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Sprinter 158903 at Carlisle.
Tuesday 1st July 2014.Northern Rail Sprinter 158903 heads for Leeds. Earlier I had travelled from Skipton to Carlisle on the Settle & Carlisle Line in this unit. I remember there was a problem with a leaking exhaust in one car. The side of the car was hot and there was a smell of diesel exhaust in the car. Nothing was done about it at Carlisle and the unit left as if there was no problem.
Northern Rail seemed to be having a bad day. Earlier the Railbus I travelled in over the Bentham Line from Carnforth to Skipton had a problem when part of the lining below a luggage rack fell down and hit a passenger. The passenger was not hurt but did not even get an apology being left to put the lining panel on the floor himself. At Skipton the electric services to Bradford and to Leeds were in disarray following problems with the overhead power supply. The staff on Skipton Station admitted they did not know what was going on and advised passengers to ignore the automated public address announcements. Skipton seems to be a station where there are always lots of staff walking about and talking to each other but doing nothing else.
Sprinter 158903 at Carlisle.
Tuesday 1st July 2014.Northern Rail Sprinter 158903 heads for Leeds. Earlier I had travelled from Skipton to Carlisle on the Settle & Carlisle Line in this unit. I remember there was a problem with a leaking exhaust in one car. The side of the car was hot and there was a smell of diesel exhaust in the car. Nothing was done about it at Carlisle and the unit left as if there was no problem.
Northern Rail seemed to be having a bad day. Earlier the Railbus I travelled in over the Bentham Line from Carnforth to Skipton had a problem when part of the lining below a luggage rack fell down and hit a passenger. The passenger was not hurt but did not even get an apology being left to put the lining panel on the floor himself. At Skipton the electric services to Bradford and to Leeds were in disarray following problems with the overhead power supply. The staff on Skipton Station admitted they did not know what was going on and advised passengers to ignore the automated public address announcements. Skipton seems to be a station where there are always lots of staff walking about and talking to each other but doing nothing else.