NR Mk3 on low loader near Yeading heading towards M4?

[gage75]

Have just seen a NR MKIII on a low loader at Yeading on the A312 heading towards the M4,

Would anyone know the start or finish points of this particular journey???

 

[Phil.]

It's going from here to there with a stop in between.

 

[StripeyNick]

Given where you saw it, I'm assuming it's going from Old Oak Common.

A Network Rail one you say?

 

[gage75]

Definitely a NR one, given that it said Network Rail on the side and was yellow

 

[ExRes]

New stock for the Northern franchise ?

 

[168lover]

Well there was a network rail mark 3 being shunted around old oak yesterday so probably that

 

[455driver]

Did it have a for sale sign on it?
Maybe somebody bought an old one, painted it yellow and is trying to flog it on Ebay!

 

[No Fault Found]

It's been at Old Oak since before christmas. It was taken there for tyre turning and has been sitting waiting collection since. It also looks to have been recently overhauled.

Not sure where it was going though.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

The logical destination would surely be Derby?

 

[grumblingalong]

The logical destination would surely be Derby?

This is Network Rail - Logic not applicable.

 

[scotsman]

Well, part of the NMT was in Heaton yesterday, and at least one of it's powercars was in Craigentinny.

 

[najaB]

The logical destination would surely be Derby?

So Liara it is then!

 

[CarltonA]

I managed to get a close look at a NR inspection train at Banbury on Saturday. This one consisted of mostly Mk II vehicles led by a driving car and had a 37 (057?) propelling on the rear. They did a driver change on plat 2 so I had a nosey through the windows, fascinating stuff. What does this particular train do?

 

[StripeyNick]

I managed to get a close look at a NR inspection train at Banbury on Saturday. This one consisted of mostly Mk II vehicles led by a driving car and had a 37 (057?) propelling on the rear. They did a driver change on plat 2 so I had a nosey through the windows, fascinating stuff. What does this particular train do?

There are a few different test trains that do different things. I'd love to know more about them.

One for example is a structure gauging train. The NMT measures the rails in various ways I think.

 

[DarloRich]

I managed to get a close look at a NR inspection train at Banbury on Saturday. This one consisted of mostly Mk II vehicles led by a driving car and had a 37 (057?) propelling on the rear. They did a driver change on plat 2 so I had a nosey through the windows, fascinating stuff. What does this particular train do?

depends which train it is. there are several types