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A4 Failure

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:40 pm
by Deltic18
Evening
1Z87 08.05 Poole - Bristol TM with 4492 aka 60019 Bittern, had a slight problem today en route as it was declared a failure at Westbury apparantly out of coal! It had to be assisted by a 67 to Bristol TM. There were no reported problems on the return journey.
Keith

Re: A4 Failure

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:38 pm
by 60800
They can't have loaded her up with much then, as those tenders can easily hold enough coal for a trip from Kings Cross to Newcastle!

Re: A4 Failure

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:26 pm
by Trestrol
Probably more due to the poor quality of coal you get these days.