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    Transpennine Express decide not to use MK3's on limited services

    Thanks, now that I have found you guys I will probably be here quite often. There looks to be some interesting stuff and a lot of the guys appear to know more about what is happening than the official sources. BTW do the Class 68's have a nickname, when we saw them on Sunday night we were...
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    Transpennine Express decide not to use MK3's on limited services

    Yes and it was cold. I got the short straw being underneath MDL1/8 at Ravensthorpe whilst my mate got to ride in a nice warm cab helping the driver to dispose of his biscuits.
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    Transpennine Express decide not to use MK3's on limited services

    This was a test train comprising top and tail 68's with 4 MK3 coaches. We had it running between Huddersfield and Leeds, 4 trips in each direction at various speeds to monitor the effect on some of our bridges. I attach a picture of it at Pl12 in Leeds.
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