"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
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You'd prefer the entire train to be withdrawn from service?

No. I'd prefer that the entire car was locked out of use. Be sensible,
Robin.

It's not very good from the customer point of view having the guts of the
car on show - however safe equipment is, it often doesn't look very good
in
the 'raw metal/grease'. The guys were struggling to pay attention to what
was occurring with the wheelsets, with customers getting in their way from
both sides and, from the other point of view, some of the female
passengers
were looking distinctly unhappy about the possibility of getting grease on
their posh frocks.

There's no way to 'lock out' carriages. You can stop the passenger doors
from opening on one car but people will just use the interconnecting door to
access it anyway.