RailAdventure Power Cars

[ExRes]

Cn anybody tell me the numbers of the two barrier vans please?

One contributor to Rail Record shows them as 96 70 0096 605-1 (96605) and 96 70 0096 603-6 (96603)

43468 & 43480 and 20007 & 20142 worked 0501 6Z78 Kirkdale CS to Kidderminster SVR with the barrier vans

 

[Bob Price]

Just passed the Kidderminster webcam. Looking good as usual

 

[childwallblues]

One contributor to Rail Record shows them as 96 70 0096 605-1 (96605) and 96 70 0096 603-6 (96603)

43468 & 43480 and 20007 & 20142 working 0501 6Z78 Kirkdale CS to Kidderminster SVR with the barrier vans

Thank you very much for your reply.

 

[43096]

Thank you for this valuable info. I have added to my list.

And to add to your list...

RailAdventure bought power cars 43306/307/316/320 last year. These are the four that have been re-activated at Kidderminster by RailAdventure engineers and are being sold on for export.

 

[The_Train]

Are 20142 & 20189 on an official secondment to Rail Adventure at the moment or are they just spot hiring them?

 

[jimmylow]

And to add to your list...

RailAdventure bought power cars 43306/307/316/320 last year. These are the four that have been re-activated at Kidderminster by RailAdventure engineers and are being sold on for export.

Thanks for the info. That's interesting that they bought and sold for export.
Do you have more details on these 4 - EVN, ex-owner or livery, whom these were sold to (operator, country?

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Are 20142 & 20189 on an official secondment to Rail Adventure at the moment or are they just spot hiring them?

I wonder the same too as I seen this post on RailAdventure (UK) Facebook.
Does RailAdventure UK own other tractions other than the HST Class 43?

Rgds Jimmy

 

[43096]

Thanks for the info. That's interesting that they bought and sold for export.
Do you have more details on these 4 - EVN, ex-owner or livery, whom these were sold to (operator, country?

No EVNs carried (but they are allocated as 92 70 0043 3xx-y), previous owner was Angel Trains, livery is old Virgin East Coast (like 43296/308) and are likely bound for Mexico.

 

[43096]

I wonder the same too as I seen this post on RailAdventure (UK) Facebook.
Does RailAdventure UK own other tractions other than the HST Class 43?

It’s a short-term hire, so not owned by RailAdventure.

 

[The_Train]

It’s a short-term hire, so not owned by RailAdventure.

Apologies for heading slightly off topic, but my records for the 2x 20s in question show them as having joined SLC Operations in Dec 2021. Am I right in thinking that Rail Adventure took over SLC Operations and therefore this is the same lease but now just under the new umbrella?

 

[43096]

Apologies for heading slightly off topic, but my records for the 2x 20s in question show them as having joined SLC Operations in Dec 2021. Am I right in thinking that Rail Adventure took over SLC Operations and therefore this is the same lease but now just under the new umbrella?

RA did indeed buy SLC Operations. It’s not the same lease: the locos were hired before and as above this is a new short-term hire.

 

[jimmylow]

It’s a short-term hire, so not owned by RailAdventure.

That's also interesting information as I tracked the locomotives that they hired on short-term in Europe.

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No EVNs carried (but they are allocated as 92 70 0043 3xx-y), previous owner was Angel Trains, livery is old Virgin East Coast (like 43296/308) and are likely bound for Mexico.

Great. I will add them to my list but I wonder how should I classify them? Short-term ownership and resold?

 

[43096]

That's also interesting information as I tracked the locomotives that they hired on short-term in Europe.

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Great. I will add them to my list but I wonder how should I classify them? Short-term ownership and resold?

What record does 127001 hold? As I understand it the record electric locomotive speed was 331km/h set by SNCF BB9004 in 1955. This was only surpassed in 2006 by the Siemens ES64U4 that is now numbered 1216025 with a 357km/h run. Bringing this back on topic, that 2006 run was effectively the start of what is now the RailAdventure business.

 

[jimmylow]

What record does 127001 hold? As I understand it the record electric locomotive speed was 331km/h set by SNCF BB9004 in 1955. This was only surpassed in 2006 by the Siemens ES64U4 that is now numbered 1216025 with a 357km/h run. Bringing this back on topic, that 2006 run was effectively the start of what is now the RailAdventure business.

According to Wiki:
The prototype 127 001 was produced to test the three-phase AC drive in electric locomotives and can therefore be described as the "mother" of the current Siemens three-phase AC locomotives. With a speed of 310 km/h, the 127 001 set a new world record for three-phase AC locomotives on August 6, 1993 on the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed line between Würzburg and Fulda.

This is different from the other world record set in 2006 carried out by the people who then started RailAdventure.

 

[The_Train]

RA did indeed buy SLC Operations. It’s not the same lease: the locos were hired before and as above this is a new short-term hire.

Thanks - do you happen to know when the initial hire in with SLC ended and what happened to them afterwards? Presumably they just went back to Michael Owen?

 

[jimmylow]

And to add to your list...

RailAdventure bought power cars 43306/307/316/320 last year. These are the four that have been re-activated at Kidderminster by RailAdventure engineers and are being sold on for export.

Thanks. NVR updated https://german87ac.com/railadventure-fleet-register/

Are 43 467 and 43 423 still at Eastleigh Works for repainting? Any idea when these will be put into service?

Have a good weekend ahead!

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The 2 Class 44 HST 43 484 + 43 468 that went to Germany in October 2021. They carrried Hanson&Hall "HH" logo at that time but have since been removed.

