Anonymous10
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Any ideas if the 1630 ex Manchester Piccadilly will run on Wednesday?
Should do, there's 4 sets available Tues-Fri so all the diagrams should be coveredAny ideas if the 1630 ex Manchester Piccadilly will run on Wednesday?
I look forward to my short hop from Cardiff to Swansea in that case.Should do, there's 4 sets available Tues-Fri so all the diagrams should be covered
Just slightly up-thread SD very kindly explained the current situation. We’ve been seeing 4 sets out most days recently with a few days of 3 sets.TFW posted on X/Twitter that the following services are units today
05:30 Holyhead to Cardiff
10:52 Cardiff to Manchester
14:30 Manchester to Cardiff
18:55 Cardiff to Manchester
Any reason for such poor availability of the MK4's its becoming very regular again recently.
Looks like 02 hasn't yet been released. 06 had a data recorder fault so wasn't allowed off the depot, it was scheduled to finish last night for an exam anyway so hopefully it comes back a bit better!
Only 3 diagrams Monday with HD05 being stored at Holyhead only HD01/03 and 07 are available then upto 4 from Tuesday with HD06 back from its exam.
Additionally the last set to Holyhead last Friday was to go for storage temporarily, thus after the block the 05:30 was inevitably going to be a unit.TFW posted on X/Twitter that the following services are units today
05:30 Holyhead to Cardiff
10:52 Cardiff to Manchester
14:30 Manchester to Cardiff
18:55 Cardiff to Manchester
Any reason for such poor availability of the MK4's its becoming very regular again recently.
Still should have yes.Have I still got 67022 on tomorrow's 0435 from CDF? I'm after my fry up
Many thanks. I'm hoping at some point to get a long run on HD01-03. I want the Virgin East Coast memoriesStill should have yes.
The missing one today was pre-planned with a gap between losing HD05 and getting HD06 back so it shouldn't affect anything
Afraid you picked the wrong day then, down for either HD01 or HD03 Monday, Wednesday and Thursday!!Many thanks. I'm hoping at some point to get a long run on HD01-03. I want the Virgin East Coast memories
HD03 67012
Ahh, well I'm lucky to get a train with a buffet at all (last time it was a 197 without a trolley), so I won't be too spoilt about itAfraid you picked the wrong day then, down for either HD01 or HD03 Monday, Wednesday and Thursday!!
Thank you @Turbo00467012 HD03 t
HD03 67012
Hope that helps.
Turbo
I'm sure you've said previously you can't think of anything worse than a stodgy cooked breakfast but that is certainly a thing of beautyNow this, is a beautiful thing. Especially when you’ve been up since 3am, on board since 4:15am, and won’t get to your partner’s until midday.
Absolutely phenomenal breakfast. Even if it did take until Crewe to arrive Out of my favourite black pudding sadly but I didn’t care. Here:
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A video is attached of how glorious the runny yolk was.
Gosh, how come it took until Crewe ? Have they got different sausages? last time they had pork and Leek ones that I wasn’t a huge fan of.Now this, is a beautiful thing. Especially when you’ve been up since 3am, on board since 4:15am, and won’t get to your partner’s until midday.
Absolutely phenomenal breakfast. Even if it did take until Crewe to arrive Out of my favourite black pudding sadly but I didn’t care. Here:
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A video is attached of how glorious the runny yolk was.
Gosh, how come it took until Crewe ? Have they got different sausages? last time they had pork and Leek ones that I wasn’t a huge fan of.
They however, look incredible.
I guess there's not many people on it at 0430 from Cardiff, but lots more heading into Manchester from 0630 from Shrewsbury onwards.The chef for that service is a Shrewsbury based one, so they don’t board until then. So I suppose once they’ve got on, set up etc, it will take a little longer than usual.
There are some based at Newport too, why this one isn’t covered by them is behind my knowledge, but I would imagine it’s to spread the limited number of them to cover all trains
ahhh, well that makes a lot more sense ! I had assumed they would have boarded in Newport as I they thought they were all either Manchester or Newport based.The chef for that service is a Shrewsbury based one, so they don’t board until then. So I suppose once they’ve got on, set up etc, it will take a little longer than usual.
There are some based at Newport too, why this one isn’t covered by them is behind my knowledge, but I would imagine it’s to spread the limited number of them to cover all trains
Now this, is a beautiful thing. Especially when you’ve been up since 3am, on board since 4:15am, and won’t get to your partner’s until midday.
Absolutely phenomenal breakfast. Even if it did take until Crewe to arrive Out of my favourite black pudding sadly but I didn’t care. Here:
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A video is attached of how glorious the runny yolk was.
HD02 hasn't got a loco on it anymore. 67015 returned to DB at Crewe off it today.From what I remember HD02 was the spare set at Canton, I'm assuming that it moved onto 1W65 now due to HD01s failure this morning?
Sorry, my sense of logic seemed to have an issue here, the Holyhead diagram was replaced, my fault!
Is the 1630 ex Manchester still planned a mk4 ?HD02 hasn't got a loco on it anymore. 67015 returned to DB at Crewe off it today.
Theres now no set at Holyhead, 1 at Canton and 3 at Crewe so the Plan to get it back to normal tomorrow is for HD01 (now with 67014 rather than 008) to swap in at Crewe at 0730 on 1W11, HD07 will then pick up the diagram that normally comes from Holyhead picking up 1W57 at 10:52 from Cardiff
Yes that should be HD03Is the 1630 ex Manchester still planned a mk4 ?
Many thanks, this information is very appreciated.Yes that should be HD03