TPE Mark 5A coaching stock progress

[68011]

Guard instructors are now on the Mk5A course so here’s hoping the airport based guards will start shortly. They will be the first ones to work the trains.

Thanks for the update.

 

[L+Y]

Still on as far as I am aware

Guard instructors are now on the Mk5A course so here’s hoping the airport based guards will start shortly. They will be the first ones to work the trains.

Great news! Thanks

 

[Ben Bow]

Guard instructors are now on the Mk5A course so here’s hoping the airport based guards will start shortly. They will be the first ones to work the trains.

What about drivers?

 

[59CosG95]

37800 + 6 barriers worked down from Leicester to Portbury today; I suspect a delivery of either a 397 or a Mk5a set is due tomorrow.

 

[dilbertphil]

Picc instructors to start their course in a week or so and drivers at Picc to follow from end of August I believe.

What about drivers?

 

[Ben Bow]

Picc instructors to start their course in a week or so and drivers at Picc to follow from end of August I believe.

Thank you. Not likely to see any regular services until October time at the earliest then.

 

[Jamesrob637]

37800 + 6 barriers worked down from Leicester to Portbury today; I suspect a delivery of either a 397 or a Mk5a set is due tomorrow.

This one:
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O19448/2019/07/05/advanced

 

[sjpowermac]

Thank you. Not likely to see any regular services until October time at the earliest then.

The SO diagram that was posted a bit back for Longsight-York then Scarborough shuttles now shows a unit coming off Ardwick. So that’s that one knocked on the head!

 

[59CosG95]

This one:
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O19448/2019/07/05/advanced

Yep, that's the one. Suspect the masses will be out for that!

 

[BMIFlyer]

The SO diagram that was posted a bit back for Longsight-York then Scarborough shuttles now shows a unit coming off Ardwick. So that’s that one knocked on the head!

Commences this Saturday.

 

[59CosG95]

Commences this Saturday.

So wait - 68s & Mk5A's in service on Saturdays between York & Scarbados?

 

[sjpowermac]

Commences this Saturday.

Wasn’t expecting it to be 68s Very Happy to stand corrected and thank you for the info

 

[sjpowermac]

So wait - 68s & Mk5A's in service on Saturdays between York & Scarbados?

Maybe my post wasn’t very clear and when I said ‘So that’s that one knocked on the head’, perhaps I should have added ‘as regards Nova 3’.

@BMIFlyer might be indicating the diagram commences on Saturday, but not necessarily with Class 68s and Mk5a.

 

[dilbertphil]

but not necessarily with Class 68s and Mk5a.

It absolutely wont be a 68 and Mk5's it'll be a 185.

 

[sjpowermac]

It absolutely wont be a 68 and Mk5's it'll be a 185.

Many thanks for that. I think there have been some crossed wires, including my own

With the switch to Ardwick I’d assumed in post #3878 that the diagram would be a unit.

 

[Erniescooper]

TP04 should make it's way to Arriva Crewe tomorrow afternoon after being handed over to TPE this afternoon

 

[EE Andy b1]

Are any TPE Mk5a sets still going into warm storage at Longtown or somewhere or has that idea been scrapped and to now get the sets passed out for training? Thanks andy

 

[Erniescooper]

Are any TPE Mk5a sets still going into warm storage at Longtown or somewhere or has that idea been scrapped and to now get the sets passed out for training? Thanks andy

I haven't seen any new plans, TP11 should hopefully get handed over next week as well

 

[sjpowermac]

I haven't seen any new plans, TP11 should hopefully get handed over next week as well

Thank you, as always, for the info. That’s all very positive indeed

 

[68011]

Are any TPE Mk5a sets still going into warm storage at Longtown or somewhere or has that idea been scrapped and to now get the sets passed out for training? Thanks andy

there was a VSTP put in for today for the move but it got cancelled again 5Z47
Saw a pic of 47830 attached to the sets.
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K97227/2019/07/04/advanced

 

[EE Andy b1]

I haven't seen any new plans, TP11 should hopefully get handed over next week as well

That's good news on set TP11. Thanks

there was a VSTP put in for today for the move but it got cancelled again 5Z47
Saw a pic of 47830 attached to the sets.

