London Midland class 150's

[85A]

There will be a 'farewell 150' charter organised by London Midland. Details will be confimed later in the week. There is a facebook group set up click like on the page 'Farewell 150'

 

[trainspotter]

This is the last week with domination from Class 150s, Monday will see the introduction on 172s!!!

 

[trainspotter]

This last few weeks have seen some 3 car set being split and re-numbered into their orginal numbered set!

Here is 150 109 @ Snow Hill 17.9.2011,that was 150 009 afew weeks ago!
There will be some hybrid sets with blue/green and green 150/2s i guess soon!

Keep your eyes peeled as things are moving fast and time is running out to see LM 150's around Birmingham!!!

 

[150001]

Great pic. Wouldn't mind getting one of 116, 117 and 107 as well would you as I can't go down apart from at weekends.

 

[trainspotter]

Great pic. Wouldn't mind getting one of 116, 117 and 107 as well would you as I can't go down apart from at weekends.

Same here bud! Work gets in the way! Still theres alway the weekends! lol

 

[mawallace]

150106 was still around Tysely this week.

Any idea when it will be leaving for First Great Western?

 

[150001]

Well TS seem to be sending off a lot of units to NOR now so maybe in 2 weeks. Whether it will go to Barton for repaint straight away is anyone's guess!

 

[GazzaB24]

150s still out and about. Today's observations:

150125+019 on 07.56 Dorridge - Stourbridge Junc
153365+150002 on 06.45 Worcester Shrub Hill - Dorridge and
08.28 return off Dorridge
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This mornings observations on way into Brum:

150105+107 on 07.08 Leamington - Kidderminster
150012+106 on 07.56 Dorridge - Stourbridge Jn
153365+150002 on 06.45 Worcester - Dorridge etc

150106 should be rear 2 cars on 18.02 Dorridge - Kidderminster tonight.
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150125+124 on 07.56 Dorridge - Stourbridge Jn this morning instead of the normal 150/0+150/1 or 150/2 combination.

 

[YorkshireBear]

Has there been any news on the two 3 car 150s that have yet to be allocated or have i missed it?

and any other units as of yet unallocated i thought there was a few more but i have forgotten them.

 

[anthony263]

Has there been any news on the two 3 car 150s that have yet to be allocated or have i missed it?

and any other units as of yet unallocated i thought there was a few more but i have forgotten them.

I too have been thinking about this. From what I read on another forum, it seemed that FGW were going to get the 2, 3 carriage non standard class 150's.

Hopefully it is true, especially since it would provide 2 units to boost capacity elsewhere around the reading/thames valley area.

 

[swt_passenger]

Has there been any news on the two 3 car 150s that have yet to be allocated or have i missed it?

and any other units as of yet unallocated i thought there was a few more but i have forgotten them.

There were only 8 150 vehicles left unallocated. 150001/2 (possibly destined for FGW) takes up 6 of them. The only others are the two toiletless cars left over from accidents and they have been made up into a two car unit and have been stored at Eastleigh works.

 

[fgwrich]

There were only 8 150 vehicles left unallocated. 150001/2 (possibly destined for FGW) takes up 6 of them. The only others are the two toiletless cars left over from accidents and they have been made up into a two car unit and have been stored at Eastleigh works.

Which, by the sounds of how the test run / timing run went, it's looking rather likely that Reading to Basingstoke could go 150!

 

[Nym]

Just wait for the southerners to start moaning about clapped out old trains being replaced by even more clapped out old trains... (150s for 165/166)

 

[fgwrich]

Just wait for the southerners to start moaning about clapped out old trains being replaced by even more clapped out old trains... (150s for 165/166)

I don't know about that really - Firstly, id have to hardly describe our 165s as Clapped out - their only 20 years old, and are pretty well looked after by FGW (Especially considering their reccent refurb!)...Give the 150/0s a good refresh/refurb and i doubt you'll be hearing much complaining from down this way - It's a win win situation for all of us down here too...Thames Valley Mainline get's an increase by 2 Sets, and we at last, get 3 Car units on the branch!

Plus, if anything, the only moaning ive heard so far...Is by some of us railway lot!

 

[atsf_fT]

new paint job yesterday at stourbridge !!

looks like they tried to make a start getting it off but ,it was needed in service .

 

[Class172]

What??

 

[YorkshireBear]

I don't know about that really - Firstly, id have to hardly describe our 165s as Clapped out - their only 20 years old, and are pretty well looked after by FGW (Especially considering their reccent refurb!)...Give the 150/0s a good refresh/refurb and i doubt you'll be hearing much complaining from down this way - It's a win win situation for all of us down here too...Thames Valley Mainline get's an increase by 2 Sets, and we at last, get 3 Car units on the branch!

