Headcode 283B?

[Bullfield WEst]

Can anyone tell me what this train does and what it is? The headcode means nothing to me. It says Pathed as "Diesel multiple unit".
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U72807/2013/11/17/advanced

Ken Ward.

 

[Boothby97]

Looks like Network Rail Track Recording Unit (DMU) 950001. The headcode, will like usual be 2Q08 (that's the RTT reporting code you posted)

 

[Thomas6187]

It was a RHTT, just seen go through Manchester Piccadilly

 

[43067]

A lot of the freight workings if not all on RTT have different headcodes shown for some reason not sure why they do it. i suppose if one is of a sensitive nature no one will know. i am sure some one in the know will correct me.

 

[Mojo]

283B is not a headcode. Details for certain non-passenger trains are 'censored' due to commercial confidentiality.

See threads like the below for more information:

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1351273
http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1507327
http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1450426

 

[Eagle]

To clarify: the first digit of the scrambled code is the same as that of the actual headcode, in this case 2, and the other three characters are completely random (to the point that this service will have a different scrambled code every time it runs).

 

[Tomnick]

It was a RHTT, just seen go through Manchester Piccadilly

2Q08 isn't a RHTT - it's the track recording unit, as the first reply correctly suggests. 3S08 (which was a RHTT) was seven minutes behind it at Picc.

 

[Thomas6187]

I just noticed that, cheers

 

[455driver]

It was a RHTT, just seen go through Manchester Piccadilly

Not with a class 2 headcode it wasnt!

 

[alex17595]

There's some messed up timings in there. 325L and still arrived 1E

 

[Eagle]

There's some messed up timings in there. 325L and still arrived 1E

Real time systems get confused like that when a train passes through the same places multiple times.

 

[Bullfield WEst]

Thanks all, I'm now informed

 

[tsr]

Real time systems get confused like that when a train passes through the same places multiple times.

Misleading delays/early-running figures like that can also occur if the train goes on diversion and ends up at the next (or a previous) timing point far too early or late!

 

[Rich_D3167]

Real time systems get confused like that when a train passes through the same places multiple times.

Not Real Time getting confused, it's the TRUST system itself (which RTT is fed from), but it is due to passing specific locations multiple times.