Marston Vale 150 to Newton Heath

[CyrusWuff]

Looking on TRUST just now, 150137 is currently en route from Bletchley to Newton Heath as 5J50 (booked 0900 from Bletchley.)

Presumably this is for an exam or something, but it seems an awfully long way to go.

Would it not make more sense to retrain staff at Tyseley on 150s?

 

[DarloRich]

Looking on TRUST just now, 150137 is currently en route from Bletchley to Newton Heath as 5J50 (booked 0900 from Bletchley.)

Presumably this is for an exam or something, but it seems an awfully long way to go.

Would it not make more sense to retrain staff at Tyseley on 150s?

sigh - reduced MV service here we come! One week of good service

I wonder if it is part of the "loan" contract between northern and LNWR because it does seem silly - no return date showing yet.

 

[D365]

Would it not make more sense to retrain staff at Tyseley on 150s?

For the sake of three units that have nothing in common with the WMT and CrossCountry fleets - no.

 

[DarloRich]

For the sake of three units that have nothing in common with the WMT and CrossCountry fleets - no.

agreed - much better to train Bletchley depot people

 

[rogercov]

A long way to go for 1 day's work. It's on its way back to Bletchley now:

Realtime Trains | 5B50 1011 Newton Heath T.M.D. to Bletchley T.M.D. | 16/07/2025

Real-time train running information for 5B50 1011 departure from Newton Heath T.M.D. to Bletchley T.M.D. on 16/07/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

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