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| Interesting thing.. 30/01/2012 at 19:16 #28443 | |
Poshfc
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First day back at university today, and I did my usual route (Wolverhampton to Worcester), I decided to go via New Street and get the Hereford train. Now, usually this is a Class 170, however, to my surprise it was a 2 car 150! (150109) I enjoyed the nostalgia, but it made me wonder where all the London Midland 170's have gone too as I've never seen this before other than when I used to travel on the Snow Hill line? Also, when I was waiting for my return trip at Foregate St., the same 150 came back through (16:24) to New Street, followed by a 170 coupled with a 153 to Hereford. Has something happened to the 170's or am I missing something? Log in to reply |
| Re: Interesting thing.. 30/01/2012 at 19:22 #28444 | |
headshot119
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Since the introduction of the class 172s on the Snow Hill lines London Midland have cascaded most of the class 150s to other operators. They have however kept a couple of units. There is a 150 Hereford diagram. A 150 also does a diagram on the Bedford - Bletchley route. There are two (I think) 170 + 153 diagrams that run most days now, for extra capacity. I saw one at New Street on Friday night on a Shrewsbury turn. Hope that helps. "Passengers for New Lane, should be seated in the rear coach of the train " - Opinions are my own and not those of my employer Last edited: 30/01/2012 at 19:28 by headshot119 Log in to reply |
| Re: Interesting thing.. 30/01/2012 at 19:26 #28445 | |
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Poshfc
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Yes, im fully aware of the 172's on the Snow Hill line, but was just curious why they still had a 150 on the diagram and using it on the Hereford service?
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| Re: Interesting thing.. 30/01/2012 at 19:31 #28447 | |
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headshot119
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" said:Yes, im fully aware of the 172's on the Snow Hill line, but was just curious why they still had a 150 on the diagram and using it on the Hereford service?The reason it's on that diagram I assume is for traction retention knowledge. The main reason for keeping the 150s is for the Bedford - Bletchley route. Tyseley men need to keep the traction knowledge as Tyseley is where the 150s are maintained. Hope that makes sense. "Passengers for New Lane, should be seated in the rear coach of the train " - Opinions are my own and not those of my employer Log in to reply |
| Re: Interesting thing.. 30/01/2012 at 19:38 #28448 | |
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Poshfc
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That's what I thought, Thanks for that. I also thought it was my bad day when I saw it at New Street.. 
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| Re: Interesting thing.. 31/01/2012 at 21:57 #28490 | |
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benstafford
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Surely running it on a Worcester Diagram means that it is largely operated by Worcester crews - it will need a part way through the day swap for maintenace as well as it's tied to Worcester depot on that diagram.
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