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LE Movements, ECS and Test Runs 2019

Discussie in 'What's Going On' gestart door Big Al, 3 jan 2019.

  1. alastair

    alastair Well-Known Member

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    Just wondering if this Crewe to Stewarts Lane on Friday: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U53065/2019/02/15/advanced could be Braunton for following day's Belmond Surrey Hills trip?
     
  2. Colin Morley

    Colin Morley New Member

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    I know all that, just wondering what it was likely to be, assume not steam else it would of been mentioned on here, and as it's being run by Tyseley, not West Coast, it must be the 47?
     
  3. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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  4. Landshrew

    Landshrew New Member

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    It should be 34046, 70000 if the Bulleid is not fit to run following further repairs. Expect another Crewe-Chester General-Crewe test run in the next week.
     
    Last edited: 10 feb 2019
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  5. allison_p

    allison_p New Member

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    It’s Cl.47 crew training.


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  6. Steamage

    Steamage Part of the furniture

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    Interesting. Has 70000 hauled the VSOE/Belmond Pullmans in "modern times"?
     
  7. steamvideosnet

    steamvideosnet Well-Known Member

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    Yes, in October(?) 2011 on a London-Bristol trip.

    James


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  8. thegrimeater

    thegrimeater Member

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  9. free2grice

    free2grice Part of the furniture Friend

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    Yes, it was 12th October, 2011. I filmed the train at Keynsham on the return. It was going like the clappers (naturally) with 13 on. <BJ>
     
  10. GWR4707

    GWR4707 Nat Pres stalwart

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    I assume in the terms of passenger trains 1xxx is an up train and 2xxx is a down train, no idea what the letters mean as we seem to have all manner of letters on the Coast trains?
     
  11. mattspencer

    mattspencer Well-Known Member

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    No. Take a read of this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_reporting_number
     
  12. free2grice

    free2grice Part of the furniture Friend

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    It was 47.773 today on a Tyseley - Stratford run and a Tyseley to Worcester run. It had 5 coaches in tow. <BJ>
     
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  13. Fred Kerr

    Fred Kerr Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    No ! 1xxx is an express passenger train whilst 2xxx is a stopping passenger train; more to the point is that the ECM used to adopt even numbers for trains to Kings Cross and odd numbers for trains out of Kings Cross for a short period but AIUI current operation uses consecutive numbers for services.
     
  14. Steamage

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    All of which, and much more, is explained in the Wikipedia link that mattspencer provided yesterday ;-)
     
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  15. wcmlbls1846

    wcmlbls1846 Well-Known Member

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  18. Sidmouth

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    Diesel drag I suspect with engine in light steam for lubrication
     
  19. Groks212

    Groks212 Well-Known Member

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    Yep, towed by 37669, Tornado plus support coach 35 early at Tollerton.

    Will be interesting to see what TOC will be listed for the next test run.

    Dave B
     
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  20. sycamore

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    "THE ABERDONIAN" on 14th March is down as a WCRC job, maybe something has changed? - http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs19.htm#mar

    Will
     

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