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For regular station pilot duties involving shunters, I’d wager Inverness in 2019 for the Caledonian Sleeper with the 08 taking the stock to/from the depot, but that changed with the Mark 5’s. Before that, Plymouth with the Plymouth portion of the Night Riviera which used an 08 to detach a single...

I’d go for Wymondham-Dereham if a deal could be done with the MNR, and Fowey - that’d be analogous to the Looe branch, which does well during the summer. I’d also second Wisbech, surprised that hasn’t gathered momentum.

That shot of 31444 isn’t dragging a Mark 4 set, it’s actually rarer than that, as that appears to be a 91+Mark 3 HST set - the coach behind the 91 is a Mark 3 TGS (complete with someone hanging out of the droplight), and you can just make out the HST power car at the rear. That’s the first time...

ECML is the premier line for me, both historically and now. It links the capitals of England and Scotland, is largely sustained 125mph running the whole way and has the more prestigious and illustrious history and image. The WCML has only caught up in terms of speed after the WCRM - after HST...

How many C Stock diagrams are still running? And when will they finish or be reduced by? Thanks in advance.

Thank you very much W230! That's a start, at least I definitely know where it is now. :lol:

I posted this on WNXX sometime ago but got no reply, so I was wondering if any of you kind souls on here could help me out! On the 25th (this coming Tuesday) I have an assessment day with FCC for their Engineering Apprenticeship. My first question is that on the email it says 'You must...

Being a regular GEML user, the 321's and Mark 3's are just the right stock in my opinion for the line, they just need a refurbishment! Watch out for 321448 emerging from Doncaster soon... But in my opinion, do the following and you're sorted: Refurbish the 321's with 2+2 seating and a DDA...

Porterbrook is also reportedly looking at shortening the units to 3-cars, due to platform lengths and the like up around Manchester, so its more a case of fitting the units into the infrastructure rather than cutting costs by not maintaining the TSOL. Besides, the TSOL's would likely see another...

Things are far better under GA then they were under NX it has to be said. The 153's look very smart and are clean inside now, and the 156's are going to have DDA modifications, an interior refresh, passenger information systems fitted, and a repaint into GA White and red doors. The 170's are...

60011 worked an intermodal recently, about a month ago! Think it might have been a Wakefield to Felixstowe working, as I'm pretty sure the 60 came off at Doncaster!

The Pretendolino usually works the FO 18.43 Euston to Crewe via Birmingham, but does have a regular diagram it can substitute on if needed (starting with the 07.03 Euston-Birmingham and 08.50 return I think?), and this is usually the case if there's a fall in Pendolino availability such as the...

Alexandra Palace is a good place for the ECML, HST's and 91's doing a decent speed, as well as 317's if you're lucky enough to see them at a decent speed, with a decent scream to go with it!

So are they operating an all day diagram now during the Olympics if someone can confirm? Many thanks. :)

Can anybody advise if any of the fast Cambridge/Kings Lynn/Peterborough services are booked 317's? Wouldn't mind have a run out on them and enjoy the noise! Thanks in advance. :)

I would put forward my local line, Marks Tey to Sudbury. As SprinterMan said, lots of lovely open fields for a lot of the way, the viaduct at Chappel and the quaint museum there, and then the run through the cutting at a decent speed between Chappel and Bures. Also the bit running into Sudbury...

If you could stump up the cash to electrify every Anglian unelectrified line, you could order 16 380's in addition to the batch likely to be ordered for the Edinburgh-Glasgow and cascade the 314's (suitably life-extended with a Southern-type refurbishment, maybe a toilet and corrosion issues...

I think its ludicrous that McNulty is urging the railways to reduce costs yet we have the moronic IEP proposal which costs £20,000 per vehicle per year more to lease than a proposed Alstom 180 bodyshell EMU vehicle with Pendolino electrical gear. If the government is that hell-bent on saving...

Yeah, ideally you'd be able to persuade HEX to order some new sets such as 380's and send the 332's up to Leeds to cascade the 321/322's down to Anglia and also electrify the Harrogate line to mop up the extra 332's made available. As for David10's comment, I don't see the problem in replacing...

I think realistically if you're ever going to sort out Anglia you need to just throw a serious amount of cash at it, there's no way you can radically change things with the way it is now. First of all you wanna four-track and re-signal Shenfield-Colchester and also resignal Liverpool Street to...