Does look like there trying to get them two sets into warm storage as planned but for some reason, maybe problems at Longtown, they can't!!

 

[68011]

Does look like there trying to get them two sets into warm storage as planned but for some reason, maybe problems at Longtown, they can't!!

Sounds like there is some sort of issue with the MOD accepting them according to a FL source

 

[BMIFlyer]

So wait - 68s & Mk5A's in service on Saturdays between York & Scarbados?

No... when I posted commences this Saturday, I meant that the extra 185 diagram does.

 

[xotGD]

I heard a member of staff say 'End of the year' for the introduction of new trains this morning.

I hope that was an overly pessimistic estimate.

 

[sjpowermac]

Driver training/refresher trips for 29.06.2019 to 05.07.2019

A bit thin on the ground again this week. Something new was a transfer move between Crewe and Scarborough, which I think was operated by Freightliner. Previous transfers have been operated off Longsight by TPE.

Yorkshire locos
68019 York Siemens
68022 York Siemens
68031 Scarborough
68032 York station

Monday 01.07.2019
68032 0B60/61

Tuesday 02.07.2019
68032 0B60/61
68031 0K68 09:42 Crewe CS-Scarborough
68024 0K69 15:25 Scarborough-Crewe CS

Wednesday 03.07.2019
68032 0B62/63/64/65/66/67

Thursday 04.07.2019
68031 0B61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68

Friday 05.07.2019
68031 0B61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68

Crewe
Monday 01.07.2019
68029 0F22/0K23

Tuesday 02.07.2019
68029 0F26/0K27

Wednesday 03.07.2019
68029 0F22/0K23 0F26/0K27

Thursday 04.07.2019
68029 0F22/0K23 0F26/0K27

Friday 05.07.2019
68029 0F22/0K23 0F26/0K27

 

[sjpowermac]

Nova 3 workings w/c 29th June 2019
Any corrections, always gratefully received.

Saturday 29.06.2019
68026 plus TP06
5M09 10:44 Crewe CS-Longsight

Monday 01.07.2019
68025 plus TP11
3C91 05:15 MID-Carlisle
3B92 08:12 Carlisle-Bletchley
3H93 15:33 Bletchley-MID

Tuesday 02.07.2019
Nothing running

Wednesday 03.07.2019
Nothing running

Thursday 04.07.2019
68025 plus TP11(?)
3C91 05:15 MID-Carlisle
3B92 08:12 Carlisle-Crewe
3H69 12:23 Crewe-MID

Friday 05.07.2019
14:34 MID-Crewe CS Cancelled
I assume this was to have been TP04 being handed over to TPE.

 

[dilbertphil]

I heard a member of staff say 'End of the year' for the introduction of new trains this morning.

I hope that was an overly pessimistic estimate.

All depends what new trains they were referring to. A couple of 68/Mk5's should be in some sort of service September/October.
802's toward the end of the year and 397's start of next year I think.

 

[Fez14]

The 397 look to be running a lot up the WCML, that’s a little disappointing

 

[samuelmorris]

The 397 look to be running a lot up the WCML, that’s a little disappointing

Why's that? They won't really be going anywhere else in practice...

 

[tpjm]

A couple of 68/Mk5's should be in some sort of service September/October.
802's toward the end of the year and 397's start of next year I think.

Not to go off-topic but Cl802 and Cl397 will be introduced quite rapidly in the autumn, crucially for the latter as the Cl350s need to head off elsewhere. A few MkVa diagrams will be entering service this summer, with the rest being introduced at a slower rate than the other fleets due to the focus having to shift to deliver Cl802 and Cl397.