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512 is also out on 5Q runs

Certainly looks like it from one of the videos

Will say, does look a bit odd that everything is freshly painted except the solebar which is still in faded TfW grey.

I don't think it's been mentioned yet but the timetable has been altered this week so that 4 sets are out daily, all day. The 0807, 1002, 1102, 1202 out of MYB are all 68 sets, and a 5th set ran this morning too.

Are there any paths for the Chiltern circuit locos to move to Kings Norton? 710 is still at Doncaster, 709 is at Peterborough and 711 is on the Bletchley circuit. 711 is a definite at least as I've seen a photo of it with a shiny new tripcock fitted.

103, now 203, is in service and has been for months

730101-103 were the ones built and are already 201-203. They were built as 5 cars from the start

Another attempt for a Crewe unit swap on the 29th. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K66382/2026-09-29/detailed https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K66378/2026-09-29/detailed 1790676728 Crewe swap cancelled again today. 168329 also only managed just over a week in...

The runs don't appear to be happening. 107 was just being shunted around the depot but it doesn't appear to be heading off. I believe 112 was due to go as it was moved to Banbury two days ago but had to be pressed back into service yesterday morning last minute, as 108 had failed the night...

2+2 is possible on the turbos but not with the current seats they have. 165013 was trialled with 2+2 in the middle section many years ago. https://api.flickr.com/photos/rpmarks/2863826112/in/album-72157610575304303

175104 & half of 008 are still there. Although it's possible that the 2 156s that are still stored there will be the ones being moved instead, as the first two got moved to Wolverton months ago.

Any indication on when 768 will be returning?

Are we sure a unit swap actually happened today and it wasn't just one of the stored 221s doing a few runs back & forth?

It's not like the 221s would be staying long term, only to cover until the 222s and 810s are more reliable

Is 165003 the first unit to be undergoing refurbishment of something because once again it hasn't returned from Doncaster today, with only 005/028 coming back. It's been there for 6 weeks now!

Could be a 158? 158768 ran to Wolverton as 5H70 back in June

GNs twitter page stated a train stopped in the wrong position, so could it have been an overrun/spad situation? https://x.com/GNRailUK/status/2102828169627619730

Will be this service from Reading. XC have been splitting the services, regular timetabled ones being cut short on the Oxford side and VST 1Z services on the reading side. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:18382/2026-09-23/detailed#allox_id=0

Still nothing going through at present although I'd imagine service alterations that have already been made can't be reverted that quickly

Surely if passengers were going to London, they'd just change at Oxford and head into Marylebone? By the time they'd reach Milton Keynes and made a connection, a Chiltern service would already be nearly halfway to London and would get there quicker than any Avanti connection made