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Re: Train ran out of fuel

"Mortimer" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:OuudnStVKe4nYhDVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@posted.plusnet...
> "Graham Murray" <newspost@gmurray.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:87abg22av1.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk...
>> As I write this there is an item on Thames Valley Tonight about a FGW
>> train from Paddington to Worcesterhire running out of fuel. The report
>> stated a 'High Speed Train', but the pictures showed a class 166 (but we
>> all know how accurate the media are in showing the correct stock)
>
> Yes, very amateurish performance by FGW, as was the joky "someone forgot
> to put enough diesel in the choo choo" comment by the guard over the PA.
>
> What sort of fuel indication does the driver have - a fuel gauge as for a
> car or lorry? Or just a "low fuel" light - if this is the first
indication
> that the driver has, it's already too late to have sufficient range to get
> to somewhere to refuel. Are drivers required to check a guage somewhere to
> make sure they have sufficient fuel at the beginning of each journey?
>
> Where would the nearest refuelling point be to Oxford station where the
> incident occurred? Aren't there sidings north of the station - do they
> have refuelling capabilities? If there were such facilities, how long
> would it take to add sufficient fuel to allow the train to at least
> complete its journey?
>

I seem to remember a post last year about the same thing happening elsewhere
and the scarcely believable comment that some classes have no fuel gauge at
all in the drivers cab.
Although figures will vary on the work being carried out, what sort of miles
to the gallon does a typical train get? say a HST compared to a 15x, for
example?

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