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Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates

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GoneSouth said:
Why Leeds? It won’t be going there in service or for maintenance will it?
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This is a Hitachi unit still, under going test.
It doesn’t have to be ran on the lines where they are going to run.

It could be all down to driver route knowledge, availability of paths on the networks.
 
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800001 said:
This is a Hitachi unit still, under going test.
It doesn’t have to be ran on the lines where they are going to run.

It could be all down to driver route knowledge, availability of paths on the networks.
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At least some of the test runs are operated by GBRf drivers, and one has operated for a short distance on electric power on the East Coast
 
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Merle Haggard said:
At least some of the test runs are operated by GBRf drivers, and one has operated for a short distance on electric power on the East Coast
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Correct they have operated on the mainline between York and Darlington, for pantograph test purposes.
 
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Correct they have operated on the mainline between York and Darlington, for pantograph test purposes.
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I believe they have operated on ECML from Peterborough heading north after coming from Old Dalby.
 
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PG said:
What is taped/stuck on the side? Extra wiring for test purposes?
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The unit. 810001 is a shell, no fixtures or fittings inside. It is the test bed unit for Hitachi, each time I’ve seen it, it has cables all over it on the outside.

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I believe they have operated on ECML from Peterborough heading north after coming from Old Dalby.
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Ah, fair enough my understanding of when they operated between Peterborough and Newark was that the pantograph was used for tethered testing, so not actually taking electrical power.
 
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Ah, fair enough my understanding of when they operated between Peterborough and Newark was that the pantograph was used for tethered testing, so not actually taking electrical power.
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Thinking about it you are probably correct, thought i read it on here but can find no confirmation of it.
 
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Tuesday testing is:-
Old Dalby to York
York to Old Dalby

Wednesday testing is:-
Old Dalby to Nottingham
Nottingham to Sheffield to Nottingham
Nottingham to Derby
Derby to Old Dalby

Thursday is showing Old Dalby to St Pancras and back.

Friday no paths showing as yet.
 
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800001 said:
Tuesday testing is:-
Old Dalby to York
York to Old Dalby

Wednesday testing is:-
Old Dalby to Nottingham
Nottingham to Sheffield to Nottingham
Nottingham to Derby
Derby to Old Dalby

Thursday is showing Old Dalby to St Pancras and back.

Friday no paths showing as yet.
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Helpful gen!
 
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The unit. 810001 is a shell, no fixtures or fittings inside. It is the test bed unit for Hitachi, each time I’ve seen it, it has cables all over it on the outside.

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Ah, fair enough my understanding of when they operated between Peterborough and Newark was that the pantograph was used for tethered testing, so not actually taking electrical power.
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Golly, still a shell - I thought more progress had been made than that.
 
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800001 said:
Tuesday testing is:-
Old Dalby to York
York to Old Dalby

Wednesday testing is:-
Old Dalby to Nottingham
Nottingham to Sheffield to Nottingham
Nottingham to Derby
Derby to Old Dalby

Thursday is showing Old Dalby to St Pancras and back.

Friday no paths showing as yet.
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Thanks. NOT-NOT leg is here:

Realtime Trains | 5Q42 1000 Nottingham to Nottingham | 11/12/2024

Real-time train running information for 5Q42 1000 departure from Nottingham to Nottingham on 11/12/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
www.realtimetrains.co.uk www.realtimetrains.co.uk
 
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800001 said:
Tuesday testing is:-
Old Dalby to York
York to Old Dalby

Wednesday testing is:-
Old Dalby to Nottingham
Nottingham to Sheffield to Nottingham
Nottingham to Derby
Derby to Old Dalby

Thursday is showing Old Dalby to St Pancras and back.

Friday no paths showing as yet.
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Are today’s test moves likely to happen as planned. Dx
 
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Link below for more test runs, starting Monday next week; search for 5Q4 on the page and six of them will be highlighted.

Realtime Trains | Departures from Bedford between 0600 and 2000 on 16/12/2024

Train information at Bedford between 0600 and 2000 on 16/12/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
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Paths are Old Dalby to Bedford (pan up at Corby), to Corby and back (twice), then to Old Dalby via Leicester (pan down at Kettering). Rest of the working week is identically planned.
 
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High Dyke said:
Planned working was cancelled on the day.
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Shame.

It's a good thing for me really because I had overlooked that it was passing Nottingham, and I would have been annoyed to realise this when I was nearby at the time and could have seen it!
 
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tram21 said:
This week there are further test runs. Each day, a train is doing:

Shuttles between Corby and Cricklewood all night on electric.

Old Dalby- Leicester- Sheffield- Cricklewood-Old Dalby during the day.



https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K26384/2025-01-06/detailedhttps://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K26383/2025-01-06/detailed
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K26382/2025-01-06/detailedhttps://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K26381/2025-01-06/detailed
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Curious that they'll be running to Sheffield next week when the Old Road is being more heavily used by diverted MML and XC services due to trackwork in the Sheaf Valley just south of Sheffield station.
 
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Curious that they'll be running to Sheffield next week when the Old Road is being more heavily used by diverted MML and XC services due to trackwork in the Sheaf Valley just south of Sheffield station.
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It's interesting, a good opportunity to test on the diversion but seems a bit of a waste of a precious path... I guess they've fitted it in though!
 
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