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to be fair all but 6 of the 171s are going to EMR, not necessarily replacing the 158s but a mix. I though it was rather unlikely as well but according to the source southern is looking for a replacement with higher acceleration and gangways, at the same time with that criteria the replacement...
Yeah it came from reading traincare. The loco seems to have arrived at reading from Leicester L.I.P around an hour before departing for ilford. Not sure if DRS have any trains at leicester but I know that ROG have 57s in a blue, sort of similar, livery to DRS. According to real-time trains the...
387134 Arrived at ilford E.M.U.D at 1:30 PM today, seemingly not under it's own power. Looks like it came with a locomotive from Leicester L.I.P, where europhenix and ROG have many trains.
in the Doctor Who Episode flatline (2014) what looks like a BR green 121 or 122 appears in CGI form, interestingly set in modern day Bristol. also it's headcode switches between scenes and it appears to be 2 car but 1 unit. there is also seemingly a 489 in "the woman who fell to earth", with the...
I went to the bluebell today for my second visit and it was pretty good. The coaches were restored well and the countryside views were decent when the sun was out. The bluebell railway should probably shelve expansion plans though, maybe even selling some of the land they own for the ardingly...
222003 and 43054 have EMR intercity branding, 153308 and 153376 have EMR regional branding
http://wmbusphotos.com/Trains/class222/222003.html
http://wmbusphotos.com/Trains/class153/153308.html
http://wmbusphotos.com/Trains/class153/153376.html
http://wmbusphotos.com/Trains/class43/43054.html
Guessing the DfT probably don't like their trains just sitting around unused so I'm guessing they will find a TOC to lease it too soon. Northern comes to mind first when I think about potential customers.
according to rail magazine 142016,021,025,046,066 were withdrawn last week and are currently stored
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/fleet/first-ten-pacers-to-be-withdrawn-by-northern-this-weekend
No idea. They haven't had much time so I'm guessing at the moment they haven't. I believe it only went into the paint shop 2 or 3 days ago.
Nottingham has EMR information point signage.
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