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Class 802/0 Bi-Mode IET's
This version is equipped with higher Horse-Power (750) than the 800 series.Also larger diesel fuel tanks for the longer distances down to Penzance from Paddington these units will be travelling on a regular basis.
The 07:10 from Penzance to Paddington '1A78' was today a pair of 5-car 802's.802005 leads with 802016 in behind.The lead IET for some reason had its 'cod mouth' front doors left in the open position.A not particularly regular occurrance! Viewed at Berkley Marsh nr Frome.
..26 october 2023..
GWR have reduced the train lengths of several West Country services from 10 to 5 cars simply to magic up additional trains the compensate for the completely premature withdrawal of the entire 'Castle Class' 4-car HST sets.Next Summer will be a nightmare on these services to Cornwall.No doubt standing room only will become the 'norm'----Oh dear! So here is a short-formed '1A77' the 08:35 from Plymouth going to Paddington with 5-car 802020.Until recently this was regularly a 10-car formation....It guess the bean counter win again?
..29 september 2023..
'Plastic' 802016 at Shaldon Bridge shortly after passing through Teignmouth.The train being '2C73' the 11:00 from Cardiff-Central to Penzance.
..4 september 2023..
Here is a reminder of the day to day Dross that now work all the Class-1 passenger services up from the West Country to London-Paddington. Here are 802002/802016 with '1A77' the 08:35 from Plymouth up to Paddington.It's such a shame that this GWR-Green is so terribly dull and crappy unlike the LNER versions working North from Kings-Cross!
..15 june 2023..
IET 10-car comprising of 802018 & 802009 runs very slowly towards its Westbury booked stop.Probably because it was just 5 minutes behind an even slower '7A17' stone working.This one being '1A78' the 07:10 from Penzance bound for Paddington.
..15 february 2023..
This 10-car GWR service was made up with 802005 &802021.It is '1A78' the 07:10 from Penzance going up to the Capital at Paddington.
..18 january 2023..
Here is IET-802106 which until very recently was sporting the 'Lily's Kitchen' colour scheme.Now it has reverted to good old mundane GWR-Sludge Green.Pictured at Clink with a long-long telephoto to overcome the increasingly shadowy cutting here.The train is '1C84' the 14:04 from Paddington bound for Penzance.
..16 january 2023..
Here's something to brighten up at least 50% of one of the sludge-green GWR-IET's. 802106 carries this 'Santa Paws Express' / 'Proper Food for Pets' livery advertising Lily's Kitchen. My first sighting of this incarnation.A GAW being necessary as it is only applied to one end of this 9-car Set so worth a grab show (for now). The working being '1C78' the 11:04 from Paddington to Plymouth.Viewed at Clink nr Frome. As it turned out this livery only lasted for about 8 weeks so his was my only picture of it.Even this was a GAW!
..16 november 2022
GWR IET-802103 cruises through Berkley nr Frome with '1A76' the 06:05 from Penzance going up to Paddington.I find it quite amazing how people with no brains whatsoever are stilll able to operate an aerosol can somehow????
..23 september 2022..
GWR's 802020 the NHS 'tribute' Set passes Berkley with '1A77' the 08:35 from Plymouth to Paddington.
..26 august 2022..
GWR's 802114 speeds up through the increasingly overgrown Clink Cutting with '1A76' the 06:05 from Penzance to Paddington.
..11 august 2022..
In what is turning out to be the longest hottest & driest summer since 1976 (46 yrs ago) evidenced by the very yellowed road and rail verges 9-car 802113 speeds up through Clink with '1A76' the 06:05 from Penzance to Paddington.Thankfully no sign yet of the dreaded palisade fencing here that has just ruined the next bridge up towards London at Pot Lane!
..5 august 2022..
Slowly but surly H&S overkill is closing in on most bridges these days.Whether it is containers,masts or crappy palisade fencing.Here is what is now or rather not possible at Pot lane nr Frome.Pretty poor isn't it.The train is pretyy poor as well,an IET 802110 with '1C75' the 09:37 from Paddington going to Paignton.Oh well,at least the sun was shining!
