Not surprised 37418 has gone - one bank was producing some quite acrid black smoke on Friday (suspect turbo?).Tonight's trains were
37421 on 1701 and
150251+142074 on the 1746.
Looks like 37418 has gone to Crewe.
37025 went light to Rhymney earlier
Rhymney 37s are supposed to be continuing until 6th march 2020. After that I dont know what tfw have up their sleeves although 769008 is moving around Canton depot under it's own power
Will they stop operating the class 37 early?Rhymney 36s may now onmy last till 24th February following 37418s failurev
Will they stop operating the class 37?
Tonight's trains were
37421 on 1701 and
150251+142074 on the 1746.
Looks like 37418 has gone to Crewe.
37025 went light to Rhymney earlier
They'll probably keep the 37's on standby duty until all the 769's are in service.769008 won't be in service by that time as it will have to do some various test runs and crew training first. The ex EMR 153s are earmarked to fill in in the meantime until 769s available.
Who said 37418 had gone to Crewe ? It was spotted at Canton today attached to it's stock.
That's what a few spotters told us.
Although there is typo in it, the last post tells you that.
I mean earlyOr to put it another way, after TfW stop using 37s and MkIIs on the Rhymney line, they're not going to start/continue using them anywhere else.
Who said 37418 had gone to Crewe ? It was spotted at Canton today attached to it's stock.
That's what a few spotters told us.
The Colas Depot is not at Crewe
I think they went to Landor last week also I agree they would probably need 3 if a pacer / 150 isn't enough with them being 2 car unitsDon't know where all th GA 153s are.
I have only seen one all week. 153306.
I did see one at Chester on my way down though.
Slightly OT,but the Bay shuttles have been a 143 this week too.
Surely if they replaced the 37s with 153s,they would need 3 on each service?
I'd imagine the 153s from EMR and GA would be put into service faster or colas would send down more 37s.
To add to that also be a little pointless for the sake of a month and they couldn't send down q different loco as wouldn't be trained on it ??Where would Colas get it from ? They don't have any more ETS 37s.
37418 expectedback by sunday
Back out tonight on 2R24 1746 ex Cardiff.
But failed at Energlyn & Churchill Park judging by local social media posts and Journeycheck.
The whole operation is a bit of a shambles. Nothing like the EWS locos that ran 15 years ago. The security staff do their best to make it an unpleasant experience. They won't even let people take photos at Rhymney. Search for Rhymney on Twitter.But failed at Energlyn & Churchill Park judging by local social media posts and Journeycheck.