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150280 from ATW is due to move to NXEA shortly in place of the top and tail 47 set which covering for 156417.
No further news at the moment.
No further news at the moment.
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dk1
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As far as weve been told at NXEA its not a replacement. The loco hauled will continue until December. In the last weeks the 08.09 Nrw-Gym & 08.47 return has been replaced by a bus on an almost daily basis. The 07.27 Lwt-Ips has been a 153 vice 156 with a bus supplement from Woodbridge. On top of this as soon as a problem occurs the Felixstowe branch has become bus served too.
150280 will be very handy.
150280 will be very handy.
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Certainly the way it read on the info board at work was that the 150 was a replacement for the 47's- but if it's as well as then yes it'll help greatly.
There's also a rumour that one of the DMU's is off for a repaint soon- unsure which one but I'd imagine it'll be either 156412, or 418 which still carry Central livery, 153309, 322 or 335 or 170271-3 which all still carry Anglia livery.
There's also a rumour that one of the DMU's is off for a repaint soon- unsure which one but I'd imagine it'll be either 156412, or 418 which still carry Central livery, 153309, 322 or 335 or 170271-3 which all still carry Anglia livery.
anthony263
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ow great, ATW seem to be having a bit of problems with rolling stock and now we are loosing another 1 of our class 150's. Take a pacer instead
Tottenham Flyer
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Oh no! We wouldn't want to deprive other TOC's of the pacers! A 150 will do nicely.
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Nope. This was arranged before this mishap! This incident however really hasn't helped things! I'm not sure how bad the damage is.
Lol, NXEA really are stuggling with units these days aren't they!
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Certainly right, have to get the priorities right!
anthony263
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I certtainly agree, tell NXEA to go nick a 153 or something from FGW instead of taking our 150's lol
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Oh, I have a good idea. If 150001 and 002 are unallocated, and NXEA are short, why don't they have both or one for extra capacity and for cover instead of having ATWs.
I think it was a heater onboard 153335. Not a significant amount of damage (form what I can gather) but enough to take it out of service for repairs.
317666
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Will be nice to see 150s in East Anglia again like in the early 2000s, even if it is just the one!
No...Go and nick one of ATWs or London Midlands 153s again!
ATW seem to have a lot of spare Sprinter carriages outside of the Summer months and seem happy to loan them out, despite some people in Wales getting irate in another thread a few weeks back when I suggested that they don't effectively utilise Sprinter carriages in North Wales outside of the peak summer period.
An ATW 150 has the reduced 2+2 and table seating, giving FGW one of these in exchange for a pair of 153s is a reduction of around 40 seats.
If FGW took a 150 to replace the service booked on the Falmouth line for a pair of 153s the drop in capacity wouldn't be a problem. 153s are rather unsuited to the line due to there door layout, and a 150 has coped fine on the services before.
There is 3 153s on the Falmouth at the moment, a single 153 operates one of the diagrams and a pair of 153s operate the other, when the service drops to hourly, the spare unit sits in the sidings at Truro as back up
It's only hourly in the evenings, with the pair of 153s operating until the end of service. The single 153 is booked to run ECS from Truro soon after it completes its last Falmouth trip, ECS to Plymouth Monday-Thursdays and to Penzance on Fridays.
An easier idea would just be to hire the drivers back who signed the 150/2's such as 217/229/219/255/235 which got sent to arriva and then problem solved!
According to an inside source approx 4 150's are sitting in Canton pretty much "in store" because of the no need for them at the minute now the summer period has gone.... we shall wait with bated breath!
According to an inside source approx 4 150's are sitting in Canton pretty much "in store" because of the no need for them at the minute now the summer period has gone.... we shall wait with bated breath!
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An easier idea would just be to hire the drivers back who signed the 150/2's such as 217/229/219/255/235 which got sent to arriva and then problem solved!
According to an inside source approx 4 150's are sitting in Canton pretty much "in store" because of the no need for them at the minute now the summer period has gone.... we shall wait with bated breath!
So 150282 is on HIRE to Northern Rail
and 150280 on HIRE TO NXEA
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The Anglia Drivers who signed the 150s may still be with NX but will have had them taken off their cards so no longer sign them. Or have I misunderstood what you're getting at?
dk1
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I thought that was what was meant.
Around 75% of those who signed 150/2s are still here. We have since however all had them like DBSOs removed from out traction cards. As the 15x series are all pretty similar it will just be a days refresher. Whether this will be everyone or just a particular depot or link remains to be seen. Will work out pretty expensive to train up all 200 or so, some of whom will rarely ever sit in the driving seat.
Interesting that they're hiring a 150, I would've thought it would've made more sense to hire 280 out to Northern too, and then they send down a 156, or like someone else suggested, hire 280 to FGW and send a pair of 153's east. Also, do Norwich crew's sign in the Sudbury branch? I'm just wondering if it will turn up on the Sudbury branch at all, or if it will just stick to the lines radiating out of Norwich and Ipswich. Hopefully it'll be in addition to the 47 loco-hauled set, NXEA are very stretched for DMU's at the moment. 
dk1
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Also, do Norwich crew's sign in the Sudbury branch? I'm just wondering if it will turn up on the Sudbury branch at all, or if it will just stick to the lines radiating out of Norwich and Ipswich. Hopefully it'll be in addition to the 47 loco-hauled set, NXEA are very stretched for DMU's at the moment.
Only Colchester crews sign the Sudbury branch. Top'n'tail Duffs will be with us until the December t/t change.
The top'n'tail set staying until December is better than no loco set at least. After December would it make sense for FGW to send another 150/2 over to NXEA? If the driver's and guard's are already doing a conversion course, then it would be ideal to send another over to cover the loco-hauled turns. FGW could hire in the SWT 158 on a daily basis again to cover. Shame though, as it doesn't look like anything will come to supplement the loco-hauled set after December. Once the loss of the loco-hauled set happens, does this mean that its diagram will be bustituted? Or will they stretch the fleet to cover?
anthony263
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Maybe FGW should bring back 1 of the loco hauled diagrams and send a 150 to NXEA
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