..8 july 2022..
IET's 802004/803016 with '1A85' the 13:57 from Exeter St Davids to Paddington passes 66558 on '6C58' the 12:22 from Oxford Banbury Road to Whatlley as it waits for that working to clear Clink Junction.All very normal looking on a very abnormal day!
..21 june 2022..
The Covid-Key Workers Tribute Set 802020 paired with 802008 speeds up through Wyke Champflower with '1A78' the 07:10 from Penzance to Paddington. I came to this location for the pair of 47's working the following tour from Penzance to Oxford due about 40 minutes later.True to form after 39.75 minutes of unbroken sun the 47's were screwed by a cloud floater! What can you do????
..7 may 2022..
802010 speeds under the National-Grid power lines on the Frome Avoider working the 12:33 from Paddington to Exeter St Davids.
..22 march 2022..
The 08:35 from Plymouth to Paddington comprising of just one 5-car set passes Clink nr Frome.802013 is seen doing the duty.
..18 march 2022..
'To all our Key Workers' vinyled 802020 motors away from Westbury at Bratton on the B&H working '1A84' the 10:15 from Penzance to Paddington service. Quite conveniently really this short train-set neatly fitted the available gap in the lineside vegetation!
..27 january 2022..
Sadly now a part of the regular local scene are these Class-800's. Here is 9-car 802015 working 1C75' the 09:37 from Paddington to Paignton.Viewed getting under way again after its booked Westbury stop.
..2 december 2021..
'Thank You Key Workers' 802020 along with cohort 802015 run up through Frome at Clink with '1A78' the 07:15 from Penzance to the Capital.Unusually 802020 has its nose doors left open to the elements.I think it probably looks better that way! ..29 november 2021..
Although not featured very often these Class-800's are the regular trains on the services to the West from Paddington. Here is 9-car 802111 speeding West at Pot Lane nr Frome on '1C76' the 10:04 from Paddington to Penzance.At least these working are grafitti-free unlike the majority of the Mendip stone traffic!
..2 november 2021..
'Thank You Key Workers' 802020, led by an unidentified classmate heads West with '1C74' the 09:04 from Paddington going down to Plymouth.Seen approaching Clink Road Junction at Frome.
..21 september 2021..
Running as a single Unit today 802020 'To all our Key Workers-The Nations says Thank You' speeds up through Clink with '1A81' the 10:54 from Paignton nominally going to Paddington but terminated at Reading due to a 'points failure'.
..27 may 2021..
IET 802105 rolls into Westbury with '1C86' the 14:30 from Paddington to Penzance.Nothing else to say really except I used this subject matter purely as a test shot for the pair of Class-37 that were following it! Well it was probably the working of the year for around here so I wanted to get the framing just about right before they appeared1
..21 april 2021.
Single 5-Car IET 802020 'To all our Key Workers---The Nations says Thank You' rattles the points at Clink Road Junction as it passes with '1A81' the 11:46 from Exeter St Davids to Paddington.
..17 april 2021..
802020 'To all our Key Workers-The Nation says Thank-You' races through Berkley Marsh accompanied by 802011 forming the '1C89' 16:37 from Paddington to Penzance.Note the herd of 'Milkers' out enjoying the sunshine and a spot of fresh grazing next to the line here. ..12 april 2021..
Working what is virtually an empty stock movement with about 10 passengers max aboard 802003 operates '1C84' thw 14:04 from Paddington tp Plymouth.Seen passing Masters Crossing nr Fairwood.
..16 march 2021..
A Worm-Double. 802019 & 802002 with '1A78' seen passing Berkley Marsh nr Frome in nice early Spring lighting.It started from penzance at 07:10 going of course to Paddington.
..9 march 2021..
GWR's 9-car 802108 speeds past Frome with '1C84' the 14:04 from Paddington to Penzance.Probably plenty of social distancing going on ih this working with probably just one passenger per coach!
..8 march 2021..
This is the virtually empty '1A77' the 08:35 from Plymouth to Paddington service.Here thr 9-car 802112 speeds through Berkley nr Frome in the bright morning sunlight.
