dk1
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That's impressive! Longest service I've used with 153s on was Weymouth to Bristol formed of 3x153 + 150.
There was another SO Cardiff-Paignton that was booked for 4x153 & Canton once turned them all out in separate liveries.
That's impressive! Longest service I've used with 153s on was Weymouth to Bristol formed of 3x153 + 150.
One early 90s Summer Saturdays timetable was booked to have 4x158 Ely to Yarmouth after the Birmingham & Liverpool portions where attached at Ely. Used to pass through Norwich around 12:30 then return from the East coast resort at 13:23 if I remember correctly.
Norwich EMT used to sign yarmouth?
18th December 2016, I had all 3 East Kilbride services as being triples late evening. Usual half hourly service, just sheer weight of passengers. Can't remember if there was any event on (other than it being close to Christmas)
I don't know if anyone caught it but there was a 7-car sprinter combo forming 1F34 1923 Portsmouth Hbr - Cardiff >> 2C97 23:27 CDF-BRI last night.... 150207, 150125 with 158955 - in that order (so that the non-corridor unit was sandwiched between two corridor units). I expect on the latter service the pax were asked to stay in the front 2 with the rear 5 locked out, especially considering it called at 7TJ, Patchway, Filton, Stapleton Rd and Lawrence Hill on its way.
1721 is normally booked a 6 car - 3x156 but recently we have been getting it diagrammed as a 4 car 2x156 on some days of the week. Runs express to Clarkston, Hairmyres and EK with a booked crossing at Busby then all stops back via Hairmyres loop to allow a cross over and then splits 3 ways on arrival back into Glasgow Central.
Northern have used tripled up 150s on the Bolton line before.
Indeed. Some Liverpool to Scarborough services from (I think) May 1986 were 3 * 150. They didn't have yellow ends / warning panels then either - they were white (same as bodyside).When they were brand new 3x150/2 was a common formation on the TP North route.
Cracking photo! Was always quite fond of the advertising liveries (except the Ginsters one...)153308/312/370/355: 09:15 Cardiff - Paignton, Saturday 1st September 2001, passing Langstone Rock.View attachment 51257
Much agreed. Nice to see a Regional Railways one in there too.Cracking photo! Was always quite fond of the advertising liveries (except the Ginsters one...)
153308/312/370/355: 09:15 Cardiff - Paignton, Saturday 1st September 2001, passing Langstone Rock.View attachment 51257
Thanks for kind comments. To wander completely off topic, does anyone know what's happened to the Red Rock cafe?Much agreed. Nice to see a Regional Railways one in there too.
Thanks for kind comments. To wander completely off topic, does anyone know what's happened to the Red Rock cafe?
Cheers for that.The Elephant Rock Cafe as it's now known is open Thursday-Sunday & doing good business this morning as I stopped for refreshment.
Think I saw a Northern 150+GWR liveried 153+ Northern 153 just departing Leeds about Midday
Good work DK. It’s a rather lovely spot for a brew I must say...The Elephant Rock Cafe as it's now known is open Thursday-Sunday & doing good business this morning as I stopped for refreshment.
Is the 10 with 153 specific to a certain TOC?
I ask because I was taught 12-in-12 (max. 12 cabs in max. 12 cars for any 15x formation), albeit that was "some time ago".
Sprinter type units are restricted to a maximum of 12 cabs. Anymore than that and the voltage drop between the rear cab and the leading one may prevent a brake release. (Brakes release from the rear cab forwards)
I'm beginning to get a bit confused. Some posters are referring to a maximum number of cars, and others to a maximum number of cabs. Now as long as trains are made up of 150/1, 150/2, 155 and 156 units, the two make no difference. But as soon as you add 153s into the mix, with two cabs per car, things get complicated. Next 150/0s are always 3 car, with a powered non-driving centre car, and there are some powered non-driving 158 cars used to make up 3 car sets (though there have also been 3 car sets made up of 3 cars each with one cab). So is it cars or cabs?
I can imagine that drivers in Scotland, for example, would regard cars and cabs as meaning the same because 150/0s, 153s and purpose-built 3-car 158s haven't been allocated there, whereas a Northern driver really needs to understand which definition to use.
I'm beginning to get a bit confused. Some posters are referring to a maximum number of cars, and others to a maximum number of cabs. Now as long as trains are made up of 150/1, 150/2, 155 and 156 units, the two make no difference. But as soon as you add 153s into the mix, with two cabs per car, things get complicated. Next 150/0s are always 3 car, with a powered non-driving centre car, and there are some powered non-driving 158 cars used to make up 3 car sets (though there have also been 3 car sets made up of 3 cars each with one cab). So is it cars or cabs?
I can imagine that drivers in Scotland, for example, would regard cars and cabs as meaning the same because 150/0s, 153s and purpose-built 3-car 158s haven't been allocated there, whereas a Northern driver really needs to understand which definition to use.