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823 (threes banded) has a A4 sheet in the windscreen with 'On hire to Notts & Derby' on it.

Seems to be mix every day so far this week on the number of decker's on the 101. Yes the purple E200 MMC's are the former Eclipse ones which only 1 has been repainted so far.

New buses for the villager :o. Never would of thought we were worthy of brand new vehicles. Any ideas when these are due?

Logically I would say a follow on of the Electroliner's at Leicester considering there will probably be another batch going there.

With this most of the E400s have now left the potteries with 33828 being the only one remaining.

Always timetabled to be 2 track until 1200. Sometimes when all 4 lines are open the EMR services will run on the fasts but then have to wait around 10-15 mins at Luton and Bedford. The OHLE work I think is being done in all line blocks at weekends.

Allestree, Villager, Comet also have had buses missing as well along with the premium single deck route Red Arrow which has 4 spares and 2 coaches on.

Was still at Etches this morning alongside the shed.

I've not heard about anything leaving the railway.

With a week to go until the Gala 69011 has been announced for Peak Rail.

And 2 buses out of 3 on the comet. One of which is a solo. At least 499 is being used with Trent tracking as 750 on the V3.

Belive most platforms at Derby can hold 12 coaches. Have seen a 7 and 5 car 222 together on the old platform 6 once before.

Following on the discussion of set swap's I found this interesting one at Derby this morning on 1V44 (0611 Leeds - Plymouth). The service was formed of a double voyager but only half of the service actually swapped sets. With 220017 leading 220032 into Derby but then became the rear set with...

:lol: :lol: I did notice that when he was talking about the next stop is Peartree it in the Stoke area. The 1610 is timetabled to stop and at the time the only evening eastbound call. Makes me wonder when did he film the Uttoxeter segment? 8 calls on a Weekday and 4 on Saturdays.

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