Class 172 Production Progress

[150001]

172 222 (Squeaky duck ) +172 218 pause at Rowley Regis in the pouring rain, with a great malvern to dorridge service . 30/12/11

Great picture and 217 is also doing squeaky duck due to the wet track on Thursday! These trains have a lot of personality like the 150s really. 217 is my new 001!!!

 

[trainspotter]

Great picture and 217 is also doing squeaky duck due to the wet track on Thursday! These trains have a lot of personality like the 150s really. 217 is my new 001!!!

As my bro said ""GAME OVER" they are all now in full flight service!


172222 seen here Yesterday (Saturday) @ Stourbridge Junc in the sun and Langley Green as the light fails!

Happy New Year spotters and what can we take pics of this year????

I know LM Class 170's!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[150001]

Great pictures! Thanks!

 

[trainspotter]

Great pictures! Thanks!

Thank you!

"GAME OVER NOW"

For those of you WHO maybe interested! I have now a complete set of photos of all LM's 172 2's & 3's. today was the last photo i had to take to complete the set!

Please click on the link below!!
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

 

[monty9120]

i travelled from stourbridge to stratford upon avon yesterday.

first thing i noticed roll through the station was a 6 car 172 which filled the whole platform. i didnt see this when they ran the 150s.

first thoughts are nice smooth ride. the pull off is so much better then the old 150s that used to rev there nuts off while moving off.

better seating planning and a toilet do help too.

except the old perverted man that came trying to chat up 17 year old girls on there own and talking about sex toys and what he would do if he was 20 years younger. thanks to the train guard who helped me turf him off. a nice trip indeed

 

[Harbon 1]

i travelled from stourbridge to stratford upon avon yesterday.

first thing i noticed roll through the station was a 6 car 172 which filled the whole platform. i didnt see this when they ran the 150s.

first thoughts are nice smooth ride. the pull off is so much better then the old 150s that used to rev there nuts off while moving off.

better seating planning and a toilet do help too.

except the old perverted man that came trying to chat up 17 year old girls on there own and talking about sex toys and what he would do if he was 20 years younger. thanks to the train guard who helped me turf him off. a nice trip indeed

I found the ride quite hard over jointed track, although i don't know if this was because I was sat behind the last bogie.

 

[londonmidland]

I saw 172344 pass through Kings Norton and I'm sure I saw it say to Birmingham New Street!

I know, not the best quality picture...

 

[newtownmgr]

There is a booked diagram for 2 x 2 cars on 15.54 Wos - New st then 16.49 New st - Hfd. Given the time it was seen it was either late substitute for the 4 car or out vice a 170.

 

[Cherry_Picker]

A Chiltern 172/1 made it to Stourbridge yesterday afternoon (about 15:00 I think) on a radio test run. I think it is booked to do another test run to Leamington Spa next week, though dont quote me on that.

 

[The Planner]

GSM-R testing, it went down to Kiddy from Webmley and sat in Stourbridge depot for an hour then ran back to Willesden.

 

[Cherry_Picker]

Yeah. I heard the radio tests were unsuccessful (unable to connect to the North Warwick and Snow Hill panels of the West Midlands signalling centre) so another run will probably be needed. Other rumours suggest that they will be used on the Stratford upon Avon services some time in the future.

 

[trainspotter]

I saw 172344 pass through Kings Norton and I'm sure I saw it say to Birmingham New Street!

I know, not the best quality picture...

It went through University @ 11:34 to New Street and returned ECS @ 12:06 back south!

 

[londonmidland]

It went through University @ 11:34 to New Street and returned ECS @ 12:06 back south!

I saw it pass between University and Five Ways (on-board a 323) to Birmingham New Street, then saw returning through Kings Norton and finally back to Birmingham New Street. I'm uploading a video, check my YouTube account!

 

[newtownmgr]

344 was on morning 172 diagram vice a 2 car. Works 09.56 Wos - New st Ecs to Bromsgrove pass back to New st then Ecs to Wos for snow hill work.

 

[londonmidland]

Here's the video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HTl-Mm9JMY

 

[shaun]

My 172 this morning was making a tremendous noise sitting idle at stations, the 0647 Worcester - Dorridge. Could hardly hear my music through it.

 

[theblackwatch]

Does anyone know roughly how many 172s are diagrammed to be out on Sundays please?

 

[JonathanH]

Eight?
2 working between Dorridge and Stourbridge Junction
5 working between Stratford-upon-Avon and Worcester / Great Malvern
1 working on a diagram that includes the 1600 Birmingham New Street to Great Malvern

 

[theblackwatch]

Thanks very much for that.

 

[RPM]

Chiltern have been running an additional 172-worked service this week. Not sure if it is a temporary or permanent change, but the spare unit that formerly spent all day at Wembley LMD now works the 16.49 1U48 MYB - BAN and the 5H62 18+49 ECS return working vice a 3 car 168. It means that a Marylebone spare driver has to work it as the booked Aylesbury driver doesn't sign 172s.
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Now I've posted that, it's back to a 168 today. Ho hum.