91132 front of 91114

[gareth taylor]

91132 in front of 91114 came in Peterborough Platform 3 then went back south E.C.S. around 1250pm.
Any body knows what was wrong 91114, as the pantograph was down. Dont know what set/dvt was on with them at the time.

Thanks.

 

[rail-britain]

Sounds like they were testing 91132, with 91114 available incase of failure

 

[MCR247]

Why were they testing 132?

 

[westcoaster]

Maybe it had failed, and it's just out on a test run.

 

[E&W Lucas]

Sounds like they were testing 91132, with 91114 available incase of failure

You've got a very vivid imagination. You don't test locos on passenger trains. Perhaps a more realistic explanation would be the simplest one. The quickest way to move a loco to another location, is to incorporate it into a train formation. Far easier than trying to path and resource a light loco move.

The 91 next to the train will have its pan down, as two aren't permitted to be on the wire in normal circumstances.

Missed the BG - Pboro - BG bit. That's a test run, though the usual reason for this is simply a loco move.

 

[rail-britain]

You've got a very vivid imagination. You don't test locos on passenger trains

Class 91 locos are quite often tested between Bounds Green and Peterborough, there are loads of such videos on YouTube, plus I managed to see one myself pass through Hitchin

Unusual way to move a loco to a location, Bounds Green - Peterborough - Bounds Green; seems to end back where it started...

 

[VP185]

You've got a very vivid imagination. You don't test locos on passenger trains. Perhaps a more realistic explanation would be the simplest one. The quickest way to move a loco to another location, is to incorporate it into a train formation. Far easier than trying to path and resource a light loco move.

NXEA have tested 90s on passenger trains with a fitter onboard. That only happened because we had no other Skoda's available for traffic.... If I remember rightly the Skoda failed as well.

 

[Tottenham Flyer]

I hopped on a EC set from Peterborough to Kings Cross last year that had 2 91's on it. There's a photo on my fotopic site of it. I assume one of the 91's had failed as the one between the set and the trailing 91 had it's pan down.


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[E&W Lucas]

Class 91 locos are quite often tested between Bounds Green and Peterborough, there are loads of such videos on YouTube, plus I managed to see one myself pass through Hitchin

Are they really? Wow, I never knew that! :roll: