TfW to operate Class 37s on the Rhymney Line

PHILIPE · 13 Oct 2019

Let's hope the service settles down again following 37418s misdemeanours and following an ECS (5R18) running up from Canton to Rhymney this afternoon worked by 37418+37025 TNT

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ValleyLines142 · 13 Oct 2019

PaulBWilliams said:
37418 with 37025 are currently heading north on
2R24 1746 Cardiff Central to Rhymney.

I was on it that day for the first time. It was full and standing too!

I notice there were security guards on board, I think assisting with door opening. Although one of them told my friend not to open the window.

taylormj4 said:
Ps are those the times leaving Cardiff or at Lisvane please. Which codes are the services that the 37s are running?

2R20 and 2R24.

anamyd · 13 Oct 2019

DanTrainMan185 said:
I was on it that day for the first time. It was full and standing too!

I notice there were security guards on board, I think assisting with door opening. Although one of them told my friend not to open the window.

2R20 and 2R24.

Your friend should've been allowed to open the window for ventilation purposes

ValleyLines142 · 13 Oct 2019

anamyd said:
Your friend should've been allowed to open the window for ventilation purposes

Nope. Security guard point blank refused.

_toommm_ · 13 Oct 2019

DanTrainMan185 said:
I notice there were security guards on board, I think assisting with door opening. Although one of them told my friend not to open the window.

When I was on it, they let someone stand near the window, as long as (of course) they didn't fling themselves out. You might have just got a security guard who'd had a bad day, or they'd had crap off people

Chris217 · 13 Oct 2019

Maybe those security guards
have seen that video on YouTube
The bashers

krus_aragon · 14 Oct 2019

anamyd said:
Your friend should've been allowed to open the window for ventilation purposes

DanTrainMan185 said:
Nope. Security guard point blank refused.

Staff on the Mark III Manchester rake are being quite studious in announcing that the windows are not to be opened except to alight at a station (along with instructions on how to do so) after every major station. That's with no security guards on board, though.

I can fully appreciate that nobody wants a repeat of the recent RAIB report.

Bikeman78 · 14 Oct 2019

DanTrainMan185 said:
Nope. Security guard point blank refused.

I've had a discussion with one of them about opening the window. It seems way over the top given that you have the Holyhead loco hauled set departing Cardiff around the same time whizzing along at 90 mph without a security guard in sight. There are plenty of 67 enthusiasts around the country. As predicted, the number of cranks on the Rhymney line is close to zero.

PHILIPE · 17 Oct 2019

Fallen down again. 1746 tonight 143+150

anthony263 · 17 Oct 2019

37418 gone bang

PaulBWilliams · 17 Oct 2019

Thank you both. Any news on what happened?
I believe the training runs had run okay.

Alanko · 17 Oct 2019

Bikeman78 said:
I've had a discussion with one of them about opening the window. It seems way over the top given that you have the Holyhead loco hauled set departing Cardiff around the same time whizzing along at 90 mph without a security guard in sight. There are plenty of 67 enthusiasts around the country. As predicted, the number of cranks on the Rhymney line is close to zero.

Likewise the Scotrail/DRS 68-hauled Fife Circle sets seem to manage without security guards (or bashers).

xotGD · 23 Oct 2019

Both turns were 4-car Pacer lash-ups this evening. Guess who is in Cardiff :'(

PaulBWilliams · 23 Oct 2019

xotGD said:
Both turns were 4-car Pacer lash-ups this evening. Guess who is in Cardiff

Yes, it was bad news today. Had you travelled far?

xotGD · 23 Oct 2019

PaulBWilliams said:
Yes, it was bad news today. Had you travelled far?

Just a short hop from West Yorkshire. But I had to come to Cardiff anyway.

Let's see if they get things fixed for tomorrow evening...

PaulBWilliams · 24 Oct 2019

Sorry to hear. Whereabouts in West Yorkshire?
I moved from West Yorkshire two years ago to South Wales, from near Keighley.

xotGD · 24 Oct 2019

PaulBWilliams said:
Sorry to hear. Whereabouts in West Yorkshire?
I moved from West Yorkshire two years ago to South Wales, from near Keighley.

Just down the road in Bingley. But as you can guess from my username I originate from further north.

Definitely more rain in South Wales!

Back on topic, if anyone is able to post the gen regarding what works this evening I would be most grateful. Thanks.

PaulBWilliams · 24 Oct 2019

xotGD said:
Just down the road in Bingley. But as you can guess from my username I originate from further north.

Definitely more rain in South Wales!

Back on topic, if anyone is able to post the gen regarding what works this evening I would be most grateful. Thanks.

I lived in Bingley for a while until 2001. I used to work at Bradford & Bingley, also until 1996 (showing my age!).

37421 is working the 2R20 1701 Cardiff Central to Rhymney tonight.

xotGD · 24 Oct 2019

PaulBWilliams said:
I lived in Bingley for a while until 2001. I used to work at Bradford & Bingley, also until 1996 (showing my age!).

37421 is working the 2R20 1701 Cardiff Central to Rhymney tonight.

Thanks for the gen! Was 025 on the back? And what about the 17:46?

BTW, the site of the B&B head office is now a new Lidl supermarket!

PaulBWilliams · 24 Oct 2019

xotGD said:
Thanks for the gen! Was 025 on the back? And what about the 17:46?

BTW, the site of the B&B head office is now a new Lidl supermarket!

37421 was solo, nothing on the back. I don’t have any info on the 1746.

Yes, I expect Bingley Main Street looks completely different now!

xotGD · 24 Oct 2019

PaulBWilliams said:
37421 was solo, nothing on the back. I don’t have any info on the 1746.

Yes, I expect Bingley Main Street looks completely different now!

Thanks again Paul :smile:

PaulBWilliams · 24 Oct 2019

I have been informed that the 1746 was a unit.

xotGD · 24 Oct 2019

PaulBWilliams said:
I have been informed that the 1746 was a unit.

Thanks - I've also been advised of this on the TOPS thread. A lie in for me tomorrow, but I would rather have been getting up for 37025.

PaulBWilliams · 24 Oct 2019

I'll be out for 37421 to get to work in Cardiff. 37025 would be nicer though!

rog21 · 1 Nov 2019

Hello all, Is it possible to see the 37s stabled at Canton during the day from a passing train?

PaulBWilliams · 1 Nov 2019

rog21 said:
Hello all, Is it possible to see the 37s stabled at Canton during the day from a passing train?

I have seen photos people have taken from passing trains in the past. I don’t know if they are always in the same position.

D1012 · 1 Nov 2019

rog21 said:
Hello all, Is it possible to see the 37s stabled at Canton during the day from a passing train?

Catch the City Line from Cardiff Central to Ninian Park for best views of that side of the depot by train. Not bad views from a Penath, Barry Island or Bridgend train; only need to go as far as Grangetown.

rog21 · 1 Nov 2019

D1012 said:
Catch the City Line from Cardiff Central to Ninian Park for best views of that side of the depot by train. Not bad views from a Penath, Barry Island or Bridgend train; only need to go as far as Grangetown.

Thanks very much

PaulBWilliams · 10 Dec 2019

1746 today is 2 x 150 units

43 302 · 30 Dec 2019

Are the 37s continuing into 2020 and if so are they likely to make it to the summer?

TfW to operate Class 37s on the Rhymney Line

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