London Midland 350120 Drag to Northam

[fgwrich]

Does anyone know what this will be doing down in SWT Land? AFAIK it'll be heading back on Sunday - Does anyone have any times for this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zynGgledfOI

 

[33056]

No idea what it is doing there but booked to leave Northam at 18:36 Sunday and arriving Northampton 05:51 Monday (having a rest at Wembley for a few hours to wait for the WCML to re-open)

 

[Railcar B]

Does anyone know what this will be doing down in SWT Land? AFAIK it'll be heading back on Sunday - Does anyone have any times for this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zynGgledfOI

Saw this pass Berkhamsted about 11.20 yesterday. I'm just as curious to know the reason forthis transfer. Had no idea it was headed for Northam!

 

[OxtedL]

The description under the video suggests:

This unit I believe is going to Northam depot for wheel lathing because London Midland are not able to do it in there own depots at the moment? Please correct me if I'm wrong?

A drag does feel a bit like overkill.

 

[Class377/5]

Comments on Yahoo group was its for DC load shed testing.

Drag seems bit excessive but properly cheap and quicker to have it done this way. (possibly no driver knows route and stock?)

 

[Railcar B]

Comments on Yahoo group was its for DC load shed testing.

Drag seems bit excessive but properly cheap and quicker to have it done this way. (possibly no driver knows route and stock?)

Surely if it goes off the AC lines it would have to be dragged?

 

[ainsworth74]

Surely if it goes off the AC lines it would have to be dragged?

350/1s are compatible with DC and AC as they have both pantographs and third rail shoe gear.

 

[trc666]

It would have been able to run all the way to Northam under its own power if it changed over from AC to DC at Mitre Bridge Junction.

 

[ushawk]

350/1s are compatible with DC and AC as they have both pantographs and third rail shoe gear.

I thought the shoes were removed off of them because they never ran on 3rd rail, they could maybe still be put back on though.

 

[ainsworth74]

I thought the shoes were removed off of them because they never ran on 3rd rail, they could maybe still be put back on though.

Were they? I thought that was a rumour that came about because the shoe gear is hard to spot when not in use?

 

[sonic2009]

I do believe the 350/1 had there shoes removed, shortly after use with Southern.

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[Lrd]

Yeah, they are all in a cupboard somewhere, think someone said Northampton.

 

[33056]

Agree it is a bit strange to go to that bother for tyre turning, after all there is a lathe at Wembley which I am sure LM have sent stuff to before, though there could of course be problems with finding a slot there / cost issues. The load bank thing sounds much more likely.

 

[trc666]

Return working for Sunday:

7Z02 18:36 Northam Carriage Servicing Depot - Northampton Electric Multiple Unit Depot

Northam Carriage Servicing Depot 18:36
Northam Signal E842 18:42 - 18:45
Northam Junction 18/48
St Denys 18/50
Eastleigh 18:56 - 18:58
Shawford 19/07
Winchester 19/11
Worting Junction 19/34
Basingstoke 19/37
Fleet 19/52
Farnborough Main 19/56
Woking Junction 20/08
Woking 20/09
Byfleet & New Haw 20/16
Addlestone Junction 20/18
Virginia Water 20/26
Staines 20/34
Feltham 20/40
Feltham Junction 20/42
Hounslow 20/44
Brentford 20/48
Kew East Junction 20/52
South Acton Junction 20/56
Acton Wells Junction 21/02
Acton Canal Wharf 21/04
Willesden No. 7 21/06
Wembley Yard South Junction 21/09
Wembley European Freight Operating Centre 21:14 - 04:12
Wembley Central 04/17
Harrow & Wealdstone 04/23
Watford Junction 04/31
Bourne End Junction 04/42
Tring 04/50
Ledburn Junction 05/01
Bletchley 05/12
Milton Keynes Central 05/20
Hanslope Junction 05/28
Northampton 05/43
Northampton North Junction 05/45
Northampton Electric Multiple Unit Depot 05:51

 

[455/8]

I know with SWT fleet of Desiro that once the units have been into the wheel lathe Siemens have to then re programm the wheel profile into the onboard computers so maybe it's the same for the 350 and that's why it has to go to northam, or perhaps Siemens want to have a proper look over it while it's down there?

 

[Pumbaa]

I do believe the 350/1 had there shoes removed, shortly after use with Southern.

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Agree it is a bit strange to go to that bother for tyre turning, after all there is a lathe at Wembley which I am sure LM have sent stuff to before, though there could of course be problems with finding a slot there / cost issues. The load bank thing sounds much more likely.

Don't know what happened, reportedly Kings Heath managed to put their own lathe out for a while and this one badly needed doing. So they arranged for it to visit Northam.

And yes to all above sonic2009 is correct, those /1s which had the 3rd rail gear re-attached had it detached again. Presumably it was cheaper/easier to drag it to Northam than re-attach and run under own power.

 

[Railcar B]

Does anyone know what headcode the drag to Northam ran under on Friday?

 

[33056]

7Z01 10:14 Northampton CSD to Northam Depot.

 

[Railcar B]

Thanks 33056