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Chiltern's 68's

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Are these hauling passenger trains yet, or are they still 67's? Are 68's going to be in charge of all LHS on Chiltern or will some 67's remain?
 
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chiltern are still using 67s on the mainline silver sets and the banbury set. Chiltern 68s are still be tested and being used for driver training
 
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It is rumoured that a 68 will first come onto the Banbury set to start off and then be fully on the services by March.
 
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They're not going to be in passenger service by the start of the Winter timetable. Driver training has barely begun. I understand the main delay has been an issue with the upgraded version of TPWS on the locos. I've heard April mentioned as the start of class 68 operation although one might appear on the Banbury set before that to facilitate driver training.
Once all 6 locos are in service there will be no further class 67 workings. Two additional DRS liveried 68s (008 & 009) have been fitted with push-pull equipment and will be available to cover Chiltern workings if availability of the dedicated locos drops below par for any reason.
 
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I'm travelling Mid February so Hopefully we'll have a clearer image by then!
 
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Driver training should start in the next week or two. The date for full integration into service is around the end of March.
 
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saw 68011 pass through Gerrards Cross this evening!

Found this on facebook though!
Chiltern Railways is planning to use its first Class 68 on a passenger train this coming Wednesday. The plan is the slam door set will run as booked with 67 on Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday evening it will return to Wembley and the 67 should swap with a 68 (presumably 68011) which will then run ECS to Banbury as a test run. On Wednesday morning the 68 should cover the usual slam door diagram with the 68 for the rest of the week. A 68 is also due to run to Birmingham or Stourbridge and return for driver training; dependant on Tuesday's test run with the set going ok. This is subject to the usual disclaimers and could change....!!!

Thanks to Railways Illustrated for the info
 
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The loco and stock will return to Wembley each night and run ecs to Banbury each morning as part of the driver traininbg porgramme.
 
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If of interest. A Chiltern 68 passed through Reddish South this morning on a Pathfinder charter from Newport bound for Leeds, unfortunately did not see the number. Train formed mainly of ex Virgin mk2s plus a very interesting Intercity blue/grey mk1 kitchen car.
 
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168lover said:
Found this on facebook though!
Chiltern Railways is planning to use its first Class 68 on a passenger train this coming Wednesday. The plan is the slam door set will run as booked with 67 on Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday evening it will return to Wembley and the 67 should swap with a 68 (presumably 68011) which will then run ECS to Banbury as a test run. On Wednesday morning the 68 should cover the usual slam door diagram with the 68 for the rest of the week. A 68 is also due to run to Birmingham or Stourbridge and return for driver training; dependant on Tuesday's test run with the set going ok. This is subject to the usual disclaimers and could change....!!!

Thanks to Railways Illustrated for the info
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So, no sign of a 68 today - the slam door set had a 67 on the front today (67017 by the look of it).
 
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There were tons of disappointed looking people with cameras out on lots of platforms today. From what I hear a 68 will be on the front of the slam door set very soon, maybe even tomorrow.
 
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68012 was out with the Banbury set today on a test train running as 5N68 from Wlmd to BCS turnback siding and returned as 5E68.
 
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Cherry_Picker said:
There were tons of disappointed looking people with cameras out on lots of platforms today. From what I hear a 68 will be on the front of the slam door set very soon, maybe even tomorrow.
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This caused much hilarity amongst many others though.
 
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Does anyone have an idea as to when these will be in full service? The Chiltern loco hauled set is one of my favourites and it would be interesting to make use of it again behind some new traction! Thanks :)
 
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Journalists have been told that Monday should see the first Chiltern class 68 in passenger service.
 
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