| TfW: carriage washing. Posted by Mark A at 16:17, 11th January 2026 |     |
Thinking back to last week's travel, are there parts of their network other than the lines serving mid-Wales and the Cambrian Coast for which TfW do not have the kit to wash train exteriors (at least, presumably the depot at Machynlleth does not have a carriage washer otherwise they'd surely be using it). I recall the shorter distance trains that run to Warrington as being clean, the valley lines metro train from Merthyr was squeaky clean, or had started out that way, and the Cardiff - Manchester services were clean. Not sure where the trains that run via the likes of Builth Road are serviced or their current state of exterior cleanliness, at one time they weren't brilliant.
Mark
| Re: TfW: carriage washing. Posted by ChrisB at 16:24, 11th January 2026 | |
I would imagine that carriage washers have been frozen solid since Christmas?
| Re: TfW: carriage washing. Posted by bobm at 19:11, 11th January 2026 | |
Even if not completely frozen you wouldn’t want ice encrusted brushes flailing the bodywork. Be akin to Basil
Fawlty and his tree branch.
