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the 2346 ex Moorgate runs to Letchworth (via Hertford) for stock balancing reasons. It gets there at 0109 taking 1h23m. I bets thats fun on a friday night!
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C18553/2026-08-12/detailed#allox_id=0
If the MHR gala a few years ago is anything to go by, expect one full liner per day and the equivalent of brake can rides to the sidings the rest of the day. The batteries in the MLVs are not built for sustained running for long periods of time.
Still absolutely worth visiting for!
The southern ECS to the up and down goods loops are just there for driver route knowledge retention, if the driver on the day doesn't need a refresher, there's no need for the train to run
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/first-gbr-anglia-trains-unveiled-as-greater-anglia-and-c2c-merge-91170/
That's a suprise, a pleasant one! Nice to see a bit of joined up thinking. I wonder if this will spread to say SN & SE 377s, especially as they are both maintained out of Selhurst Depot
TfW have cancelled all trains to Aberystwyth tomorrow, a bit of an overreaction?
https://tfw.wales/ways-to-travel/rail?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17300841040&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsMLSBhD9ARIsAIpUTDqICbCY8lbIG4cuZ6OqrY80-lIOR49f9BFUDrnrPyIyWHtJxvRhrpoaAntLEALw_wcB
I heard a story from a signaller friend in Vic ASC, something had gone wrong and the bi di on the WLL needed using. The driver of a LO train stopped at the signal (with the route to the other road) rung the box to say he didn't sign the down road in the up direction......
After a southern train...
At risk of looking at this too simply, TL344 was at double yellow, so TL342 would be single yellow and TL294 at red protecting the junction. Wouldn't that be the normal expected situation? Or an I missing something?