Stuart Warr
Semaphore and IET
On 13 October 2025 GWR's 800036 stops briefly at Liskeard with 2C27, the 12.55 Exeter St Davids to Penzance. In my opinion, the use of such a valuable asset to work a Class 2 passenger service that stops at virtually every station en-route is indefensible. It is likely to change in the coming months as the Class 175s will take over this kind of work displacing the IETs to the primary work for which they were intended.
Semaphore and IET
On 13 October 2025 GWR's 800036 stops briefly at Liskeard with 2C27, the 12.55 Exeter St Davids to Penzance. In my opinion, the use of such a valuable asset to work a Class 2 passenger service that stops at virtually every station en-route is indefensible. It is likely to change in the coming months as the Class 175s will take over this kind of work displacing the IETs to the primary work for which they were intended.