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But other routes added? I'm thinking Cardiff - Nottingham (via Chepstow), Birmingham - Stansted (via Cambridge). It seems to me that a significant limiting factor for XC is rolling-stock, given loadings on their existing services, and going no further north than York may help, freeing-up some...

Hmm. If the timings of the current Manchester Airport - Redcar trains are anything to go by, trains to/from the north-east via Man Vic, Ordsal chord and Man Picc are anything but 'fast' between Man Vic and Man Picc (and vice versa).

Only incorrect if you insist on a particularly narrow definition of the word 'disposal' - which doesn't appear to be universally shared! It seems to me that 458 533 has merely been moved from one storage location to another. Peter Sarf is on the money, as ever. If the consensus - including the...

It would be interesting to contrast the cost of enhancing the infrastructure to take longer trains with the lifetime additional costs of a micro-fleet of shorter trains. Add in the potential for passesger growth, encouraging tourism, and relieving the strain on the congested local roadwork, and...

Some disposals are still TBC - best covered here (as disposals have been to date) or on a new thread?

Many thanks 55002

Many thanks

And 555026? Or has that also entered service now - when was its first day?

Yep, that's been my experience too. All those I've seen over the past few months have been in their original formations. I only mentioned 180104 because it had been recently reported as running with a mixed formation. I saw 221143 recently, and was surprised that it is still in its mixed Grand...

Thanks for the above - good to know. I did look on-line re the shunter, and saw 97903 abd the others, but what I saw didn't look like these either colour or shape-wise - it was grey and looked more like a class 03. I wish I'd taken a picture. I hope to be back in Newcastle in a few weeks -...

I saw 66152 and 66100? heading a steel train onto the Northallerton avoider at about 10.26 yesterday (I was on 1S07 from York to Newcastle). I'm thinking it was probably this: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:R54559/2026-09-07/detailed. And could anyone confirm the identity of...

I tracked-down 180104 yesterday at Sunderland. 56901 and 59901 were not in the formation - it was 5x904 carriages throughout.

Beat me to it - had it from Central to West Jesmond yesterday. I then took the Metro ro Regent Centre. There was what looked like a Hunset / Drewry shunter on the headshunt of the depot towards Regent Road, carrying a 97xxx number - any ideas of its identity, please. And finally, I sat at...

Me too. A Me too. Do you know where they were scrapped, and by whom?

Thanks for that - I hadn't realised that VIU4 and VIU5 were the replacements for 950001 (which was my question above).

Yes, there's a couple of mentions on the Network Rail Class 153 thread, but I can't see anything there saying which 153(s) are to be converted as 950001's replacement or related teimescales. Apologies if I've missed something.

Does anyone have any news on which 153s are to be converted to replace 950001, and related timescales? Thanks

I'm going to head there on Sunday morning - no doubt helped by your practical advice above :smile:!

My recollection of the 180s suggests that that's not a particularly high bar! Or did they improve towards the end of their time on the Western?

Huge thanks Freightmaster Caught it resting outside the RTC this morning - it felt so good. Last rolling stock outstanding from 2023. Many, many thanks