[DE / NL] RailAdventure mobile Messe - class 43 in Germany! [updated]

No InnoTrans, no transport logistic... What do you do when the big expos are cancelled, and you still want to meet your clients in person? You pay them a visit! This year again, RailAdventure organises a mobile roadshow, inviting its contacts and customers to its Luxon dome car, for a good conversat

railcolornews.com

 

[ExRes]

Thursday 18th January - 43468 & 43480 and 43465 & 43484 worked 1227 5Z37 Kidderminster SVR to Soho LMD with two NVA barrier vans, 1710 5Q38 to Tyseley LMD with 323201 for tyre turning and 1915 5Z39 to Kings Norton OTPD

Sunday 21st January - 43468 & 43480 and 43465 & 43484 worked 1254 5Z43 Kings Norton OTPD to Tyseley LMD with two NVA barrier vans, 1549 5Q44 to Soho LMD with 323201 after tyre turning and 1805 5Z45 to Kings Norton OTPD

Wednesday 24th January - 43465 & 43480 and 43468 & 43484 worked 0811 0Z76 Kings Norton OTPD to Wembley Receptions 1-7 and 1330 6Q77 to Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings with 777029, 777043 & 777045 and the barrier array



** Updated Friday 26th January **


43465 & 43480 and 43468 & 43484 worked 0645 6Z81 Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings to Wembley Receptions 1-7 with the barrier array and 1333 0Z82 to Kings Norton OTPD



** Updated Monday 29th January **


43465 & 43480 and 43468 & 43484 worked 0642 0Z43 Kings Norton OTPD to Kidderminster SVR and 0914 6Z44 to Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings with 2 NVA barrier vans



** Updated Tuesday 30th January **


43465 & 43480 and 43468 & 43484 worked 0749 6Q45 Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings to Long Marston with 777029 and NVA barrier vans



** Updated Wednesday 31st January **


43465 & 43480 and 43468 & 43484 worked 0930 5Z46 Long Marston to Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings with 2 NVA barrier vans

 

[ExRes]

43465 & 43484 and 43468 & 43480 worked 0752 6Q47 Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings to Long Marston with 777043 & 777045 and 2 NVA barrier vans

 

[Jamesrob637]

43465 & 43480 and 43468 & 43484 working 0752 6Q47 Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings to Long Marston with 777043 & 777045 and 2 NVA barrier vans

That's the wrong way for Merseyside

 

[ExRes]

That's the wrong way for Merseyside

The way things are going with the 777s it might be a stopover on the way to Newport ........


43465 & 43484 and 43468 & 43480 worked 0930 5Z48 Long Marston to Kings Norton OTPD with the NVA barrier vans



** Updated Thursday 8th February **


43468 & 43480 worked 0942 0Z43 Kings Norton OTPD to Gascoigne Wood Sidings

 

[ExRes]

43468 & 43480 worked 0500 4Z44 Gascoigne Wood Sidings to Wembley Receptions 1-7 hauling 11 IFA flats via ECML



** Updated Wednesday 14th February **


43465 & 43484 worked 0942 0Z43 Kings Norton OTPD to Gascoigne Wood Sidings

43468 & 43480 worked 1130 0Z76 Wembley HS to Wembley Receptions 1-7 and 1330 6Q77 to Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings hauling 777037, 777039 & 777041 and the barriers



** Updated Thursday 15th February **


43468 & 43480 worked 0625 6Q78 Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings to Long Marston hauling 777037, 777039 & 777041 and the barriers

43465 & 43484 worked 1407 0Z44 Gascoigne Wood Sidings to Kings Norton OTPD



** Updated Friday 16th February **


43468 & 43480 worked 0930 6Z79 Long Marston to Wembley Receptions 1-7 with the barrier array and 20007 which was dropped off at Kidderminster

 

[jimmylow]

Does anyone know if RailAdventure HST 434 80 has Valenta or MTU engine? I am deciding which type of sound decoder to get for the Hornby power car.

Thanks.

 

[Hairy Bear]

Does anyone know if RailAdventure HST 434 80 has Valenta or MTU engine? I am deciding which type of sound decoder to get for the Hornby power car.

Thanks.

Mtu. Definate

 

[43096]

Does anyone know if RailAdventure HST 434 80 has Valenta or MTU engine? I am deciding which type of sound decoder to get for the Hornby power car.

Thanks.

All the RailAdventure power cars have MTU 16V4000 R41 engines.

 

[jimmylow]

All the RailAdventure power cars have MTU 16V4000 R41 engines.

Mtu. Definate

Thanks guys for your quick replies.

Regards Jimmy

 

[ExRes]

43468 & 43480 worked 1307 0Z43 Wembley HS to Eastleigh Arlington (ZG)

 

[Christmas]

As they are fitted with buffers, two power cars coupled together are essentially like one big locomotive? I've not been following this thread

 

[Peter Mugridge]

As they are fitted with buffers, two power cars coupled together are essentially like one big locomotive? I've not been following this thread

Yes, that's pretty much how they're being used - as a twin locomotive.

 

[43096]

43480/467 + 43423/468 should be working 0Z44 1543 Eastleigh Arlington to Kidderminster S.V.R. later today.

Realtime Trains | 0Z44 1543 Eastleigh Arlington (Zg) to Kidderminster S.V.R. | 21/02/2024

Real-time train running information for 0Z44 1543 departure from Eastleigh Arlington (Zg) to Kidderminster S.V.R. on 21/02/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

 

[ExRes]

0Z44 made it to Kidderminster without drama with 468 & 480 top and tailing as reported by @43096 have to say I'm really really surprised that 423 & 467 are still in EMR blue, they were both pictured rubbed down some months ago so I was fully expecting them to be in RA livery today



** Updated Friday 23rd February **


43468 & 43480 worked 1212 0Z45 Kidderminster SVR to Kings Norton OTPD with 20205 DIT

 

[Neo9320]

Just passed kings Norton on a train, looks busy. Nice to see the 2 class 20’s there