Given how short LNER are of power, and that unless Eversholt agree otherwise they will have to be returned in operational order, maintenance is more likely. I doubt Wabtec would be happy to store them there given the number of vehicles they already have on site. I would add in that LNER will want to off-hire the DB Class 90s first.
Any idea if/when 16s comeback to service is due?
91116 is currently out of service at Bounds Green after a small fire; it is due to return to service, but when that occurs is anyone's guess.
Thanks for this info
The first three sets to go will be the three going to TfW, and with no locos to transfer it would make sense to ditch the 90s and retain the 91s. Are the second lot of four sets the ones for the Euston-Blackpool open access job?
Transport for Wales are only getting 12 Mk4 coaches to form 3 4-car rakes, not full-length ones, with the 3 Mk4 Driving Van Trailers. The sets will be adapted to work with the 67s
I’m well aware of what TfW are having.
That'd be my guess - although there really isn't much in the way of communication from Alliance Rail stating the traction in use at the country end.
Thanks for the info
Hopefully any sets that need to be stored for a long period of time will be sent somewhere down south
, Eastleigh springs to mind, but out of curiosity are there any places that could be used to store MK4's on the Southern network at all? MK4's have visited the Southern network before however as I recently saw a picture of 91023 (now 91132) at Streatham Hill for an open day when it was new with an MK4 rake.
No idea when it's due to depart Bounds Green; I've got my suspicions as to which way it'll run though - just straight up the ECML to Retford, down Whisker Hill Jct and onwards to Worksop.Hopefully any sets that need to be stored for a long period of time will be sent somewhere down south
Apparently WNXX is stating that the set has been debranded. Any idea when its due to depart BN?
For now. They aren't (as yet) getting any more new stock so won't be able to implement the full timetable upgrades Virgin East Coast had planned (for which they needed to retain a few IC225s alongside the new fleet). Personally I hope they won't get more new stock and will bring the best of the 91s back on lease if and when the full timetable upgrade goes ahead.
You had me excited for a minute there 'A&PS' I thought might stand for Appreciation and Preservation Society. I look at the 125 group and think there must be a 225 group I could join. But no, I've still not found one...
The group you're looking for is the "Class 91 Appreciation&Photography Society" - bit of an inflated title for a photo group for 225s!
Definitely not 115, 116 and 132. 115 is in Doncaster Works for an exam, 116 in Bounds Green awaiting repairs, 132 stopped for wheelset exam.
106 is also in Doncaster Works. I believe that now 103 is returning to service, the rest are all operational.
Ah yes, forgot 106 is in there too now. 103 ran light (as 0Z11) to Bounds Green from Donny yesterday evening as well.