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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2008 12:42:18 GMT
Does anything ever get parked in the stabling point on the west side of Loughton station these days - where the Ongar shuttle used to be stored?
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Post by towerman on Mar 14, 2008 19:37:46 GMT
Don't think so,last time I was up there some of the current rails had been removed.
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Post by ruislip on Mar 15, 2008 20:16:26 GMT
I always thought the Ongar shuttle was stored in its platform at Epping.
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Post by superteacher on Mar 15, 2008 20:58:57 GMT
I always thought the Ongar shuttle was stored in its platform at Epping. Not that I know of. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2008 21:15:47 GMT
Nah, wouldnae of been left at Epping... what if another unit became defective in the other plartform? Thats the service stuffed there!
The Ongar Shuttle was parked at Hainault between service... after the AM peak, the unit ran back to Hainault and was changed over with another.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2008 12:27:33 GMT
I was there yesterday - and the current rails are still there. Don't think so,last time I was up there some of the current rails had been removed. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2008 15:30:53 GMT
Nah, wouldnae of been left at Epping... what if another unit became defective in the other plartform? Thats the service stuffed there! The Ongar Shuttle was parked at Hainault between service... after the AM peak, the unit ran back to Hainault and was changed over with another. More often than not it was stabled on 21rd in Loughton sidings. It only went to Hainault about once a week on average, or if a defect required a changeover.. |
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Post by towerman on Mar 20, 2008 19:33:07 GMT
No,what I meant was,when the Ongar shuttle was in operation the current rails went all the way to the buffers on 21rd,they don't now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2008 22:22:16 GMT
There was a scheduled 62TS 4-car passenger service from Woodford to Ongar everyday at about 3.30pm or thereabouts when the peak hour only Epping/Ongar timetable came in. I used to catch it regularly to Debden. I'm sure I also saw the same sized train running empty to Woodford from the footbridge over Roding Valley station on several occasions at approximately 3.15pm. Does anybody else remember this? It was before they started using the red Cravens up there.
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Post by towerman on Mar 20, 2008 23:31:09 GMT
The Cravens went on the Ongar shuttle when the through Woodford via Hainault service started,the early 90's I believe.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2008 2:54:39 GMT
There was a scheduled 62TS 4-car passenger service from Woodford to Ongar everyday at about 3.30pm or thereabouts when the peak hour only Epping/Ongar timetable came in. I used to catch it regularly to Debden. I'm sure I also saw the same sized train running empty to Woodford from the footbridge over Roding Valley station on several occasions at approximately 3.15pm. Does anybody else remember this? It was before they started using the red Cravens up there. Scheduled yes, but more often than not it was cancelled, meaning an early finish for the crew doing the changeover. When it did run it ran empty from Hainault Depot Grange Hill end to Woodford then service from Woodford to Ongar. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2008 2:57:51 GMT
The Cravens went on the Ongar shuttle when the through Woodford via Hainault service started,the early 90's I believe. That's correct. All Loughton crews (Guards as well) got a days stock training on the Cravens. |
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Post by superteacher on Mar 21, 2008 13:55:00 GMT
When Loughton crew depot closed, I assume that Leytonstone crews were similarly trained.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2008 16:26:07 GMT
When Loughton crew depot closed, I assume that Leytonstone crews were similarly trained. No, Leytonstone had two separate rota's. The Ex Loughton driver's worked a separate one which included the Ongar turns. The rota's were merged when the Ongar line closed. |
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Post by Colin D on Mar 21, 2008 23:53:27 GMT
I seem to remember a crew out of Hainult (early morning) that ran to Woodford then to Ongar and became the second train for the "rush hour" service. Not sure which train went to Loughton and stabled for the day before going back for the PM "rush". Sometime around 19:00 one of the trains was taken back to Hainult. I worked the Epping/Ongar shuttle a few times, nice quite days they were  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2008 2:36:11 GMT
I seem to remember a crew out of Hainult (early morning) that ran to Woodford then to Ongar and became the second train for the "rush hour" service. I transfered to the Central in 1986 and Hainault ceased doing Ongars well before then. You are an old git Colin ;D |
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Post by Colin D on Mar 22, 2008 14:44:40 GMT
I seem to remember a crew out of Hainult (early morning) that ran to Woodford then to Ongar and became the second train for the "rush hour" service. I transfered to the Central in 1986 and Hainault ceased doing Ongars well before then. You are an old git Colin ;D I started when I was very, very young  ;D |
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