Did 2 and 4 car 158s not used to run on the E-G on a half hourly frequency? Compared with 8-car 385s every 15 minutes now.
I seen a vid of a 6 car 158 working in the 90s. 6 car 158 working , ive never seen one in Scotland.
Did 2 and 4 car 158s not used to run on the E-G on a half hourly frequency? Compared with 8-car 385s every 15 minutes now.
Was that 1735 from Reading? Sounds strange there were no stopping services booked for a HST at that time, should have been a 5/6 car turbo.
Anything operated by a pacer.
150’s substituting for the loco-hauled Chester - Manchester were, in my opinion, inappropriate and was often resemblant of a sardine tin. Still, better than it not running at all, I suppose.
I once did Bristol Temple Meads - Weymouth on a 150. Wasn’t very comfortable either.
150s were standard traction for Bristol to Weymouth until the Turbos came on the scene over the last 2 yea.
I think there’s a morning peak service from Dundee to Edinburgh that’s a 6-car 158. Apart from that though I don’t think there’s any others. (I think there’s maybe been one off ones if there’s golf at Carnoustie - not 100% sure on that though)I seen a vid of a 6 car 158 working in the 90s. 6 car 158 working , ive never seen one in Scotland.
Got a pic of 168322 at Moor Street about to do the run down to Marylebone, 14/7/16. Both coaches already full. Not sure whether it was calling at the usual stops or running non-stop or whatever though.
This was a one off, 11th October 2014. There was a two track railway in the London area and FGW wanted some stock to get to Old Oak, NR refused a path, so they ran 2+3 HST, formed of said stock, on a Oxford to London stopper from Reading. Was 43028+43189.Sure it wasn't an Adelante? Think that was a booked working.
I don’t think so. IIRC, there were a couple of through services from Glasgow that were 318s, everything else was 90s. Sunday might have been diesel & diesel units were still substituting on occasions up to recently. I think the 150s left around the time the Turbostars started turning up in the early 2000s. It was a crazy time though, I remember going to North Berwick once & the acceleration out of Waverley through Calton tunnel & down the hill with the 90 shoving on the back pressed you into your seat. Faster acceleration than a Pendolino I suspectAt the time didn't they share these with 150s, 318s, and 158s? Some time that was.
I don’t think so. IIRC, there were a couple of through services from Glasgow that were 318s, everything else was 90s. Sunday might have been diesel & diesel units were still substituting on occasions up to recently. I think the 150s left around the time the Turbostars started turning up in the early 2000s.
Interesting. I didn't realise 318s worked as far as there, I thought they just stuck to the main Strathclyde routes.
Regarding 150s, I believe that the last 150 to leave Scotland was in 2005 whereas Turbostars were introduced in 1999, so some crossover there.
I don’t think so. IIRC, there were a couple of through services from Glasgow that were 318s, everything else was 90s. Sunday might have been diesel & diesel units were still substituting on occasions up to recently. I think the 150s left around the time the Turbostars started turning up in the early 2000s. It was a crazy time though, I remember going to North Berwick once & the acceleration out of Waverley through Calton tunnel & down the hill with the 90 shoving on the back pressed you into your seat. Faster acceleration than a Pendolino I suspect
FGW used to run a 153 on the Great Malvern to Brighton. Just pray the toilet wasn’t out of use
I think the 170 worked the 08:03 Prestonpans - Edinburgh service which wasn’t too bad on the odd occasion I caught it. The 07:55 North Berwick - Edinburgh (often reported in the East Lothian Courier as “the sardine express”) was worked by a 380 and frequently left people at Musselburgh, and is probably the one you’re thinking of. I think it was diagrammed as 6 coaches but 3 coaches seemed to turn up more often than not.170s worked North Berwick as late as last year. Can't mind what diagram it was, but it was infamous for leaving people stranded at Musselburgh in the mornings.
Didnt a 455 once operate to Brighton? That would not be a good journey!![]()
After the 1974 electrification of the WCML to Glasgow, portions from Birmingham/Manchester to Edinburgh were commonly worked on from Carstairs by non-ETH locos, even in winter. This was fine for Mk2a-c stock the services started off with, which also had steam heat, but progressively odd Mk 2d-f AC stock was dropped in, often just one coach in the formation, with no ability to be heated or pass it to the vehicles to the rear. Was still going on by 1990, indeed when steam heat had been given up.Some of the things that went on in BR's day seem amazing now... Sending a 'no-heat' freight loco out to head up a working on a chilly spring or autumn day seemed to happen quite often.