Hi thanks for helping me, i think i'm starting to understand it all. I'm disabled and i've suffered head injury so information takes a while to sink in. I have jotted down a list of numbers from a youtube film from somebody filming at Crewe station. Could you explain please?
Pair of 90’s, class 4 freight 90043 ( what is pair of 90's class 4 freight)?
Cross rail 345 unit. (class 345)?
Virgin 392043 (class 392 )?
Voyager 221118 (class 221)?
Dual pairing 153321 leads, 153383 at rear ) do i need to worry about getting the number for the rear when i go spotting)?
Arriva 175104 (class 175)?
Virgin 390001 (Class 390)?
Virgin 390103, (class 390)?
London Midland 350121 (class 350)?
Arriva 175101 (class 175)?
London Midland 350245 (class 350)?
37601 (loco class 37)?
Pair of 90’s, class 4 freight 90043 ( what is pair of 90's class 4 freight)?
A '90' is a class 90 electric locomotive. Locomotives can sometimes 'double head' which means there are 2 locomotives hauling the train, although sometimes only one loco is actually working. Class 4 I believe is something to do with the priority and max speed of the service, but I'm not too familiar with the codes.
Cross rail 345 unit. (class 345)?
Yes, these are the new units for Crossrail down in London
Virgin 392043 (class 392 )?
Not quite. It would've been 390043 (class 390), but it may've sounded different in the video.
Voyager 221118 (class 221)?
Indeed
Dual pairing 153321 leads, 153383 at rear ) do i need to worry about getting the number for the rear when i go spotting)?
These are 1-coach units, and dual pairing means 2 units joined together. I keep records of what I've seen, so I record both unit numbers.
Arriva 175104 (class 175)?
Yep
Virgin 390001 (Class 390)?
Yes, class 390. If it's Virgin West Coast, it'll either be class 390(electric) or 221(diesel).
Virgin 390103, (class 390)?
Again, yes.
London Midland 350121 (class 350)?
Yes, class 350 is correct. The video you're watching might be from last year or before, as London Midland is now called West Midlands Trains, split into West Midlands Railway (for local trains) and London Northwestern Railway (for longer distance services, e.g Trains to and from London, Crewe and Liverpool). All ex London Midland class 350s are now London Northwestern Railway.
Arriva 175101 (class 175)?
Correct
London Midland 350245 (class 350)?
Yep. Again, now London Northwestern Railway.
37601 (loco class 37)?
Yes, class 37 is correct.