Plus, if anything, the only moaning ive heard so far...Is by some of us railway lot!

The issue is, due to them being the only two 150s in area can only one operate at time for maintenance and thunderbird requirements??

 

[Nym]

Nah, they can just make them weekday only, do maintenance on weekends and if one needs rescue, pull one of the spare 16x units out to cover and the other 150 thunderbirds.

 

[YorkshireBear]

Nah, they can just make them weekday only, do maintenance on weekends and if one needs rescue, pull one of the spare 16x units out to cover and the other 150 thunderbirds.

Fair enough thanks for that I did think that might be case but wasn't 100% sure. Seems like a good idea to me. Although i was sure that one of the PTEs would get them up north. A very pleasant surprise to be fair.

 

[Nym]

Is it confirmed that FGW are getting them yet though?

Also, wouldn't Reading - Bourmouth be being electrified in one of the stages of XC Electrification? Or am I just having some wishful thinking there?

 

[YorkshireBear]

Is it confirmed that FGW are getting them yet though?

Also, wouldn't Reading - Bourmouth be being electrified in one of the stages of XC Electrification? Or am I just having some wishful thinking there?

probably wishful thinking I thinking, going to be a long time before any heads are put together on XC electrification in my opinion. Its is too wide spread.

 

[Nym]

Yeah, even though doing a 'tiny' gap between Coventry and Oxford will release 8 class 220/1 units for capacity enhancement in XC, or to make the Bi Mode IEP even more pointless...

 

[YorkshireBear]

Yeah, even though doing a 'tiny' gap between Coventry and Oxford will release 8 class 220/1 units for capacity enhancement in XC, or to make the Bi Mode IEP even more pointless...

Yep but they won't see it that way. I think the only palce IEP has a use is with XC becuase the likely hood of that ever being electrified throughout is minimal.
Ah well. Maybe the next XC franchise holders will be more forward in there aspirations. When does Arriva XC franchise end?

 

[northwichcat]

I know passenger doors are supposed to be a different colour to the train for DDA purposes but I thought crew only doors weren't supposed to the same colour as passenger doors, from the picture posted further up both appear to be yellow.

 

[ainsworth74]

I don't think that's part of the requirements for DDA as Northern Rail 150s also have same colour on crew doors as passenger doors. I think it might be more of a convention that TOC's have fallen into to not paint crew doors the same as it will probably help prevent people trying to board through them.

 

[fgwrich]

Is it confirmed that FGW are getting them yet though?

Also, wouldn't Reading - Bourmouth be being electrified in one of the stages of XC Electrification? Or am I just having some wishful thinking there?

Not totally confimed just yet, But, considering there was talk coming from inside FGW two weeks ago about getting the twins for Reading - Basingstoke services, only for a week later FGW to be trialing 150130 on the branch shows that they are after them...

As for any over companies after them, ive heard all sorts of things - remember the Bridgend council story of Bridgend Council wanting them for the Maesteg services?...As well as a PTE up north apparently showing interest, but FGW seems to be the only one to put their money where their mouth is in trying to take them on...

 

[Nym]

If only leasing vehicles was a commercial game rather than a political one, I'm sure FGW would have the units in service by now on that route.

(And Porterbrook would have baught more units speculatively too I'd suspect!)

 

[anthony263]

Not totally confimed just yet, But, considering there was talk coming from inside FGW two weeks ago about getting the twins for Reading - Basingstoke services, only for a week later FGW to be trialing 150130 on the branch shows that they are after them...

As for any over companies after them, ive heard all sorts of things - remember the Bridgend council story of Bridgend Council wanting them for the Maesteg services?...As well as a PTE up north apparently showing interest, but FGW seems to be the only one to put their money where their mouth is in trying to take them on...

Thats a 1st I didn't now my local council wanted them for the maesteg line, learned something new.

I did send an email to the WG suggesting they perhaps take on some of these class 150's, I did get an letter back saying they didnt really require them at the present time.

 

[507 001]

I don't think that's part of the requirements for DDA as Northern Rail 150s also have same colour on crew doors as passenger doors. I think it might be more of a convention that TOC's have fallen into to not paint crew doors the same as it will probably help prevent people trying to board through them.

The only northern units with the crew doors painted the same as the passenger doors are the 150/2s and thats only because said doors become a passenger door when in multiple with a 156 or another /2

 

[sprinterguy]

The only northern units with the crew doors painted the same as the passenger doors are the 150/2s and thats only because said doors become a passenger door when in multiple with a 156 or another /2

It was the same with LMs' (now disbanded) 3-car 150 hybrids. The sliding crew door on the 150/2 carriage was used as a passenger door so was painted as such. Of course, the slam cab doors on the 150/1s weren't painted differently to the rest of the bodyside as they weren't used as passenger doors.