{"id":2834,"date":"2022-08-24T16:01:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2022-08-24T16:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:01:46","slug":"from-the-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=2834","title":{"rendered":"From The Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wednesday 17th August to Tuesday 23rd August 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We went to a meal on Saturday evening with friends and as a parting gift, we were all given a personalised cup cake, which was a lovely thought. Mine was a train. No idea why! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As responsible paw-rents, we did not allow Yoshi to taste the cup cakes, although as you can see, he was very interested in trying. Look, it’s been a quiet week, humour me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With two days of strike action by RMT members during this period, there has not been much notable activity on Yoshi’s home patch. A scheduled steam rail tour to Weymouth on Thursday 18th August, the first of the strike days was cancelled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Work replacing sleepers and re-ballasting continues on the Hamworthy Branch. Although the branch is still cut off, a “stop” sign protecting the main line was in evidence on 18th August 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

South Western Railway’s recent release of its 2022\/23 business plan did not include any plans for the introduction of their long delayed \u00a31 billion fleet of 90 new Class 701 EMU’s, with only the hope that the Arterio trains would see service as soon as possible. The trains, built at Alstom in Derby, had been scheduled to enter traffic in 2019 but have been plagued with faults preventing the start of driver training and train acceptance. Without the new rolling stock, SWR are unable to operate a full pre-COVID timetable and with overall passenger numbers at 70% of pre-COVID levels any previous plans to increase services in December 2022 have been deferred. On Wednesday 17th August, we caught a glimpse of SWR Class 701 No. 701048 on a mileage accumulation run at Poole:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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