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A TransPennine driver just told me all the Nova 2s will be in service in 2019, along with all the Nova 3s and Nova 1s.
If anyone can do it, TransPennine Express can.
What's the date again?
A TransPennine driver just told me all the Nova 2s will be in service in 2019, along with all the Nova 3s and Nova 1s.
If anyone can do it, TransPennine Express can.
Two paths to move both of the 397s that are at Crewe to Longsight
5Q32:
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K01532/2019/04/01/advanced
5Q33:
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K01533/2019/04/01/advanced
Isn’t that 397003?5Q32 ran with 397001 which I caught up with at Gatley, I should hopefully be getting 5Q33 at Stockport later as well.
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Transpennine Express 397001 by Mike McNiven, on Flickr
Isn’t that 397003?
397004 should have been moving from Crewe to Alstom at Longsight but it looks like ROG are getting it all done todayDoes anyone know if there will any 397 runs tomorrow?
Looks like 397004 should be moved to Manchester later today,
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O95681/2019/04/02/advanced
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O95647/2019/04/02/advanced
Sorry nothing 397 tomorrow but Mk5a Set 9 should be working Manchester-Carlisle-Crewe-Manchester.Does anyone know if any 397s will be out tomorrow? I'm hoping to get out for some train photography and I'm yet to catch to any of TPE's new trains on runs
397004 didn’t make it to Longsight as Alstom could not accommodate with barrier vehicles so it will remain at Crewe.57312 & 305 doing the honours.
Sorry nothing 397 tomorrow but Mk5a Set 9 should be working Manchester-Carlisle-Crewe-Manchester.
397004 is staying at Crewe now for TPE to use for Ops training. 397003 should be out next week on We’d, Thur and Fri on a MID-Crewe-Carlisle-Crewe-MID runThanksI managed to catch that one both coming into Crewe then heading back out again.
Any idea when the other Class 397 at Crewe will be moved to Manchester?
There was a Class 397 half out of the MID shed at 1225 today.
There was also a DRS Class 37 and and a Northern Belle liveried Class 57, ROG (Rail Operations Group) operated i presume, on different roads outside the front of the shed.
Any ideas what's happening? Maybe a stock move back to Crewe or something else!
The 37 isn't connected to anything with the stock, thats using the lathe at Longsight.
Seems the 57 maybe connected to the 397's, as again the paths for the 397 testing are showing up as been operated by Rail Operations Group, so I suspect maybe the thunderbird for the 397 testing, happy to be proven wrong however.
57 305 & 37 606 were at MID on Friday. Did they bring up the latest 397?
All quiet on the Class 397 front.
Is testing ongoing or are have these been put on the back burner for now?
Great to hear, are these into fault free running now then or just testing do we know?397003 has been out today and yesterday.