton with the passengers on board? Or was there something fairly close behind it by the time it was on the move?

 

[TractiveEffort]

It didn't lock up, but why let the truth get in the way of a good story as they say....... that's not to say it doesn't have a serious fault.

 

[D1009]

Is there a reason it couldn't have returned to Taunton with the passengers on board? Or was there something fairly close behind it by the time it was on the move?

I gather the passengers went forward to Westbury on 2D05 0640 Weymouth. Whether it was able to accommodate them all I don't know. 1A74, 1A75, 1A76 and 1A77 were all diverted from Cogload via Bristol to Reading.

 

[PHILIPE]

Is there a reason it couldn't have returned to Taunton with the passengers on board? Or was there something fairly close behind it by the time it was on the move?

Why should it ? The passengers were going the other way. It couldn't have gone back with a Power Car at one end only.

 

[TheEdge]

Why should it ? The passengers were going the other way. It couldn't have gone back with a Power Car at one end only.

Looking at the video it could obviously go south under its own power and I was just musing that maybe Taunton would have been better placed to deal with offloading a peak time HST than Castle Cary. I do apologise for thinking out loud... :roll:

But as D1009 suggests there was an alternate service east not far behind then it makes sense.

 

[Mag_seven]

It didn't lock up, but why let the truth get in the way of a good story as they say....... that's not to say it doesn't have a serious fault.

Well what is "the truth" then? Do tell.

 

[158747]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Hartington]

The power car was still there this (Monday) morning.

I'll be interested to see how they move it. Although the siding it's in is adjacent to the car park and you could theoretically lift it onto a low loader you'd have to close and clear the car park to do so. I therefore guess a skate?

 

[221129]

The power car was still there this (Monday) morning.

I'll be interested to see how they move it. Although the siding it's in is adjacent to the car park and you could theoretically lift it onto a low loader you'd have to close and clear the car park to do so. I therefore guess a skate?

Will be a skate move as it is not accessible where it is.

 

[daikilo]

Will be a skate move as it is not accessible where it is.

Any chance that getting it out will entail doing the opposite of how it got in, skates or no skates?

 

[43096]

Well what is "the truth" then? Do tell.

Traction motor gearbox indicated elsewhere.

 

[TractiveEffort]

Traction motor gearbox indicated elsewhere.

Await final diagnosis once it gets to LA, but either gearbox or axle bearing.

 

[Hartington]

I'm told it's been placed on a skate and will be moved "this weekend" to Westbury where it will be put on a low loader.

 

[Hartington]

Still there at 1545 Saturday.

 

[PHILIPE]

Could be:-

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U32745/2017/02/12/advanced

Skated then road from Westbury

 

[Hartington]

I wondered that but that path goes down to Fairwater then back up through Castle Cary and the power car is in a siding by the up line so why take it a little way up, then switch to the down and finally come back up.

I also suspect it's too fast for a skate.

The final nail in the coffin is that there are works around Castle Cary this weekend and I think that path is related to the works, not the HST power car.

But we'll see.

 

[PHILIPE]

The STP working on Sunday was apparently an Engineers train. The movement, confirmed by GWR Twitter, is here:-

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O72694/2017/02/14/advanced

Thence by road from Westbury to Laira. The speed on the timing load (this problem has been highlighted on many occasions) does certainly not reflect the timings of the train which is obviously travelling on skate at very slow speed/

 

[Kentish Paul]

Hello all,
Can somebody confirm that the power car has left CLC (Castle Cary).
The previous posts seem a bit vague. (no it's an engineering train?) and went to Taunton first.
If it was in the North siding (west of the car park and platform 1) and ajacent to the up main (eg direct to Westbury) why not just go to Westbury?
Probably got it all wrong. Hope to be corrected.
Used Castle Cary for years to visit relatives in Somerton since that is the nearest station since Somerton closed.
Ho hum, maybe one day.

 

[PHILIPE]

Hello all,
Can somebody confirm that the power car has left CLC (Castle Cary).
The previous posts seem a bit vague. (no it's an engineering train?) and went to Taunton first.
If it was in the North siding (west of the car park and platform 1) and ajacent to the up main (eg direct to Westbury) why not just go to Westbury?
Probably got it all wrong. Hope to be corrected.
Used Castle Cary for years to visit relatives in Somerton since that is the nearest station since Somerton closed.
Ho hum, maybe one day.

2145 tonight. A post was correcting an error in an earlier post.

 

[Kentish Paul]

2145 tonight. A post was correcting an error in an earlier post.

Thanks Philipe.

 

[Hartington]

And it duly departed tonight (Tuesday) behind 70809 heading very slowly (2 hours scheduled) to Westbury where I gather it will be put on a low loader and taken away.

 

[gimmea50anyday]

Looking at Genius its 17 late but should now be in westbury

 

[cossie4i]

It is at Westbury

 

[HSTFan57]

A blue HST power car on a low-loader passed westbound through the M4/M5 junction at Almondsbury at 11:39. I didn't have time to read the number.

 

[pompeyfan]

Are skate moves 5mph or 15? Either way, the colas driver must have had a riveting time!

 

[MELVYN]

Passed junction 30 of the M5 around 1500 on its way to Laira.