Recent content by Wyrleybart

And class 221s have the same number of vehicles but substantially less seats.

Surely they will be mostly a new clientele though, unless pax are travelling end to end between New St and Kings Norton and vv ? None of the Camp Hill lines stops replace existing journeys

Funny you should say that. BR asked for staff volunteers to participate in passenger comfort tests on the APT and myself and a couple of mates did it. I don't have the details to hand right now but IIRC we travelled to Preston and joined the APT there. It was power cars 49003+006 and we were in...

37716 is only really a refurb 37 ie traction alternator instead of generator, but with 15 tonnes of steel welded inside. Not sure whether it has had the Brush electrical and desk mods but it maybe a bit more standard than the ex EPS 37/6s and those tinkered with by Brush.

They need to sack their researchers and copywriters then don't they. Saphos, LSL and Vintage Trains are all they need to punch into their search engine. That big blue engine currently running in on the Severn Valley railway has about ten years of work on the main line, or until the coal runs...

And there still are, but not the same that were built with it. I am sure "43096" knows but forthe benefit of others Virgin Rail ordered 78 voyagers from Bombardier : 34 x 4 car 220 40 x 5 car 221 4 x 4 car 221 - originally ordered for Holyhead - Euston services The fleet has changed slightly...

If what you have said is correct then they are lies. CDL is mandatory except where a small number (on one hand) have been granted exemptions - mostly for a matter of months in2024 CDL is required else the ORR wouldn't force operators to use it. Locking people into trains whilst they are...

Reminds me of the plan for Virgin to acquire some "minilinos". How many cars were they going to be ?

Continued thanks to all contributors in this thread. It kinda validates my thoughts in relation to people of limited mobility and their luggage. It also makes me wonder how many other locations there might be where innocent folk are sent on unnecessarily complex yomps where a fairly simple...

I believe it was a temporary 12 month arrangement in order to catch up with a backlog of work on the class 180 fleet. Last time I looked there were just two centre cars swapped now - cars 56903 and 56906 IIRC which is a huge improvement from last year. Just guessing that if XC need 12 of the ex...

AFAIK the DBSO is fitted with blue star MU control and the class47s which have worked with it were also controlling it with blue star operation. IMHO 37667 was sent up there as an insurance policy, and may be a "Prince Harry" ie spare.

Don't seem to be, but is it the bus itself, or they way they are intended to be fuelled ? I was under the impression the fuelling at Tyseley was to be a temporsary thing until Walsall's Birchills depot received it's permanent hydrogen fuelling plant. There doesn't seem a point in buying twenty...

Sorry. Yes. I get confoozed with modern buses.

I am going to have to beg to differ on the Cravens parcels cars. It is my understanding these three were ordered for the LMR and allocated to separate sheds. https://www.railcar.co.uk/type/class-129/operations

Not seen a "hydroliner" for months now and more maroon vehicles seem to be running the 51 and the 997. Presume it is still the Tyseley fuelling problem, but I heard NXWM were installing a fueller at Walsall's Birchills depot. Have also heard that NXWM are passing some of the depots to "the hub"...