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Class 195/331 delivery dates

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Why not use the wcml for the test runs?

Shuttles to preston and back would easily clock up the miles.
 
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Geeves said:
How many miles in total are the Accumulation runs? Usually its something like 1000 miles of fault free running? Thats a lot of trips up and down between Edge Hill and Ditton!
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From what I've heard the first 3 of each class have to do 1500 incident free miles and the rest of the fleet 500 miles. They will be tested up the WCML between Carlisle and Crewe. Things like door tests can be performed on depot. With the technology these new trains have they can be programmed to open and close their doors a 1000 times while just sat on depot.
 
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From what I've heard the first 3 of each class have to do 1500 incident free miles and the rest of the fleet 500 miles. They will be tested up the WCML between Carlisle and Crewe. Things like door tests can be performed on depot. With the technology these new trains have they can be programmed to open and close their doors a 1000 times while just sat on depot.
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Well from Railmiles dot me, it is just over 140 miles each way so four 'legs' (two trips) would generate over 500 miles and six trips would be well over 1500 miles. Quite easily done. Assuming that it's incident free.

Is that the whole class or each subclass that has to run the higher mileage?
 
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Well from Railmiles dot me, it is just over 140 miles each way so four 'legs' (two trips) would generate over 500 miles and six trips would be well over 1500 miles. Quite easily done. Assuming that it's incident free.

Is that the whole class or each subclass that has to run the higher mileage?
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I imagine each subclass so 4 car 331, 3 car 331, 3 car 195 and 2 car 195. The first 3 of each will have to do 1500. If there is a fault at 1300 miles it resets the clock and they have to try again.
 
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Domh245 said:
Would it not be FOC drivers doing the fault free mileage accumulation. GBRf are doing it for the IEPs, and FHH are doing it for CAFs TPE units, I wouldn't be surprised if FHH were doing the northern units as well
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It's not FHH drivers, it was Northern doing there own testing and commissioning.
 
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331001 and 331102 coupled together and visible on Edge Hill today. Latter with its pantograph up and lots of hi vis chaps pointing at things.
 
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Noticed something with these sets that could become very problematic. The exposed isolating cocks immediately under the coach body. Quite a number of them on one coach in particular. Can see them needing some kind of deflector very quickly .
 
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Halish Railway said:
All of the workings were cancelled "due to a problem with the on-board safety system".
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Don't read too much into that reason, it was confirmed internally yesterday that testing wasn't going to happen today, the wording being 'watch this space'.
 
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I have been reliably informed that the first Northern Rail Class 195 DMU bodyshell arrives at the new assembly factory in Newport, Wales on Monday morning.
 
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jopsuk said:
I love that the immediate replies are "WELL THAT'S NICE BUT WHEN ARE YOU REPLACING THE PACERS??? EH? EH? EH? BET IT'S NEVER"
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I don't have a Twitter account, but if ever I'm feeling like I need some mild amusement (while waiting for a delayed TPE service for example) I take a look at Northern's Twitter replies... comedy gold, much of it!
 
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Wow, not sure what happened there but it made it to St Helens I know that much (at some point) it was detached from the lococs, I don't know if actually moved.
 
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195 001 is on the ramp at Edge Hill for either coming or going by road. 103 is sat in the No1 hole road .Nothing on the high roads. So anything else must either be in the pit or the main shed on 2 road.
 
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EDIT: Just to confirm, 195003/006 have not yet been delivered, apologies for any confusion caused.
 
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