Consecutive pairs of units

[Farnborough]

Well 701528 and 701529 spend almost all their time together in the same siding at Clapham Junction

What is it about the numbers 28 and 29?

 

[Peter Sarf]

What is it about the numbers 28 and 29?

So, I wonder, will 701528 and 701529 be the last two 701/5s in service just like 701028 & 701029 !.
(in reallity perhaps more likely to be the first 701/5s).

Perhaps someone overheard the MD say "yeah leave 28 and 29 alone over there for training"
but mis-understood which sub class was being referred to .

 

[Trainz6013]

Here's the consecutive pairings I've seen this year

- 66671 + 66741 + 66742
- 66689 + 66767 + 66768
- 158816 + 158817
- 180102 + 180103
- 180107 + 180108

 

[Peter Mugridge]

444 013 + 444 014 just went through Vauxhall westbound...

Edited to add 45 minutes later:

377 473 + 377 474 through East Croydon northbound.

 

[Ian Hardy]

On Wednesday 16th Sept 2026 377442 & 377441 were on the 2B80 1530 London Victoria to Epsom Downs
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G27319/2026-09-16/detailed#allox_id=0

 

[TheEngineer]

Three consecutive on this train today- 156456 457 458

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y39696/2026-09-26/detailed

 

[Ian Hardy]

376014 & 376013 on 1N52 1120 London Charing Cross to Gravesend
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P86063/2026-09-30/detailed#allox_id=0

 

[SECR 65]

387216 and 387217 have been together on Gatwick Expresses of late.

I feel able to say that GX pairings are random and this is unlikely to be deliberate - almost all are random.... unusual to have two red ones on a GX!!