..23 february 2021..
Here's something you don't see very often.'1C77' the 10:35 from Paddington going to Exeter consisting of 802015 leading with 802004 along for the ride with its coupling protection doors left wide open. This is the first time I have seen this since these 800's took over these services to the West last year. Perhaps the door wasn't latched properly and just 'blew' open or it was simply forgotten?
..12 november 2020..
With the IET driver looking like he is practicing for a piano recital '1C78' the 11:04 from paddington to plymouth speeds down the Frome Avoider.The Class-802 Unit identity unknown,not that it matters much anyway!
..6 november 2020..
IET 802106 approaches Fairwood Junction with '1A80' the 08:40 from Plymouth to Paddington.This train being diverted via Exeter-Central and Yeovil due to engineering work at Tiverton.
..29 september 2020..
Nondescript 9-car Clone IET 802112 speeds down past Bunns lane nr Frome with '1C79' the 11:03 from Paddington to Plymouth. Well the sky looks nice anyway!
..13 september 2020..
To All Our Key Workers' 802020 along with 802004 today formed '1A76' the 06:04 from Penzance to Paddington.'020' coming onto the working at Plymouth.Viewed from the now very much overgrown foot crossing at Fairwood nr Westbury.Use of a tall extending ladder is now necessary as shots from the actual crossing are now no longer possible!
..1 september 2020..
IEP pairing 802022/802020 speed down past the grazing cows at berkley nr Frome with '1C88' the 16:03 from Paddington to Plymouth.Note as we are now approaching mid September the traees here are taking on a rather autumnal look!
..12 august 2020..
To all our Key Workers-The Nation says Thank-You' 802020 along with 802005 today formed '1C89' the 16:37 from Paddington to Plymouth.here passing Berkley Marsh in the early evening sunlight.
..17 august 2020..
The 'Key Workers' tribute set 802020 along with 802014 speeds past Clink with '1C74' the 0904 Paddington to Plymouth.This train lost 7 minutes at Westbury as the Avoider there is closed due to track-heat issues making it run via the Station at much reduced speed!
..7 august 2020..
802020 'To All Our Key Workers' along with 802008 speeds down the Frome Avoider at Styles Hill with '1C76' the 10:04 from Paddington to Penzance.Nice to have something in the local 'plastic' fleet that breaks up the monotony of the bland GWR--Green!
..29 july 2020..
802020 'Thank You Key Workers' rolls through Berkley woth '1A94' the 16:50 from Plymouth to Paddington,802003 being the other unit involved.
..20 july 2020..
'To All Our Key Workers -The Nation Says Thank-You'---So the script goes that is now adorning both sides and ends of 802020.Here it is seen going east along with 802003 on '1A78'' the 07:10' from Plymouth to Paddington at Berkley nr Frome. At least this vinyl decoration makes a change from the endless blandness of the majority of the GWR fleet. ..20 july 2020..
The NHS 'Thanks' adorned 802020 passes Masters Crossing on the approach to Westbury working '1A86' the 13:15 from Plymouth to Paddington.Somewhat backlit but good enough to show off the new vinyls on this Class-800.
..12 july 2020..
GWR's 802103 9-car speeds up the Frome Avoider with 1A76' the 06:12 from Penzance to Paddington.Only the full-bloom Rose-Bay Willow Herb and Simpson Sky convinced me to press the shutter!
..11 july 2020..
9-car Plastic 802103 approaches Fairwood Junction with '1A79' the 06:47 from Penzance to Paddington.
..21 june 2019..
With the country slowly starting to come out of 'Lockdown' GWR are now beginning to re-deploy their 9-car plastics again on the West Country route. Here is 802109 with '1A73' the 06:52 from Plymouth to Paddington at Berkley Marsh nr Frome.
..9 june 2020..
Since the 'lockdown' on the 23 March passenger traffic loadings have dwindled to almost nothing.hence all the services out of Paddington to the West Country are now just 5-cars instead of the usual 9 or 10.Even so these trains are running pretty much empty.God knows what the losses are currently for GWR,They must be huge! So here is 802019 with '1C84' the 14:04 from Paddington to Plymouth speeding past Frome.Pictured after an 'exercise' cycle ride from my home 1.5 miles away.
