Ready for departure?
It looks like it but 'Peak' No D123 has just been declared a total failure at Rothley. Everything had worked perfectly until we were ready to depart on the second leg of our first trip: no train pipe vacuum. To cut along story short, when my driver shut it down to see if a re-start (a 'reboot') would help, the loco was totally lifeless.
While it was disappointing and inconvenient for passengers (for which apologies) and disappointing for me (I was going to do some driving) it was a) instructive and b) useful experience in the process of rescuing a failed train - putting in place assistance protection etc. That assistance came in the shape of the NRM's class 37 No D6700.
Ready for departure?
It looks like it but 'Peak' No D123 has just been declared a total failure at Rothley. Everything had worked perfectly until we were ready to depart on the second leg of our first trip: no train pipe vacuum. To cut along story short, when my driver shut it down to see if a re-start (a 'reboot') would help, the loco was totally lifeless.
While it was disappointing and inconvenient for passengers (for which apologies) and disappointing for me (I was going to do some driving) it was a) instructive and b) useful experience in the process of rescuing a failed train - putting in place assistance protection etc. That assistance came in the shape of the NRM's class 37 No D6700.