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I'm sure there are more direct routes which don't require two reversals...Looks like a Delivery
I'm sure there are more direct routes which don't require two reversals...Looks like a Delivery
The 807 went via Edinburgh!I'm sure there are more direct routes which don't require two reversals...
Routes which maybe are not cleared for the unit, or the drivers do not have route knowledge.I'm sure there are more direct routes which don't require two reversals...
You'd have thought a routeing for a bi-mode via the Calder Valley and Warrington BQ would work (all used by 80x).Routes which maybe are not cleared for the unit, or the drivers do not have route knowledge.
IETs probably aren't cleared since they're GWR's 80XsI thought the IET's were not cleared to go via Calder Valley?
They do go via the TransPennine Route through Dewsbury and Huddersfield towards Manchester and Liverpool.
No doubt the scenic way to Oxley all counts towards the units mileage accumulation.IETs probably aren't cleared since they're GWR's 80Xs
However TPE's 802s ("Nova 1" since you seem to like using TOC's nicknames) do, such as here, and plenty of other times yesterday.
Realtime Trains | 1P19 0854 Liverpool Lime Street to York | 10/03/2024
Real-time train running information for 1P19 0854 departure from Liverpool Lime Street to York on 10/03/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.www.realtimetrains.co.uk
Just seen 805004 at PrestonNo doubt the scenic way to Oxley all counts towards the units mileage accumulation.
When an 807 is despatched it goes via Edinburgh and the ECML then the WCML On electric. They even put in an odd trip to Glasgow for mileage. All of which is cleated to use.
5Q15 from London Euston and working back south as 5Q94 to London Euston. It the does 5Q96 to Wembley.Just seen 805004 at Preston
Is that something relating to the ECML wires?Every test train I’ve seen a picture or video, they are using the front pan.
Only seems to be LNER use rear pan.
Avanti 390s use rear pans.Is that something relating to the ECML wires?
Oh wow! How amazing that I honestly never knew! Thanks for sharing!IETs probably aren't cleared since they're GWR's 80Xs
However TPE's 802s ("Nova 1" since you seem to like using TOC's nicknames) do, such as here, and plenty of other times yesterday.
Realtime Trains | 1P19 0854 Liverpool Lime Street to York | 10/03/2024
Real-time train running information for 1P19 0854 departure from Liverpool Lime Street to York on 10/03/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.www.realtimetrains.co.uk
So when do both Avanti and LNWR drivers start being trained on the new speed limits? I guess a bit easier for LNWR as not so many changes, having seen the profile now. Looks like Linslade remains at 90mph up and down.Due to be commissioned from week 01 (April) through to week 10. It will be staged with Kilburn - Rugby done first.
390s have had a vehicle change so can operate at MU once the speed profile is introduced.
The SoC for 805s shows they can run on test at EPS between Rugby and Crewe although both GBRF and AWC have only been running at PS.
So when do both Avanti and LNWR drivers start being trained on the new speed limits? I guess a bit easier for LNWR as not so many changes, having seen the profile now. Looks like Linslade remains at 90mph up and down.
hasn't been publicly published yet AFAIKWhere has the profile been published?
Ah no problem, thank you!hasn't been publicly published yet AFAIK
There won't be much change for LNWR though, will there, as there are very few places on the WCML fast lines which currently have a PS limit lower than 110mph, and which will be faster under MU?So when do both Avanti and LNWR drivers start being trained on the new speed limits? I guess a bit easier for LNWR as not so many changes, having seen the profile now. Looks like Linslade remains at 90mph up and down.
Yes as above Kilsby and Atherstone remain the same for 110mph stock PS and MU in both directions. For LNWR specifically it looks like MU speeds will increase on the down main earlier from Queens Park to Wembley closer to EPS speeds and then there's around 6 miles North of Rugby of 110mph vice 100mph and that's it. On the Up main, a higher limit of 95mph vice 90mph is available for a few miles south of Stafford - Queensville area - followed by a few miles of 110mph vice 105 and 100mph just north of Rugby in roughly the same place as the down line increases. But the step down approaching Euston seems to be the same for MU as PSThere won't be much change for LNWR though, will there, as there are very few places on the WCML fast lines which currently have a PS limit lower than 110mph, and which will be faster under MU?
Maybe at Atherstone, or Queensville approaching Stafford?
I imagine everything will still do 110mph through Kilsby Tunnel.
Double liveried 805s look great! Thanks for sharing the video.12/03/24 - Avanti West Coast Class 805 - 805008 & 805009 - Holyhead to Oxley Car M.D. - Test Run
Apart from a brief move on Friday, the first 10 car fully liveried 805Double liveried 805s look great! Thanks for sharing the video.
807001 at Aycliffe on static testing unliveried.Any more progress with the 807's?
Linslade is 90 PS on Up with no MU and 125ESP with no differential after the new speeds are introduced.So when do both Avanti and LNWR drivers start being trained on the new speed limits? I guess a bit easier for LNWR as not so many changes, having seen the profile now. Looks like Linslade remains at 90mph up and down.
805009 according to RTT.5Q93 Avanti liveried 805 heading North today from London
On the WCML Pendolino the Rear pantograph is used, in the early days there were signalling failure issues in particular axle counter failures at Bourne End Junction Hemel Hempstead, a the class 390 was in the early days always using the leading pantograph, it was found this was causing interference and since then the rear pantographs are now used and this solved the failure problems.Does anyone know if they will use the rear pantographs like LNER do?