..23 april 2020..
GWR-IET combo 802017/802008 powered by several thousand horsepower passes a single horsepower adjacent to the line at Fairwood nr Westbury.It is working '1C84' the 14:04 from Paddington to Penzance,
..6 march 2020..
Plastic-fantastic combo 802010-802011 speed west through Patney working '1C80' the 12:04 from Paddington to Penzance.
..3 march 2020..
A single GWR 5-car 802008 today formed '1C84' the 14:04 from Paddington to Penzance.For sure there are quite a few unhappy passengers having to endure standing as just 5 coaches.This is certainly insufficient for a service of this importance.Viewed passing Great Cheverell nr Lavington on the B&H.
..27 february 2020..
A meeting of a couple of the more recent livery styles now seen around the Westbury area. 802011 'Capt Robert Falcon Scott' brings up the rear of '1A87' the 12:55 from Plymouth going to Paddington whilsr a seriously grubby 159013 passes the other way going to Yeovil-Pen Mill from Waterloo as '1V35'.Viewed at Fairwood Junction nr westbury.
15 october 2019..
802102 pokes it big pointy nose out from under the road bridge at Woodborough operating '1C81' the 12:33 from Paddington to Taunton.The original plan was to picture '6C58' from here but the long shadows off the very tall trees here at this location scuppered that idea.This shot being a minor consolation prize!
..19 september 2019..
'IET' 802111 sweeps round the curves on the approach from the west to Great Cheverell on the B&H.These 9-car units now monopolize the Paddington to the West Country services.This one was operating '1A85' the 10:00 from Penzance to Paddington.
..13 september 2019..
This is the first time I have pictured '1A79' the 06:47 from Penzance to Paddington since the demise of the HST's on this duty at the end of May just over 3 months ago.Nowadays it is a 9-car IEP,this one being 802110. Nuff said!
..4 september 2019..
5-car 802012 along with an unseen 802011 speed away from Fairwood-Junction nr Westbury working '1C82' the 13:03 from Paddington to Penzance.Sadly these 'things' are so mundane I usually look the other way but today I made an exception just to remind viewers what a boring situation passenger services now to Plymouth and beyond have become!
..12 august 2019..
Here is a double dose of Japo-Plastic 802012/802019 running down the Frome Avoider with '1C84' the 14:03 from Paddington to Penzance.This service held out to the very last day of HST operation to the west but is now boring,bland and as of monday this week barely worth a glance!
..21 may 2019..
Class 802 series Worm No-112 crawls through Great Cheverell with '1A81' the 07:41 from Paignton to Paddington.
..14 may 2019..
GWR 9-car Plastic-Pig 802102 leans into the curve at Crofton with '1C81' the 12:33 from Paddington going only as far as Taunton.Note the Crofton Pumping Station chimney standing proud in the distance.
..13 may 2019..
9-car Class 800-IET 802102 rolls towards journeys end at Frome with '1J91' the evening 'stopper' from Paddington that departed there at 17:07. When compared with the recently introduced LNER versions with their quite impressive livery styling you realise just what an depressing sight this GWR-Green presents as a public image.I suppose it reflects the GWR company--------dull and unimaginative.
..25 april 2019..
Quite honestly I think the field of Oilseed Rape here in the fields at Bratton on the B&H to be of more interest than this pair of Hitachi-Plastics! Just for the record they were 802003 & 802013 working '1C78' the 11:03 out of Paddington going down to Plymouth.
..22 april 2019..
Here is a seemingly brand new Class 802108 rolling fairly slowly down through Berkley Marsh nr Frome.The working '1C76' the 10:03 from Paddington to Penzance was already late by nearly 30 minutes and would be delayed even further (another hour) whilst it diverted via Yeovil to Exeter due to the line closure at Stoke Cannon because of a fatal on the road crossing there.
..28 march 2019..
