Double-headed (?) 47s on the sleeper!

[James]

SWRG as usual, sorry it's too late to see it at Bristol!

From: "cjpelling"
Date: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:33 pm
Subject: Up midnight (revised)

Will now be 47813+47828 on 1A40 22.00 PNZ-PAD tonight (Tuesday).
47813 will collect 47828 at Gloucester on 0Z40 14.25 Long Marston -
Penzance.

Ta Gwot.

Chris... 15.30 Tuesday 24/01/06


From: "SPT" <steve@...>
Date: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:35 pm
Subject: 0Z40 going solo!!

47813 SOLO on 0Z40 en route to Penzance, just arrived at BTM at 17:32.

Ta 37409

SPT

[madhattie]

A nice follow up to yesterdays event from Madhippy on UK Rail:

'With 57602 and 604 at Loughborough, 603 dead at Penzance and 605
dead at Old Oak Common at one point yesterday FGW managed to achieve 0% availability )) '

[James]

A 57 at Penzance was also used as an ETHEL before the 47 took the train to London. I think that's all they're fit for!

I liked this, from Ade on SWRG:

"The down beds tonight IS a class 57.

There was 1 green 57, ready to work a train. 1 green 57, ready to work a train.
Now if 1 green 57 should work the 1c99. They'll be No green 57s ready to work a train.

Moral of the story is what's going to work the down beds on Thur morning?"