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    Another landslip - Knottingley (Pontefract East area)

    Excuse the pun but the bulk comes from Liverpool with a small amount from other places 1712690049 The 3 formations on the Knottingley circuit are normally a 158, a 150 and a pair of 150s. The 150s are on the via Wakefield's with a 2 hour round trip (the pair on the even hour out of Leeds with...
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    Derailment near Grange Over Sands

    It probably worked for the exam schedule and the unit availability at the estimate for the line reopening now (excuse the pun) that has slipped further it probably requires the units to be removed from Barrow
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    Derailment near Grange Over Sands

    195s escaping I believe Barrow to Preston via Carlisle https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:62447/2024-04-05/detailed
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    TfW 197 Ramps

    Theyre in seperate cupboards because the 2nd part was an after thought and obviously the storage of them together couldn't be corrected for the 196/197s. During PTI testing for the 195s and early usage in traffic it was found that a small percentage of stations needed the extra part to stop the...
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    TfW 197 Ramps

    The Northern 195s have a 2 part ramp too for stations with a camber that causes the ramp to pivot on the step, so the long part goes on the stepboard with the small 2nd bit going in the top holes and overlaps onto the long part
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    Another landslip - Knottingley (Pontefract East area)

    Theyre leaving a bit late to reveal their alternate plans whether its ticket acceptance on LNER and no GC west riding trains or get the units out of the block and run to York or just Doncaster
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    18:06 Harrogate - Leeds - Sheffield

    Just cycling the units, day 1 and 2 are low milage diagrams just a couple of trips on the Harrogate extras and then down to South Yorks for a few days to bring the units that have being down there back to Neville Hill for some TLC
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    Another landslip - Knottingley (Pontefract East area)

    They run most services that way on everyday except Sunday anyway on the normal timetable
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    Northern Class 331 East:West unit swap

    Most Skipton diagrams include a visit to all 3 points, Leeds, Bradford and Ilkley. Previous route round the triangle would go Skipton-Bradford-Leeds-Ilkley so within a couple of hours you've done the 3 points away from the depot
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    Northern Class 331 East:West unit swap

    You leave Leeds and visit 3 places where you change ends and go somewhere different, same whichever place you start at
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    Another landslip - Knottingley (Pontefract East area)

    Basically they keep putting ballast down and it disappears, so they have to now find out where its going and if its a bigger problem than just the affected section
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    Northern Class 331 East:West unit swap

    Only lasted 1 trip and they've been on Doncasters before on an ad hoc basis
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    Another landslip - Knottingley (Pontefract East area)

    I was waiting for you to pop up and put your inside view
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    Another landslip - Knottingley (Pontefract East area)

    It was reported Saturday, bags of ballast were put down to sure up the track and loose ballast filled in round the sleepers and tamped down. By the following day they had disappeared with another chunk of the banking but there will be a lot of old mine workings in the area. Currently trains...
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    Northern Unit Refurbishments

    They both came back stuck together back to Hull BG
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    Northern Unit Refurbishments

    170474 ran to Crewe on Friday instead of the usual Saturday move And 158867 is having corrosion repairs on Heaton
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    Northern Unit Refurbishments

    156482 Wolverton 27/04 156490 Wolverton 03/02 150103 Wolverton 23/03 150119 Wolverton 11/05
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    Hull Trains " Sees biggest timetable transformation in its history": could we see further improvements?

    I think they'd love to but capacity at King's Cross is a premium with them regularly stacking 2 OAOs on the same platform. It would probably require a quick detrain, shunt to the sidings and come back for a quick boarding and go
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    Hull Trains " Sees biggest timetable transformation in its history": could we see further improvements?

    Also GC were planning on running an early Wakefield Kirkgate to King's Cross and late one back to get rid of the Sunderland night stop unit and crew
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    Northern Unit Refurbishments

    It was a freight train that had a heat related fault but was extinguished quickly

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