Another thread was discussing that WMT is borrowing Chiltern's four Class 172/1s in lieu of the delayed Class 196.
That sounds like a move that makes sense. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a permanent move given the announcements by SWR and GN of removing their limited-use stock.
I went on a 379 the other day and all seemed perfectly fine - both the interior and exteriors were in good condition. Then again, that is the newest stock of GA’s old fleet.
Yes, but it's not WMT, so they don't care at WMT. Group company has surprisingly little influence on operations.
Units are currently owned by EMR & subleased back to WMR. I should imagine EMR have a large say in things at present.
Technically they are owned by Porterbrook, leased to EMR and sub-leased back to WMR.
Yes i know that, I was just simplifying it, but thanks for being pedantic
It’s called “accuracy”.
Apologies for asking another question but the EMR services that serve Peterborough, what depots do that work and when can we expect all depots to be trained up on the traction? Is May to much positive thinking?
Ahh okay, thanks for the update.
Indeed, Norwich haven't started yet, I'd say the majority of Nottingham guards have now learned them, and all Derby guards. Drivers is taking much longer as the course size is half that of guards and almost twice as long so getting folk through that is more time consuming. A best guesstimate would be over 1/3 of Nottingham drivers now sign.
Yep, continuing to work out of Tyseley for a few more weeks.
I saw an image of 170503 earlier, has it been branded, because looked to be plain purple (although the picture was from a distance).
Yes it’s been branded - this is a similar situation to TPE’s 350s.
I know, was just curious as the image I saw wasn’t clear.
No worries at all - there are a few photos on Twitter which are clearer so would be worth checking there.
it is branded but doesnt have a EMR logo on the front whereas the other 2 /5s (515 & 531 from memory) do have a emr logo on the front
Do we know if 170503 is likely to be out daily including weekends?
Best place to ask would be on the day on the tops threads.
I know it was mentioned earlier in the thread that 534 was next to be done a little while back. Has anyone seen it/a picture of it done yet?
Not seen it yet.
