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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2011 19:11:12 GMT
A blast to the past this evening, a 165 pulled into Aylesbury from the south at about 17:35 with the destination 'Quainton Road' set. I tried to get a picture but unfortunately I was on a train and moving too fast to get one.
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Post by phillw48 on Jan 31, 2011 19:15:35 GMT
They sometimes run specials to Quainton Road when certain events are taking place, trouble is I don't know where to find any details of when they are running.
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Post by andypurk on Jan 31, 2011 19:44:50 GMT
They sometimes run specials to Quainton Road when certain events are taking place, trouble is I don't no where to find any details of when they are running. You can try looking on the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre website ( www.bucksrailcentre.org) or on the Chiltern website. Trains normally run on the August Bank Holiday weekend and one of the May Bank Holiday weekends. The Bucksrailcentre site does show trains running on the August BH weekend (Sunday and Monday) this year, but the website has been 'improved' and it is hard to easily find the information. |
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Post by phillw48 on Jan 31, 2011 19:55:56 GMT
Thanks for that Andy, I'll give it a try. (Any chance of a meet August BH?)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2011 20:17:10 GMT
Hopefully the bubble car will be running again this year!
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Post by redsetter on Feb 1, 2011 2:30:49 GMT
it was at the risborough platform last week so it looks to be still in use,i have only been on it once on the way back from high wycombe some time ago.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2011 6:59:51 GMT
The bubble car is still in regular use. It runs the 08.02 to Risborough from Aylesbury every day. I'm sure it runs more, but I know for sure about this as I see it daily.
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Post by rpm on Feb 1, 2011 20:35:54 GMT
Current (Winter 2011) bubble car workings are as follows:
Mon-Fri only.
5P80
AYS dep: 0649 (ECS)
PRR arr: 0703
2A06
PRR dep: 0710
AYS arr: 0725
2P81
AYS dep: 0802
PRR arr: 0818
2A10
PRR dep: 0823
AYS arr: 0838
2P82
AYS dep: 0844
PRR arr: 0900
2A14
PRR dep: 0918
AYS arr: 0934
2P83
AYS dep: 0944
PRR arr: 1000
2A18
PRR dep: 1011
AYS arr: 1027
All (except the ECS working) call at Monks Risborough and Little Kimble
Hope this helps.
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Post by andypurk on Feb 1, 2011 21:31:19 GMT
The bubble car is still in regular use. Chiltern are also having a second vehicle refurbished for use (car number 55034). |
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Post by childwallblues on Feb 19, 2011 18:34:19 GMT
55034? That one is not in my book. Where is that coming from?
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Post by norbitonflyer on Feb 19, 2011 18:49:54 GMT
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Post by redsetter on Feb 19, 2011 23:27:50 GMT
i seen these at aylesbury exhaust pipes at the front,was never a fan of these trains remember them some years go there's a few in the sidings around the station/depot.the new stretch of line that's reopened to services to the new parkway station looks to be a frequent service i can here the horn from the house as they approach the pedestrian crossing i go over this a lot where the two lines merge into one,the second line seems to hold waste container wagons and freightliner/ews services regularly on the way to/from calvert.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2011 12:11:52 GMT
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Post by rogere on Feb 21, 2011 13:13:16 GMT
Photo of the Bubblecar at QUainton: www.flickr.com/photos/9003948@N05/4100590665/I see this most evenings travelling twixt PR and Aylesbury. I do remember seeing another single car unit, possibly about to be rebuilt, at Chiltern's Aylesbury depot a couple of years ago |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2011 13:14:36 GMT
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Post by rogere on Feb 21, 2011 13:17:47 GMT
That was quick!
Just finished correcting it myself, and found you had beat me to it!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2011 14:58:19 GMT
The first time I went to Quainton Road in about 1981 the shuttle service from Aylesbury was a four-car 115. The 'Quaintonian' headboard was bigger too!
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Post by Bighat on Feb 21, 2011 15:00:21 GMT
The first time I went to Quainton Road in about 1981 the shuttle service from Aylesbury was a four-car 115. The 'Quaintonian' headboard was bigger too! Surely if it much bigger it would stick out over the extremeties of the train!  ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2011 16:04:39 GMT
It wasn't far off.....
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Post by metroland on Feb 21, 2011 18:38:08 GMT
Sorry I didn't record the date but late 70's/early 80's  |
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Post by Tubeboy on Feb 21, 2011 20:03:46 GMT
The Hastings Diesels unit 1001 might be doing a railtour to Quainton Road and possibly Claydon Junction later in the year.
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Post by metroland on Feb 21, 2011 20:07:47 GMT
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Post by Tubeboy on Feb 21, 2011 21:50:36 GMT
[In the voice of Deryck Guyler]
I thank you very much!
I think I will go on this trip, have only made it as far as Aylesbury Vale Parkway.
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Post by metman on Feb 21, 2011 23:02:36 GMT
If I'm about i'll pop out to Quainton. Always good to have a look at the CO/CP stock too. I like the sound of those DEMUs!!  |
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Post by Chris M on Feb 22, 2011 3:19:50 GMT
The first time I went to Quainton Road in about 1981 the shuttle service from Aylesbury was a four-car 115. The 'Quaintonian' headboard was bigger too! Surely if it much bigger it would stick out over the extremeties of the train! ;D It's probably a good thing that a certain north Welsh station isn't a terminus. I suspect PRJB is equally glad that he didn't have to work out how to fit it onto an S stock DMI! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2011 15:14:25 GMT
It's probably a good thing that a certain north Welsh station isn't a terminus. Would that be Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? |
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Post by Chris M on Feb 23, 2011 14:43:06 GMT
Despite attributing my words to Bighat (which would tend to give them more respect than they deserve!), that was the station I had in mind!
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Post by Bighat on Feb 23, 2011 16:27:27 GMT
Despite attributing my words to Bighat (which would tend to give them more respect than they deserve!), that was the station I had in mind! Yes, I DID wonder about that! |
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