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Uploaded by on Mar 24, 2008

Just outside Newark our Grand Central HST's wheels / gearbox seized up, causing the Northbound ECML to be blocked. After being pushed into Newark by EWS 3 hours later we were rescued by National Express! Thanks to the GC crew for looking after us!

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  • Was this the one that was taken away by a low loader about a week alter?

  • thats the one

  • Opps, at least the onward connections were made

  • Exactly. The crew dealt with it professioanlly and there wasn't anything more anyone could've done. Plus there was a ridiculously drunk bloke keeping us all entertained anyway ;)

  • Whoops!

    More egg on GC's face, but an innovative videoing techinique which, nevertheless, gets the point across!

  • Whoops indeed! Lol I'd been stuck on the damn thing for 3 hours I was too tired to do anything fancy with the camera ;-)

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  • Ya gotta feel sorry for them. I hope this PC prob is sorted soon and that they gain an enviable reputation for their puntuality as well as customer service!

  • Grand Central now have one of the most reliable fleets actually!

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  • leaste you had a Veg Guard ^_^ 

  • they have made a 8 millon loss for the secound year in a row !!!

  • @lhrjc Was the national express train A HST or a 91

  • I know we love these little operators that nibble the fringes of the high speed network, but lets be honest kids... its not really gonna work. GC has a horrendous record for defects and breakdowns.

  • See, 43065 did something similar to me a couple of weeks ago. More fuel starvation than a gearbox fault. Thank god 43123 is a better power car. It shoved us to Retford

  • Grand central hsts are now performing more reliability than the MTU fitted class 43's

  • No, one power car cannot move a train when the wheels are locked! They had to move it at about 5mph. Have you not seen the other video?

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