Good news67018 hauling 385019 north tonight as 5X09.
Good news67018 hauling 385019 north tonight as 5X09.
How soon after delivery do these trains go into service? I know the early ones had to accumulated a number of miles but is that still the case?Good news
Suspect there maybe 1 or 2 of the test units arriving from Italy??
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/R47344/2019/01/22advanced
It’s driver training, not testing.385s back out on the Cathcart circle today. Just saw one pass by my house. Hope the testing is going well!
Can't understand why something would move from Merchant - Tees.......only things there that could move are 800s, and to Tees Yard would be a strange place to send one.
This will be an interesting one to watch.
It was a 365 on 1P20 Dunblane to Edinburgh that failed. 365 509 was brought from Millerhill on 1Z99 to act as rescue.ScotRail were tweeting about disruption yesterday due to a failure in the Edinburgh Park area, seemingly required assistance which came from Millerhill (again according to their twitter which might be inaccurate). Anyone any idea whether this was a 385 or not?
Looking at Realtime trains it looks possible it was an issue with 1R40 1015 Queen Street to Edinburgh... that was the first service affected, arrived into Haymarket 125 mins late.
It was a 365 on 1P20 Dunblane to Edinburgh that failed. 365 509 was brought from Millerhill on 1Z99 to act as rescue.
Indeed it does - however, that appears to be a glitch as what's showing today isn't reflective of what RTT was showing at the time. 1P20 was joined to 1Z99 and returned to Waverley under that head code.That link shows 1P20 arriving into Edinburgh on time??
Going by what a few trainspotters are saying on social media, there are plans for the Class 385s to do the Ayr-North Berwick as well as some Inverclyde routes. I always thought that would naturally have happened but it was always said that the 385s wouldn’t make it to Ayrshire and Inveryclyde. Even Scotrail confirmed it on Twitter. Has something changed?
I think the 380s and 385s would work really well together. They are both very similar and with the 380s turning 10 years old they’ll probably be up for their first refurbishment/overhaul. So couldn’t they fit some with First Class areas?
What route would you run a 380 on that would justify removing capacity to add a first class compartment?I think the 380s and 385s would work really well together. They are both very similar and with the 380s turning 10 years old they’ll probably be up for their first refurbishment/overhaul. So couldn’t they fit some with First Class areas?
What route would you run a 380 on that would justify removing capacity to add a first class compartment?
The 'fake' first class they did toy with on some units wasn't much more than a slightly changed seat cover so it'd need to be more than that otherwise it'd be a bit pathetic.
Going by what a few trainspotters are saying on social media, there are plans for the Class 385s to do the Ayr-North Berwick as well as some Inverclyde routes. I always thought that would naturally have happened but it was always said that the 385s wouldn’t make it to Ayrshire and Inveryclyde. Even Scotrail confirmed it on Twitter. Has something changed?
I think the 380s and 385s would work really well together. They are both very similar and with the 380s turning 10 years old they’ll probably be up for their first refurbishment/overhaul. So couldn’t they fit some with First Class areas?
The Ayr route would be a possible contender. Baring in mind I did “some” 380s not all. I think it makes more sense to have 380s and 385s working together like the 334s and 318s rather than having a clear division. The 385s seem silly on Cathcart Circle services they would be better run with 318s/320s then eventually replaced with newer commuter stock eventually.
I’ve been thinking for a while that the 707s would be a decent choice for Cathcart. Would fit in all the 120m platforms, would pretty much fit on the Canal line, good layout internally for the type of work & freeing up the 385s to be purely E&G/SDA units to get rid of the 365s and provide some spare capacity for EK or Barrhead electrification. Would also get the 318/320s onto purely low level jobs & the odd Lanark. Could probably get Siemens to maintain them in the 380 facility at Shields. Makes sense on so many levels, so pretty much guaranteed not to happen!Yeah a 345 or 707 would be better for Cathcart Cirlcle .
I’ve been thinking for a while that the 707s would be a decent choice for Cathcart. Would fit in all the 120m platforms, would pretty much fit on the Canal line, good layout internally for the type of work & freeing up the 385s to be purely E&G/SDA units to get rid of the 365s and provide some spare capacity for EK or Barrhead electrification. Would also get the 318/320s onto purely low level jobs & the odd Lanark. Could probably get Siemens to maintain them in the 380 facility at Shields. Makes sense on so many levels, so pretty much guaranteed not to happen!
The 707s would be a decent fit however no toilets. Might able to be retrofitted when doing other work necessary . Given Siemens 380s are here and 5 car would be about right for the Cathcart Circle network and should fit into the headshunt at Neilston. Guaranteed not to happen!
True but given the moaning and mumping of the Inverclyde public about the 314s you'd think it was the worst thing in the history of the world! Longest they were was 1 hour end to end. Plus you'd want the flexibility to stick them on longer routes.However the lack of toilets probably isn't that much of an issue considering the 314s which are getting replaced also don't have toilets.
I’ve been thinking for a while that the 707s would be a decent choice for Cathcart.
The first two of the class had a transformer/pantograph fitted as part of testing at Siemens' factory; I believe that's most of the work needed. Certainly they've done all the design work and proved it all works, and done it in the opposite direction (removing them from the first two), so I can't imagine it would be vast.How much conversion work would be needed on 707s?