martijon Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Is she having problems? She has been pretty good today despite the winds and using all three decks since mid morning but has lost over an hour in the last 3 hours and is heading over to the island at just under 9 knots Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) She seems to be having issues. Coming over backwards and then struggling to turn to come into gunwharf unless waiting for small boat but can't see from where I am. Edited November 19, 2020 by adicat Link to post Share on other sites
eagleeye Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, adicat said: She seems to be having issues. Coming over backwards and then struggling to turn to come into gunwharf unless waiting for small boat but can't see from where I am. Probably due to loading the new train that came over to the island on it ..but that is a guess Link to post Share on other sites
eagleeye Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 https://www.islandecho.co.uk/first-new-train-for-island-line-arrives-on-the-isle-of-wight/ 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
cvabishop Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Very interesting video, thanks for that. Link to post Share on other sites
eagleeye Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Took about 90 mins to get the train to sandown I was stuck in the traffic jam but a few short cuts and managed to get to the front and see it in lake Link to post Share on other sites
TonyMWeaver Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Photo: Wightlink Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Thanks for the posts and pictures. How come all the way to Sandown? Ryde St John's Road is depot and closer. Cant remember if sidings st Sandown or sheds. Link to post Share on other sites
Pegpilot Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Blimey, I'm feeling old. I remember D Stock being introduced on the District Line when I arrived in London in 1979. Vivarail, the mob that bought many of the withdrawn D Stock units are also creating diesel variants for use on unelectrified branch lines. Of course the D Stock IOW trains follow in a line of ex-LUL stock. They will replace ex Bakerloo 38 stock, which in turn ousted Standard Stock if I recall correctly. The big change this time is that the new units are former Surface Stock gauge rather than Tube Stuck gauge, so they need more space to fit through tunnels and under bridges. I believe - and locals may know more than me - that an underbridge near St Johns is the biggest gauge restriction on the line, so it may have been necessary to lower the track under the bridge or, indeed, raise the road bridge platform above. But hey, for a day the UK had a train ferry ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Hermit Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 I believe there were a couple of pinch points, one of which was one of the Ryde bridges, but the track has now been moved or lowered in these places during a couple of recent weekend possessions. We had always believed that it was the tight dimensions of the Ryde Tunnel that limited the railway to tube-train size stock, but this is apparently not the case and the railway are confident that the ‘new’ trains will get through all right. Let’s hope they are right. The trains will be unloaded on to the railway at Sandown, where there is a siding and the approach is easier than anything at Ryde St Johns. I spent a lot of my working life in London using these trains on the District Line; pictures suggest that the interiors won’t have changed very much. Link to post Share on other sites
Pegpilot Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Thanks for the clarification, Hermit. As an aside, I spent some time working on the Tube with a former District Line train maintenance manager (who, before that, was in the Navy). He spoke wistfully about his time out in the Far East. "What, Hong Kong ?" said I, rising to the bait. "No", he retorted. "Upminster !" 2 Link to post Share on other sites
eagleeye Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Went to sandown station trains were together and will be moved to Ryde somewhen to make room for the next ones coming Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Wonder when they are booked to go as was surprised it was not overnight. Link to post Share on other sites
eagleeye Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 https://www.islandecho.co.uk/next-stop-ryde-st-johns-new-trains-roll-down-the-line/ I know this is a site for ferries but seems a lot of interest and is sort of linked as they run from Ryde pier 1 Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Just touching on the trains: Rail magazine showed a picture of St Clare at Fishbourne, but the usual non checking of facts as they said arrived at Yarmouth. Also all the trains are now broken and its buses until at least 13th. Link to post Share on other sites
Paully Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 minute ago, adicat said: Just touching on the trains: Rail magazine showed a picture of St Clare at Fishbourne, but the usual non checking of facts as they said arrived at Yarmouth. Also all the trains are now broken and its buses until at least 13th. They don`t have a lot of luck with modes of transport on the Island do they? Link to post Share on other sites
The Ferry Man Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 38 minutes ago, adicat said: Just touching on the trains: Rail magazine showed a picture of St Clare at Fishbourne, but the usual non checking of facts as they said arrived at Yarmouth. Also all the trains are now broken and its buses until at least 13th. Drat 🙁 There goes any chance of me getting a final trip on them then Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Isle of Wight heritage railway should take 1 as 8ts older than most theirs. Think transport museum London may be sfter one. Link to post Share on other sites
Hermit Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 One of them is apparently going to the Epping Ongar Railway, appropriately enough since that was once part of the Central Line. Even though the line served only a small rural population out in Essex, London Transport in its heyday electrified it. It boasted the only station on the underground network from which no other building could be seen (Blake Hall). I understand that the preservationists who now run the line intend to keep the ex-Island Line train operational - presumably by using batteries, since the electric rail has long been lifted. Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Trains were due back Monday but failed again and now no power supply so buses all day. Maybe they won't make it back before the line closes for 3 months. St Clare Just put those ladt words in so its topical to the title 😅 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Ferry Man Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Went over on Saturday and the train broke down just as I arrived! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 You do have to wonder if its worth them even bothering between now and Christmas to waste manpower on fixing them. St Clare was not very busy today at 12pm Gunwharf quiet and thats before tier 3 kicks in. Not sure I get why restaurants in tier 2 can serve food seated but when tier 3 that suddenly not allowed yet same covid safety protocols in force. Shops allowed to remain open but most have little covid structure yet restaurants do. Don't get the justification for that particular change. Why is next Thursday any more risky than this if following same protocols. Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 This may be of interest to some of you. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DDWuebB1zO18&ved=2ahUKEwiw7LD_7t_tAhWly4UKHfdtAZYQwqsBMAB6BAgDEAM&usg=AOvVaw16RvE6QMGLOTywAdSwiQwI Ed 1 Link to post Share on other sites
eagleeye Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 st Clare and red falcon going to Falmouth together by the looks of it .. Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Oh well, at least Faith had a few days to blow away cobwebs. Now down to just 1 vessel being used so rest time again. Link to post Share on other sites
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