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Sorry for the mis-noted number!

Let's hope he's right, but he may have seen a 3 car 170. It would not be the first time one has appeared on a late evening turn.

47749 was collected from Long Marston today, (DIT no brakes?) behind 57601 with 47237 understood to be providing braking assistance at the rear, headed for Carnforth. Probably there by now. Pictures at www.petertandy.co.uk

When they were first introduced, at least some of the 150/1s had a sort of part-time replacement for the guards van. At that stage, particularly in mid-Wales, there was still a significant amount of parcels and mail being carried by train. So, at one end of train, between the first sliding doors...

Probably they will have some of the 150/1s, such as 150104 mentioned earlier in the thread?

LM's 150's do not have the original seating. The current, higher density layout was part of a Centro sponsored scheme to increase seating capacity and remove any last remaining anomalies such as tables, facing seat bays, lockable compartments, experimental seating etc. These have to be the least...

Yes it was 172338 which left Worcester Shrub Hill at 11:20 and went to Gloucester and back. Earlier it had arrived from the Hereford direction, but I cannot confirm if it had been all the way to Hereford, but I think that was the plan. 172337 is also currently at Worcester depot.

FGW are already keeping at least one HST in the area, but not in the yard but the "long siding" south of the station (on the down side). Unfortunately, according to local press, FGW are about to be served a noise abatement notice for leaving both PC running overnight to provide the train with...

From what I have been told, it starts from Worcester Shrub Hill then via Gloucester (reverse), Kemble, Swindon, Didcot (West?), Oxford, Banbury. Leamington Spa, Solihull, Birmingham Snow Hill, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, Worcester Shrub Hill and Gloucester again (at about 23:00).