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There is stock move today, 7Q46 Landore-Ely with 175109, it's a hell of a long route, Landore-Hereford-Crewe-Stafford-Leicester-Peterborough-Ely, surely Landore to Acton, across the North London and up to Ely would've been quicker?

Thanks for the replys, it just shows that there is more to stuff then meets the eye for the public who wouldnt know stuff like that and say "why cant they just add extra carriages"

Would there be a case to add a 6th carriage to the sets or will 5 enough for the route? (Obviously if there is enough carriages left to use?

Okay thats fair enough, but I assume that if does ever actually start, it will be every 2 hours to Cardiff (to go opposite the 2 hourly Holyhead-Cardiff)?

Will the current Liverpool to Chester service actually ever make it to Cardiff or is that now a non starter (have they even enough units to do that service)

A bit late but 29th October, Reading to Reading West and Basingstoke, as a Network Rail employee I have the advantage of the Great Western £6 tickets so planning on doing all the lines from Reading (to Redhill and Newbury-eventually down to Westbury) and the Windsor, Henley on Themes, Greenford...

I assume the Margam to Hardendale has now finished, will 6V71/6M73 still run as far as Warrington Arpley as and when required for when theyvtake wagons from Margam/ADJ to Stoke Marcroft works?

I'm pretty sure they have been running up with 27 wagons this week (I'm a signaller at Leominster) but I'll check Monday morning

Hi I've noticed that the daily Margam/Llanwern to Dee Marsh has been getting longer the last couple of weeks. When I was a kid it used to be twice daily with around 15-20 wagons (the old open BAA/BBA wagons with the odd covered wagon in the consist) to the covered BYA's to the now much smaller...

150251 going from Canton To Crewe Electric TMD for tire Turning (5M51)

Ahh right understandable, thanks for the info regarding that

Could they fit extended fuel tanks like they did with the class 47's?

If this helps, from Sutton Bridge Junction, there are traditional signal boxes with Semaphores all the way down the Marches to Little Mill Junction, they are as follows, (going south) Dorrington, Marshbrook, Craven Arms, Onibury, Bromfield, Wooferton, Leominster, Hereford, Pontrilas, Abergavenny...

So I assume this is correct, HD01 is now 5 car, HD03 is 5 car nearing re-entering service as is HD07 and HD05 is next to be extended, is there any idea on when HD02, HD04 and HD06 will have their 5th car added? And will there ever be a HD08 (is that the set down at Bristol?)

Lol well I had an idea that proberly would be too much of a sensible idea

Just wondering if it was ever considered joining the Holyhead to Cardiff with the new (when it eventually starts) Liverpool to Cardiff at Chester (using 3 car units on both) that way you would'nt need the extra paths and also give extra capacity between Cardiff and Shrewsbury/chester that...

This only ment as tongue in cheek.....but surely it would've been easier to get someone like West Coast and supply class 47s they would proberly be more reliable

Is todays 1V90 the first 5 car 197 in revenue service on the marches? (Units 197043 and 197108)

Blimey....when it goes wrong it goes wrong spectaculy

HD02 with 67022 on 1V33 is also showing as cancelled at Crewe and 1V32 routed via Chester due to 1V31 issues was cancelled at Chester (197108) and 1V35 hasnt left Manchester yet (17 overdue).....looking a very bad day for the Marches