Only three, and it's arguable that the first northbound and last southbound would be expected to not run West of Cardiff anyway given the times of day involved. It might be possible to have some kind of creative set swap at Cardiff with a DMU in the hours when a MKIV is forming a Holyhead service.
Or maybe the remaining Mk IVs just don’t get chopped up?
could someone explain what takt means please
Apologies if its been stated before but did any/all of these get previously repainted into GC Livery?
No!
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Thank youNo!
As these are still LNER branded, were they previously down to go to GC or were these stored pending future use or scrap?
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A half-set of Mk4s (DVT is 82220) hauled from Doncaster to Wembley.
This looks like the move for the spare DVT (82220), spare TOE (12215), spare buffet (10305) and the three TODs (12304/15/24) that will be used to augment the existing three sets to 5+DVT formation. They were acquired from Eversholt at the same time as the four GC liveried sets; previously they were off-lease.
Ah, that explains it then, Cheers! I've not been keeping up to tabs with the Mk4s so it's good to see the TfW sets augmented / standardised to 5 coaches.
Yes, they end up with seven sets in a standard formation of TOE-TO-TOD-RSM-POD-DVT, plus a spare each of TOE, RSM and DVT.
I've heard from a couple of usually reliable sources that there will be 16 locos modified eventually.
67012 definitely is modified.
Perhaps I got myself confused somewhere down the line but I thought they'd ended up with the POD somewhere in the middle of the formation rather than at one end?
Ah ok missed that one! Will amend original post.
They are with 4 car sets, currently DVT-TO-POD-SV-TOE will be reformed when they are made 5 car and the SDO fitted.
If you do have issues with your undercarriage, you'd be better off seeing a doctor, though.Aha thanks
Glad to know I'm not cracking up like an IET just yet
why would they go to reading?
They are the ROG Loco moves using the Reading based 57.
Two things surprise me with that:
Thanks for the pointers.
No problem. If you click on any of the links and then click on “show train information near the top of the page” you can see what it has been pathed as, which is a rough guide!
