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TfW Class 170's
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I've videoed it going through Cardiff Central guys 
I'll upload it as part of my backlog of videos tonight 
I'll upload it as part of my backlog of videos tonight 
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Finally got on one yesterday 170201 1723 Cardiff > Maesteg.
Doors much more suitable for this service than the previous 175 we would have, but it was struggling to keep time for some reason.
Doors much more suitable for this service than the previous 175 we would have, but it was struggling to keep time for some reason.
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I travelled Gloucester to Cardiff yesterday and though it left Cheltenham on time it still managed to gain a 6 min delay en route without any obvious reason (red signals, TSRs) why
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Isn’t that 170’s are known for there really slow acceleration for a DMU which imo not really suited for all stopper service with stops so close together. As when first introduced were designed for regional express services with limited stops.
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That's what I was going to say, but didn't.
170203 has now entered service, seen on the 1534 Cardiff Central-Ebbw Vale Town today (7/1/20). This means that 7 of them have now been used by TfW in service - 170272/273/201/202/203/207/208.
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203 was in service yesterday, as I was on it
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Will correct the list, thanks203 was in service yesterday, as I was on it
I noticed the 170 struggled to keep time when I travelled last Saturday. It lost a few minutes between Maesteg and Bridgend and seemed to take ages for the doors to open at Bridgend. Lost a few more minutes before Cardiff, there was a Swanline not far behind it (150) which seemed to arrive almost immediately into platform 1 or 2 at Cardiff when I was getting off the 170 on Platform 4.
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Was this a 170 that has still not been to Tyseley yet ?
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K06243/2020-01-08/detailed
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K06243/2020-01-08/detailed
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Since heard from another Forum that the move was a 170 and a 153
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which units...? 170207 was the only TfW 170 that was still a direct delivery from Norwich, and it's done training and passenger service, so maybe one that has already been to Tyseley has gone back there...? And a 153, I wonder which one...
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Once again the question arises about the state in which the ex-GA units were transferred.
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Thanks, makes sense that it's one of the ones that hasn't yet been used in service with TfW.
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170273 was running today. Still got all the GA stickers and everything inside, unlike the other 170s I’ve now been on.
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Every day this week it’s lost 3-4 minutes from Cardiff to Bridgend.
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What specifically has it still got that has been removed on the others...?
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Exactly as it says in the original post...
So all the GA branded stickers, phone numbers, websites, adverts.
So all the GA branded stickers, phone numbers, websites, adverts.
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Wierd, I thought they would've got rid of them!
By the way, I wonder if the Canton lads discovered 170208's exhaust leak...?
79208's muffler was seen leaking exhaust gases out of the inlet / outlet at Cardiff Central at 0949 on the 21/12/19.Edit 9/1/20 - has/have 170202 and/or 170203 had TfW Rail W&B decals applied to the vehicle bodysides yet...? I still have them on my list as just debranded...
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Mrs. Fortescue
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Both now have TFW branding.
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Incidentally 153 was 153361
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I was on one with a half torn off "Pride of Anglia" sticker for Ipswich Town on one of the doors.
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Ah, interesting. I wonder if it has gone for removal of that restriction it has (whatever that is)...?
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I don't know what 153361 went to Tyseley for but it came back the next day.
People have been pressing TFW in Tweets and on being quizzed about the low number of 170s in traffic, a reply said they were having MOTs.
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PHILIPE
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On its own...? Or did 170270 come back with it...?
"MOTs" - right OK then
No. Saw a picture of the 153 passing through Small Heath for evidence
Caught a Cardiff/Fairwater/Radyr train and noted 5 TfW liveried 170’s (as well as the two loco hauled class37 sets) on the west side of the shed.On leaving Cardiff the Fishguard stopper arrived ,poor b...s,it was a pacer.The quicker the 170’s can be introduced the better.
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