I have just had my first trips on the 755’s, doing Cambridge-Norwich, out and back a few times, using an Anglia Plus day ranger, starting out on the 08.09 Cambridge-Norwich which was 755 417, which ran well and faultlessly, my impressions of the Stadlers, are that they are really good trains, comfortable and look Classy inside, the seats are really nice and the layout good, with the raised seating, also like being able walk through the engines and hear them working, I like the overall design of them, they look a good train and interesting with the engine in the middle.
My second unit was 755 416, which joined at Ely, it arrived late as was having engine problems etc, and had long stop at Ely, nearly being cancelled a couple of times, all rather chaotic, think the driver was in touch with control to try rectify, once got going again it ran normally to Cambridge, then worked its booked run the 13.09 Cambridge-Norwich, which with some hard nosed running, clawed back some of he time deficit, they do shift well, I would be interested to know what dk1 thinks of heir performance, if he’s driven them yet and had chance to put them through their paces,
My second unit was 755 416, which joined at Ely, it arrived late as was having engine problems etc, and had long stop at Ely, nearly being cancelled a couple of times, all rather chaotic, think the driver was in touch with control to try rectify, once got going again it ran normally to Cambridge, then worked its booked run the 13.09 Cambridge-Norwich, which with some hard nosed running, clawed back some of he time deficit, they do shift well, I would be interested to know what dk1 thinks of heir performance, if he’s driven them yet and had chance to put them through their paces,