802102,one of the 9-car sets specifically designed to run on the Paddington to Penzance long distance route is seen passing Lock-60 at Crofton with the 11:21 from Taunton to Paddington '1A80' service.
..25 february 2019..
Here is a Pile of Plastic from Hitachi that is now taking over most of the former HST duties on the GWR.Only a couple of months at most and these Class-800's will have superceeded the venerable HST's for ever! 802015 paired with 802007 form a 10-car working the '1A76' 09:20 from Taunton to Paddington.Seen at Grafton East Jn at Crofton off the buttress of a long disused occupation bridge that had its 'bridge' decking removed a year or so ago.
..26 february 2019..
This is a '802' pairing 802012 &802020 making up the 09:20 from Taunton to Paddington 'fill-in' service whilst the line west of Taunton is closed.10 carriages of almost silent soulless japanese GWR plastic. Seen nr Crofton on the B&H.
..25 february 2019..
GWR's IET-pairing 802006/802005 gets away from Westbury at Fairwood with '1C84' the 12:57 from Paddington going only as far as Truro.Presumably the line between there and Penzance being closed for some kind of engineering requirement.
..10 february 2019..
IET's 802015/802005 today operated '1C76' the 10:03 from Paddington to Penzance.Here passing Bratton on the B&H, Well the sun was out wasn't it?
..28 january 2019..
802018/802019 pass Hungerford Loop with a working designated as '1Z81' from Newton Abbot to Paddington.It ran up from Penzance (07:41 off) as '1A81' as far as NTA.There was a fatality at Starcross around that time so that may have had something to do with it?
..17 january 2019..
Well known photographer Tony Callaghan strides across the Common at Hungerford studiously ignoring the speeding Hitachi Unit 802021 as it zips by working '1A77' the 05:41 from Penzance to Paddington.
..17 january 2019..
Oh-dear! This is my first sighting of an IEP-set working a Paddington to Penzance train during the Monday to Friday period.Not long to go then before the good old HST's get eliminated completely! Here are 802008 and 802007 with '1C80' the 12:03 from Paddington to Penzance seen at Berkley nr Frome.
..14 november 2018..
Here is my first sighting of a Paddington to Plymouth service via the B&H being operated by a couple of Hitachi-Plastic-Pigs.This pair being from the '802' series nos 005 & 003.Seen here at Berkley Marsh nr Frome working '1C76' the 09:03 from Paddington to Plymouth. General concensus is that by mid-November these trains will be 100% IET's. A pity.
..29 september 2018..
With the sun sinking fast in the west this IET-combo 802005/802003 passes Witham Friary working '1C89' the 16:33 from Paddington to Exeter. All very clean and shiny,it probably has only been in service a few days.
..17 september 2018..
802001 on'5X91' the 11:07 from Penzance to Exeter St Davids rolls into Truro on the training run.The 800-Set stops,the guard gets out,looks up and down and then gives the 'right-away'.All good practice for revenue earning service due to commence in about 5-weeks time.All done under the control of century + old semaphore signals-Now there's a paradox!
..6 june 2018.
IEP-802001 stands in the terminus at Penzance ready to work '5X91' the 11:07 from here to Exeter St Davids test-run.A scene that in the years to come will become all too familier unfortunately.
..6 june 2018..
With service trains from Paddington to Penzance via the B&H set to start changing over to IEP operation in the middle of next month test trains are now running regularly in the far west presumably for driver familiarisation/training. So here is 802001 rolling into Penzance with '5X89' the 07:05 from Laira to Penzance.
..6 june 2018..
For me this shot is quite significant because it is my first sighting of an 802 version of the IET trains now being dragged into service on the GWR.These versions were designed particularly for use down to Cornwall from Paddington where 80% of the mileage (give or take) will be under diesel power.The engines are therefore 940hp each instead of 750.Also the fuel tanks are rather bigger to (hopefully) cope with the long long journey distances.This pair 802001 & 802002 are seen passing Swindon on test from North Pole IEP Depot down to Taunton as '5Z19'.Note no GWR-logo's are as yet applied!