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| Gaffe sends sleeper train from Spain off course 19/08/2010 at 11:15 #1642 | |
Neil
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The Telegraph reports: Signallers made a mistake during the points switch in Lyon. The drivers of the two locomotives went the right way but they left Lyon with the wrong set of carriages. "It must have been a bit of a shock for the people expecting to wake up in Italy." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7952175/French-railway-gaffe-sends-sleeper-train-from-Spain-off-course.html Regards, Neil Log in to reply |
| Gaffe sends sleeper train from Spain off course 19/08/2010 at 11:15 #10817 | |
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Neil
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The Telegraph reports: Signallers made a mistake during the points switch in Lyon. The drivers of the two locomotives went the right way but they left Lyon with the wrong set of carriages. "It must have been a bit of a shock for the people expecting to wake up in Italy." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7952175/French-railway-gaffe-sends-sleeper-train-from-Spain-off-course.html Regards, Neil Log in to reply |
| Gaffe sends sleeper train from Spain off course 20/08/2010 at 11:52 #10852 | |
postal
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Skim-read the list on the Topics page and thought it said "Geoff sends sleeper train from Spain off . . . "
“In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply |
| Gaffe sends sleeper train from Spain off course 20/08/2010 at 12:40 #10855 | |
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UKTrainMan
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Read about this the other day as someone I follow on Twitter had tweeted the link to it. I found it a confusing story at first but once I read it carefully it made sense, I think. Wonder if something like this would ever happen in the UK?!! postal said: Skim-read the list on the Topics page and thought it said "Geoff sends sleeper train from Spain off . . . "Have to admit to also having to take a closer second look at the thread title - Sorry to those of you called Geoff, it was, of course, nothing personal! Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| Gaffe sends sleeper train from Spain off course 20/08/2010 at 14:17 #10857 | |
northroad
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UK....I did use the Aberdeen from Watford quite a lot a few years back. Remember standing there on a Sunday evening thinking to myself this is going a bit fast.....it's not going to stop and it didn't. Had to catch the next down service which they stopped at Hemel I seem to remember and picked it up there.....oooppppssss. Obviously a new driver.......or someone not reading the train notes. Also onborad the first service to get through after the Watford derailment.....it came up the DC lines from Euston behind a class 47 borrowed from Railfrieght?.....splendid run it was and it was eventually changed out for the obligatory 87 at Preston...they did have a few problems with the smoke alarms on the Fort William section which was on the front but with a 47 on the front of a sleeper who cared....probably everyone apart from me...... Geoff Log in to reply |
| Gaffe sends sleeper train from Spain off course 20/08/2010 at 19:05 #10864 | |
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clive
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Many years ago I was going to the Cumbria coast for some meetings, so I booked (at Cambridge) to catch the sleeper to Carlisle. In those days one of the two lowland sleepers dropped off a coach at Carlisle, which was shunted into a platform and left until a sensible time of the morning. So I took the train down to London, walked across to Euston, and presented myself at the correct coach. "I'll wake you at 2. Coffee or tea?" "WHAT?!?" Some idiot had booked me on the wrong sleeper, the one that stopped at Carlisle but *didn't* drop a coach. By this time we had left, but the guard told me to get off at Watford and wait for the following sleeper. I forget exactly how they arranged for me to have a berth in the right car on the latter, but it all worked out. (I spent the following day doing the Cumbrian Coast line in 3 or 4 segments, ending up with a late dinner and hotel in Lancaster.) Log in to reply |