Recent content by Wyrleybart

Good. So presumably not so long at Newton Aycliffe then

Presume 810003+004 are "empty" and will need interiors installed and all the latest software uploaded before they leave Merchant Park ? Where did the Elstow victim get moved to ? Thanks for the update

I believe 220027 is a long term stopper needing a new cab. Car 60701 in 220001 also has significant problems so CA have swapped he 607xx cars over so that when 220027 gets repaired they will need to fic 60701 in it.

Did 175103 ever make it out of Wolverton ? I think I read that is the first green one.

Yes. I suppose Heidi would have to be the mouthpiece but the fleet clearly were never going to be match fit, even if there was adequate and timely crew training. to introduce them. Running two car DMUs on the mainline in Devon and Cornwall in the height of the Summer season is plain crazy, but...

Thanks very much to "zwk500" for the video - really really useful. There is one puzzle I have had for years, and which doesn't actually apply to our UK trains - how do the stacks of containers get locked together on "doublestacks" and on ships. I am assuming there are locking brackety type...

Yes. I did mean Kingswinford Junction.

Not read the book so not sure if there is a mention of an incident on tbe bank one night involving the 2x37 bankers. A driver working a freight from Gloucester to Bescot which was diagrammed a "small engine" a 25 or a 31 but cant remember. This driver was having a lot of issues going on at home...

Like all other operators of slam door passenger stock have. A real no brainer really but the words "goose" "Golden egg" and "Jacobite" seem to resonate in my head. During the winters of 2024 and 2025 David Smith could have had 12 or 14 Mk 1s in the works and fitted them with (vacuum /...

Can anyone please hint at how things might work for non NXWM bus companies in the region like Diamond. Quite few years ago the 31 and 32 circulars between Walsall and Bloxwich were set up as West Midlands Bus with red liveried 12 and 62 plate Wright Eclipses. The NXWM fleet still tensd to work...

Last night we had our first rain in South Staffs in months. My cat came in soaking wet which I found odd !!

How many are Northern having ? because they didnt take all the 323s

Interesting snippet. Who operates Ferme Park depot ? Hitachi maybe ? Assume it is based on what level of service Lumo have agreed with Hitachi for the 222s. Another factor might be that the 222 simply cannot get to the CET pad due to planned Azuma activity there.

7 out of 21, albeit one of the fleet probably wont ever return to traffic but we ae still talking about 33.333% in service - out of a fleet of modern Siemens units which are pretty amazing. Perhaps they should dig a couple of pairs of 350/2s out of Long Marston.

In fact the class 222 is more similar to the class 220. Neither have tilt and both have the same inside framed bogies. Were DFTO to be fully operational with both XC and EMR in house, a simple "old Railway" move would have been to diagram the six ex AWC class 221s to class 220 diagrams...