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At about 4ish today at Preston I noticed a 2 coach Voyager hauled by a DRS Loco heading north towards Lancaster, does anyone know what this was?
Got this information from the guys over at Railcam.
DRS 57308 dragging Virgin Voyager 221144 - 5Z21 Barton Under Needwood Rsmd to Polmadie Car M.D.
221144 by sounds of it. The 3 middle coaches were used to make Virgin units 141-143 all 5-car's, while the driving vehicles are now spare. The unit has a compressor fitted in one of the luggage area's so it can move around Central Rivers under its own power, but on the mainline has to be hauled for some reason.
Is it Virgin's to give though? Sub-leasing can get very complicated very quickly! And would XC actually benefit from having two shorter trains as opposed to one longer one?Couldn't VT give it to XC so it could reform 2 5 car voyagers into 3 4 car voyagers or something like that?
I was in the unit with compressor which was as loud as anything. The unit has to be dragged on the NR network as I am sure its safe max speed is something like 10mph.
At about 4ish today at Preston I noticed a 2 coach Voyager hauled by a DRS Loco heading north towards Lancaster, does anyone know what this was?
You were faster than me...by the time my camera was on, it was disappearing in the distance.Saw it today sitting in Polmadie as I was travelling down to Carlisle on a Pendolino...