Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 15:51:39 GMT
I was at Roding Valley on the inner rail this morning when I spied something I didn't really understand.
About 6 minutes behind my Woodford train (dep: 10 55¾) was a 'special'. I thought it was a little odd, since it seems to me that it's quite unlikely this train was a failed train which had been taken out. My reasoning is that my Woodford was pretty much on time, meaning that the next train due between Hainault and Woodford was not for around another 20 minutes. If this train was from the city, surely it would have gone straight into Hainault depot at Hainault, I reasoned.
Anyway, I took the Woodford train to Woodford and stayed there to watch it come through. Sure enough, train 600, up as 'not in service,' came through in Coded and carried on along the westbound towards South Woodford. When I caught up with it it was parked at the limit of shunt on the westbound main between Leytonstone and Leyton, I assume mid-way through a mainline shunt to go back to Hainault.
Does anybody have any ideas what was going on with this train and where it ended up? I gather from WTT 67 that all the run as required trains, training paths and so on have been removed from the timetable.
About 6 minutes behind my Woodford train (dep: 10 55¾) was a 'special'. I thought it was a little odd, since it seems to me that it's quite unlikely this train was a failed train which had been taken out. My reasoning is that my Woodford was pretty much on time, meaning that the next train due between Hainault and Woodford was not for around another 20 minutes. If this train was from the city, surely it would have gone straight into Hainault depot at Hainault, I reasoned.
Anyway, I took the Woodford train to Woodford and stayed there to watch it come through. Sure enough, train 600, up as 'not in service,' came through in Coded and carried on along the westbound towards South Woodford. When I caught up with it it was parked at the limit of shunt on the westbound main between Leytonstone and Leyton, I assume mid-way through a mainline shunt to go back to Hainault.
Does anybody have any ideas what was going on with this train and where it ended up? I gather from WTT 67 that all the run as required trains, training paths and so on have been removed from the timetable.
