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GWR Class 150's - workings and future plans.

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Firstly do the GWR class 150's have any regular work out of the west country (primarily Devon & Cornwall) and if so what depot's still sign them?

Secondly are there any firm plans for replacement of these units? Any details appreciated.
 
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83G/84D said:
Firstly do the GWR class 150's have any regular work out of the west country (primarily Devon & Cornwall) and if so what depot's still sign them?

Secondly are there any firm plans for replacement of these units? Any details appreciated.
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St Ives, Falmouth, Newquay, Liskeard and Gunnislake are all diagrammed as 150s, as is a fair chunk of the Paignton - Exmouths
 
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Anonymous10 said:
do you mean are there any 150 diagrams outside of cornwall and devon like for example Cardiff- Penzance ect which they have worked before
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No I was wondering if there is any current regular diagrams that take them out of Devon and Cornwall.
 
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JN114 said:
St Ives, Falmouth, Newquay, Liskeard and Gunnislake are all diagrammed as 150s, as is a fair chunk of the Paignton - Exmouths
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Not forgetting the Okehampton services too.

As for any services taking them out of D&C, I don't think there is any diagrammed services now - a lot of the Devon > Somerset services seem to be either HST or Turbo's.
 
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fgwrich said:
Not forgetting the Okehampton services too.

As for any services taking them out of D&C, I don't think there is any diagrammed services now - a lot of the Devon > Somerset services seem to be either HST or Turbo's.
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do they still operate to cardiff or is that all 158 and hst now
 
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Sometimes they run from great malvern to Brighton but I haven't seen this in a while.
 
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83G/84D said:
Firstly do the GWR class 150's have any regular work out of the west country (primarily Devon & Cornwall) and if so what depot's still sign them?

Secondly are there any firm plans for replacement of these units? Any details appreciated.
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Not the definitive answer by any means but GWR class 150 allocations as of c.09:00 11/12/2021 were as follows:

150202: 2A07 09:24 St Erth-St Ives
150207: 2F12 09:22 Paignton-Exmouth (with 150249)
150216: 2T11 08:55 Exmouth-Paignton (with 150246)
150219: 2B73 08:13 Exeter Central-Barnstaple (with 150232)
150221: 2F11 08:40 Paignton-Exmouth (with 150243)
150232: 2B73 08:13 Exeter Central-Barnstaple (with 150219)
150233: Not allocated
150234: 2L74 09:02 Looe-Liskeard
150238: 2F71 09:15 Truro-Falmouth Docks
150239: Exeter TMD before working 5C20 then 2C20 11:27 Exeter St Davids-Penzance
150243: 2F11 08:40 Paignton-Exmouth (with 150221)
150244: 2T12 09:25 Exmouth-Paignton (with 158765)
150246: 2T11 08:55 Exmouth-Paignton (with 150216)
150247: 2G76 09:14 Gunnislake-Plymouth
150248: 2N02 09:25 Par-Newquay
150249: 2F12 09:22 Paignton-Exmouth (with 150207)
150261: Plymouth before working 5C54 then 2C54 18:35 Plymouth-Penzance
150263: 2E72 09:45 Oakhampton-Exeter St Davids
150265: 2T70 09:15 Falmouth Docks-Truro
150266: Not allocated

As @HamworthyGoods points out, 2F05 (05:20 Bristol Temple Meads-Exmouth) is worked by a 150 on a Saturday – it was 150207 this morning having arrived in Bristol on 2M73 (ex-21:47 from Exeter St Davids) on Friday. Allocations prior to 2F12 as listed above were:

11/12/2021:
2T08 07:25 Exmouth-Paignton
2F05 05:20 Bristol Temple Meads-Exmouth
5F05 04:51 St Philips Marsh-Bristol Temple Meads

10/12/2021:
5M73 23:22 Bristol Temple Meads-St Philips Marsh (with 158957 & 158769)
2M73 21:47 Exeter St Davids-Bristol Temple Meads (with 158757 & 158769)
 
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83G/84D said:
Firstly do the GWR class 150's have any regular work out of the west country (primarily Devon & Cornwall) and if so what depot's still sign them?

Secondly are there any firm plans for replacement of these units? Any details appreciated.
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I'm expecting the 'The 150's are going nowhere' answer but being realistic they won't last forever. How much longer can they go on for?
 
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I am extremely grateful to 47476NightMail for the detailed summing up of today's allocations.

The working of a 150 to Bristol must be for a specific purpose. Anyone have details?

150233 and 150266 haven't appeared for at least the last week. Presumably they are on Exeter depot with some serious issue?

Generally from what I glean from RTT between 4 and 6 150s are currently out of action each day.
 
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I need 150202 to complete both the GWR fleet and the 150 Class, and therefore I’m very interested when 150s venture off course as I live in Cardiff
 
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TrainTrackJack said:
They did but Gloucester drivers don’t sign them now, hence they won’t venture up the northern end of the Worcs - Wessex route.
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Fratton crews have also surrendered their traction knowledge, so that rules out Brighton.

One did appear on a Portsmouth - Cardiff working earlier this year (I think, time flies these days!); it was one of the FGW liveried sets too, so there were a fair few comments about it being like a timewarp!
 
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TT-ONR-NRN said:
I need 150202 to complete both the GWR fleet and the 150 Class, and therefore I’m very interested when 150s venture off course as I live in Cardiff
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You probably need to give us a week or two's notice for when you are going to chase it then, and maybe we can pin it down for you
 
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The Newquay Branch has been without trains all day today. RTT indicates a staffing issue whilst GWR's Journey Check states it is a motive power (Class 150) one. I believe it to be the latter but can anyone confirm?
 
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