Banana train

[Hengis Pod]

Was walking near the Settle Carlise today (1pm saturday 26 feb) when we saw a northbound train in the distance. It looked pendolino like but was bright yellow.
Can anybody help?

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Was walking near the Settle Carlise today (1pm saturday 26 feb) when we saw a northbound train in the distance. It looked pendolino like but was bright yellow.
Can anybody help?

Probably the National Measurement Train, a yellow, customised HST. Hydro would be the person to ask about it.

 

[northernrail]

National Measurement Train

Isn't it the new measurment train

 

[Hengis Pod]

Thanks folks. Looking into which one it was

 

[Dai.]

Here you go:

Some people call it "The Flying Banana" and it's Network Rail owned, the "New Measurement Train".

Two class 43 locomotives and some modified coaches (someone can tell you what they were modified from.)

 

[northernrail]

Or Dr yellow.

 

[ainsworth74]

Two class 43 locomotives and some modified coaches (someone can tell you what they were modified from.)

There are 4 class 43s total, and the coaches are (I think) all Mk3s, some of which (as I recall) were converted from the original prototype HST set. But as has been said Hydro's the guy to talk to about this.

 

[90019]

There are 4 class 43s total

I thought there were only 3?

 

[northernrail]

i thought there had 3 but they got rid of 1 (So i thought they had 2 basically)

 

[ainsworth74]

Maybe I'm behind the times, I thought there 4 but looks like it might have only been 3 and now that might be 2!

 

[northernrail]

im sure i read in Rail that one had been repainted into East Midlands.

 

[GearJammer]

I thought they had 43013/014 and 062 ?

 

[DaveNewcastle]

The NMT arrived into Heaton Dept., Newcastle, late yesterday afternoon - it regularly spends Sat-Sun night there.

Here's the 4-weekly cycle, posted on here by Old Timer.

 

[matt]

I thought they had 43013/014 and 062 ?

Correct. The fourth power car was 43089 which is now with East Midlands Trains

 

[TomJ93]

On the 4 work cycle the week beginning monday 28th Feb is week x?

 

[Arriva158]

Confirmed. Suprised it's back out, i heard 43013/014 were on A exams recently, got that done quick, that's why us NWC lot had the 37's T&T to cover for the HST!.... good times

The 3 are 43013/014/062, they did have 089 but that was sent to East Midlands with a Valenta, which then blew up not much later and was out of traffic for a long time until a new VP engine could be found to get it back into traffic
The last time it was seen with a valenta... Leeds station got fumed out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ou8WkctS4

"quote from Hitachi - "In 2007 Brush Traction and Hitachi, Ltd equipped Paxman Valenta powered 43089 and a semi-permanently coupled Mark 3 coach with a diesel-battery hybrid power system for trials to be undertaken with the power car running in Network Rail's New Measurement Train.[6] The power car was named "Hayabusa" (Japanese for falcon)"

HTH

 

[Hydro]

Confirmed. Suprised it's back out, i heard 43013/014 were on A exams recently, got that done quick, that's why us NWC lot had the 37's T&T to cover for the HST!.... good times

No, the tractors came out because of a system failure on the NMT.

 

[Arriva158]

That explains it all, many thanks.

 

[northernrail]

Correct. The fourth power car was 43089 which is now with East Midlands Trains

Thats where i got it from.