Scotrail unit 156478's return to service

507021 · 11 Jun 2016

Techniquest said:
Just to clarify, 478 will be returning to service with the original seats, the ones ScotRail are refurbishing will be getting new seats?

Good news 478 is on the way back!

Sure is, it's one of the many ScotRail 156s I still need.

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HA25322 · 12 Jun 2016

Same here. Now just need them to fix 150275 which has been in Kilmarnock since April.

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HA25322 · 4 Jul 2016

So any news on this please? Last I heard was that it was still at Kilmarnock? Many thanks.

222ben · 5 Jul 2016

Hardy little things aren't they?

380101 · 7 Jul 2016

HA25322 said:
So any news on this please? Last I heard was that it was still at Kilmarnock? Many thanks.

still at Brodies. passed it several times today. Appears to be waiting for the Scotrail graphics vinyl wraps to be applied before being released back to Scotrail.

Haig paxton · 7 Jul 2016

380101 said:
still at Brodies. passed it several times today. Appears to be waiting for the Scotrail graphics vinyl wraps to be applied before being released back to Scotrail.

Not a great reason for having a train lie doing nothing. Some 158s ran around for up to a year in base blue before having any vinyls applied.

JModulo · 7 Jul 2016

380101 said:
still at Brodies. passed it several times today. Appears to be waiting for the Scotrail graphics vinyl wraps to be applied before being released back to Scotrail.

Still awaiting testing to be done before being released from Brodies, which has now been put back by around a month.

Blindtraveler · 7 Jul 2016

What kind of tests?

JModulo · 7 Jul 2016

Blindtraveler said:
What kind of tests?

To ensure it's compatible with another unit after all of the work that has been carried out and that everything still works the way it should. So i've heard anyway.

SC318250 · 8 Jul 2016

Should be plenty of 156 units spare this coming week apart from a couple of days.

Would think there could be the possibility of a unit finishing at Kilmarnock off a 4 car unit that could go to Broadies instead of going to Glasgow and on to Corkerhill after evening peak hr.
If the unit came fuelled from Corkerhill prior to working to Kilmarnock then unit should have enough fuel for the following day and shouldnt need toilet tanks emptied either
Unit could then start a peak am service from Kilmarnock after 7am

Just a couple of thoughts

djpontrack · 5 Aug 2016

Any more news about 156478? Thanks.

superalbs · 5 Aug 2016

Well this pic claims that the unit "nears a return to service".
https://www.flickr.com/photos/16243112@N08/27900135090

380101 · 6 Aug 2016

superalbs said:
Well this pic claims that the unit "nears a return to service".
https://www.flickr.com/photos/16243112@N08/27900135090

It's been in that state for nearly a month now. It has an outstanding electrical fault that they are having difficulty fixing. Don't expect to see it back in service anytime soon.

SpacePhoenix · 6 Aug 2016

Is there much left of it's old electrics?

Techniquest · 6 Aug 2016

380101 said:
It's been in that state for nearly a month now. It has an outstanding electrical fault that they are having difficulty fixing. Don't expect to see it back in service anytime soon.

Rather hope they can fix it soon

Bring on its return to passenger service!

djpontrack · 6 Aug 2016

That's a pity it's not back in service now. I'm getting a Glasgow Roundabout on Tuesday and hoped it would be running. I will just have a go at getting my other two required scotrail class 156s for haulage (156439&156447).

BestWestern · 6 Aug 2016

380101 said:
It's been in that state for nearly a month now. It has an outstanding electrical fault that they are having difficulty fixing. Don't expect to see it back in service anytime soon.

As in, "they've already tried coupling it to something else and it didn't work", I wonder?

HA25322 · 6 Aug 2016

They have a couple up there to choose from. 155346 has been there since May I believe. 150275 since April.

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rossco156433 · 28 Aug 2016

156478 is still at Brodies no nearer to being back on the mainline it would seem however it's playing it's own version of the hokey cokey, seems to be constantly in and out the shed. Hopefully wont be too much longer now. Here's a link to a pic i took yesterday while out for 'The Ayr Apparent' railtour.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rossco156433/29276889315

HMS Ark Royal · 28 Aug 2016

rossco156433 said:
156478 is still at Brodies no nearer to being back on the mainline it would seem however it's playing it's own version of the hokey cokey, seems to be constantly in and out the shed. Hopefully wont be too much longer now. Here's a link to a pic i took yesterday while out for 'The Ayr Apparent' railtour.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rossco156433/29276889315

Nice picture, rossco...

I hope the old girl is out and about soon - Scotrail should give it a funny name like "River" or "Noah's Ark"

scotraildriver · 29 Aug 2016

Hoped to be out next couple of weeks. A couple of faults have proved challenging to rectify, but we're nearly there- from a fleet manager.

Blindtraveler · 29 Aug 2016

Any detail on what these are? Interested as I doubt any class member has been this extensively rewired before or indeed rebuilt

route:oxford · 29 Aug 2016

Blindtraveler said:
Any detail on what these are? Interested as I doubt any class member has been this extensively rewired before or indeed rebuilt

Surely the Class 73 rebuild surpasses what has been done with this 156?

scotraildriver · 29 Aug 2016

Blindtraveler said:
Any detail on what these are? Interested as I doubt any class member has been this extensively rewired before or indeed rebuilt

He just said "electrical gremlins"!

Blindtraveler · 29 Aug 2016

Thanks.

@route

xford, I was refering exclusively to class 156's

Tottenham Flyer · 30 Aug 2016

Blindtraveler said:
Any detail on what these are? Interested as I doubt any class member has been this extensively rewired before or indeed rebuilt

156417 would certainly trump this with the rebuilding part, after its collision with the tanker on the Marks Tey - Sudbury line in 2010.

https://flic.kr/p/8tkncX

BestWestern · 30 Aug 2016

route:oxford said:
Surely the Class 73 rebuild surpasses what has been done with this 156?

I think by 'class member' the poster meant other Class 156s?

rossco156433 · 16 Sep 2016

156478 now had the spots applied. I've been informed it should be leaving soon.

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D365 · 16 Sep 2016

Looks nothing like a write-off. Good job by all.

Clansman · 16 Sep 2016

Looks like they are going all out Anglian by painting yellow higher up the face of the unit, compared to before.

Never the less, looking great given the state it was in.

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