HST on west london freight line

thagor2008@ wrote:
> I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
> today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
> HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing it
> was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it going?
>

This is usually Paddington - Paddington via Greenford to turn the train,
maybe because a power car has a defect, or to get it the right way round
again after a previous occasion.

Paul S

Paul Scott wrote:
> thagor2008@ wrote:
>> I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
>> today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
>> HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing
>> it was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it
>> going?
>
> This is usually Paddington - Paddington via

.... South ...

> Greenford to turn the
> train, maybe because a power car has a defect, or to get it the right
> way round again after a previous occasion.

<thagor2008@> wrote in message
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> I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
> today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
> HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing it
> was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it going?
>
Others have explained the HST. It's not strictly a freight only line, as
Chiltern's 1003 Gerrards Cross to Paddington and 112 Paddington to Princes
Risborough are booked over it.

Peter

"Clive D. W. Feather" <clive@on-the-train.> wrote in message
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> In article <Ep6dnanZjbA6PeHV4p2dnAA@bt.com>, Paul Scott
> <notvalidpmscott@> writes
> >thagor2008@ wrote:
> >> I was walking over a bridge near the central line near Hangar Lane
> >> today which has a freight only NR line running beside it and I saw an
> >> HST going into london on that line. Since it was empty I'm guessing it
> >> was a stock transfer but where has it come from and where is it going?
> >This is usually Paddington - Paddington via Greenford to turn the train,
> >maybe because a power car has a defect, or to get it the right way round
> >again after a previous occasion.
>
> Or it could be driver training for Virgin's Blockbuster (IIRC) service.
>
Possibly, but why use a HST for that? The blockbusters are 221s, so it's not
traction, and Chiltern have a route learning bubble car (which has been
uised for route learning for the blockbuster).

Peter