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caught 455 112 passing Stowmarket this afternoon
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Abellio Greater Anglia Class 755s (Regional Trains)
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caught 455 112 passing Stowmarket this afternoon
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samuelmorris
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755 mate, not 455
Icky Qualms
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yeah typo
755336 has been out and about this week. Yesterday (31st) it did a Crown Point to Harwich Int and back Norwich at least, with the pan up. May have done more but I'd gone home by early afternoon.
rdlover777
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whats ASDO? i'm guessing its something to do with selective door openings?
thealm
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It means Automatic Selective Door Operation
rdlover777
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ah, alright then
dk1
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336 was misbehaving in diesel mode earlier this week. Good to see it's out & about again.
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causton
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Tomorrow I plan to go to find some of these in the wild.
Is there a better strategy than just turning up at Norwich and crossing my fingers?
Is there a better strategy than just turning up at Norwich and crossing my fingers?
was a 156 this afternoon.
dk1
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Was that 1240 ex-Nrw?
robert west
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was a 12 car so probably was 745005
dk1
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755419 disgraced itself causing Wherry Line chaos tonight. Eventually terminated Acle almost an hour after departing Norwich.
dk1
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Only that it was power problems & had to continue at 20mph. That made me think no front illumination or no horn though.
F Great Eastern
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According to the latest GA comment (sic)
Is Network Rail engineering work a barrier to the roll out of these trains and is the ability to only test one route a week a real factor on the slow roll-out?
Is Network Rail engineering work a barrier to the roll out of these trains and is the ability to only test one route a week a real factor on the slow roll-out?
Carlgoss
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Although I like variety.. it's a good look!
402 and 409 showing off at Norwich station Monday morning.
Roll on Roll out!
402 and 409 showing off at Norwich station Monday morning.
Roll on Roll out!
samuelmorris
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I'm not sure why the 755s have earned this epithet (assuming it's a Fawlty Towers reference), their MTIN figures are seemingly comensurate with those of other newly introduced fleets.
rdlover777
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I've seen them refereed to as Iron Man on facebook
Aureol Colin
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Did the Sheringham diagrams changeover, as was rumoured last week
No was still a 156 today.
Pete_uk
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The V shape of the yellow and general look reminds me of a Adder, or its American cousin, the Viper
ashkeba
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It is and they haven't. Some people have tried to give that name to every new unit since the Sprinters.
Those in the know would beg to disagree.
Not in my experience. Any slight increase in boarding time is more than made up for by the improved acceleration and braking performance. For example, it's possible to depart Attleborough on time and then have to sit at Thetford for a minute or two waiting departure time, and the same again at Brandon, and often several minutes wait at Ely. I don't recall this ever happening with 170s.
The doors are very wide and once one end of the coach has emptied, people can start boarding that side whilst the people still alight from the other side.