London Midland New Rolling Stock (Sort Of )

[Neilandrewhall]

Hello Everyone

I went to Stoke on Trent today, On a London Midland Train expecting to get on the normal Class 350/1, but what is standing in on platform 8 to crewe?

a Class 90! With MK Coaches with London Midland Format.. ( Green Seats and Everything. )

I was Shocked! Where did they get this new stock from?

Neil

 

[MCR247]

Mark what coaches?

 

[Neilandrewhall]

From what the ticket Inspector said They were Mark 2

 

[duffman82]

What the....... what colour was the stock, Cargo D's ?

 

[xtradj]

very strange

couldnt imagine the class 91 being able to stop at minor stations? how many coaches?

 

[MCR247]

Class 91?

 

[duffman82]

very strange

couldnt imagine the class 91 being able to stop at minor stations? how many coaches?

Don't you mean class 90

 

[Skimble19]

Unless they were ex-virgin mk2's, the seats inside of those are fairly similar to the london midland ones..

 

[MCR247]

What service was this?

 

[Aictos]

What service was this?

That's what I was thinking.....

 

[sonic2009]

Hello Everyone

I went to Stoke on Trent today, On a London Midland Train expecting to get on the normal Class 350/1, but what is standing in on platform 8 to crewe?

a Class 90! With MK Coaches with London Midland Format.. ( Green Seats and Everything. )

I was Shocked! Where did they get this new stock from?

Neil

Platform 8 at where?

 

[Aictos]

Platform 8 at where?

Stoke On Trent maybe, he did say where he was in his original post

 

[DarloRich]

what - is this some mistake? If not i want to get this train to work every day!

 

[Aictos]

what - is this some mistake? If not i want to get this train to work every day!

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Stoke On Trent only have 3 platforms which is what Wikipedia also states, so where indeed is Platform 8 at Stoke On Trent?

 

[ChrisTheRef]

Probably Platform 8 at Crewe.

It's a south facing bay platform

 

[TomJ93]

I would be even happier if it was 91 haulage

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Couldn't have been the Pretendolino could it? Where exactly is it having the C exam this week? Wembley or Crewe?

Then again.... he actually rode it from Crewe to Stoke on the regular LM service?

 

[90019]

Could it have been ex FGW(?) Mk2s? I'm sure they have green seats.

 

[TomJ93]

I think we should forget about the specific rolling stock, why was it working a LM service to start with!

 

[DarloRich]

Cant find any mention on any of the gen sites i have access to. Do we know any times of departure etc?

I also cant believe this was an LM service! Need more info LOL

 

[pemma]

ignore wrong place

 

[OuterDistant]

Pretendesiro?

 

[the sniper]

Pretendesiro?

Haha, I was just about to post that!

The OP's encounter is puzzling... The Pretendolino doesn't go up that way, does it?

@Neilandrewhall What livery (colours) did the carriages have?

 

[MCR247]

Wouldn't have been pretendolino, its on a C Exam. Weird theres no word anywhere else..... Did you actually go on it in service

 

[mumrar]

There are far too many inaccuracies and/or vague descriptions in the OP to form any kind of judgement. I'm remaining sceptical until further information is received from the OP. It just seems to be descending into more and more farce as everyone guesstimates their two pennies worth.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Also, no sign of anything other than what you would expect on the route today!

Trains at CREWE for STOKE

trains from 04:00 to 16:00 on 04/01/11

Arr Dep Wttid Origin Unit Allocations

05:44 05:47 1O04 MANCR PIC 05:00 220008

***** 06:07 1K00 CREWE 06:07 153357

***** 06:35 1U20 CREWE 06:35 350117

***** 06:58 1K02 CREWE 06:58 153374

***** 07:33 1U22 CREWE 07:33 350253

***** 08:07 1K04 CREWE 08:07 153376

***** 08:33 1U24 CREWE 08:33 350108

***** 09:07 1K06 CREWE 09:07 153321

***** 09:33 1U26 CREWE 09:33 350238

***** 10:07 1K08 CREWE 10:07 153374

***** 10:33 1U28 CREWE 10:33 350123

***** 11:07 1K10 CREWE 11:07 153376

***** 11:33 1U30 CREWE 11:33 350113

***** 12:07 1K12 CREWE 12:07 153321

***** 12:33 1U32 CREWE 12:33 350109

***** 13:07 1K14 CREWE 13:07 153374

 

[Neilandrewhall]

It left from Platform 8 at London Euston Arrived Platform 2 Stoke on Trent Had 7 coaches, Was a London Midland Service, was running late ( Delayed Yesterday for 20 minute's ) .. Then they announced a Train will be covering for the train that was meant to be coming but broke down, to Crewe Calling all station's ten minutes later at Class 90 turns up..

 

[MCR247]

What? That makes no sense

 

[westcoaster]

i bet this was the pretendalino, its being hauled by the green team (90045 in powerhaul livery) atm.

 

[the sniper]

It left from Platform 8 at London Euston Arrived Platform 2 Stoke on Trent Had 7 coaches, Was a London Midland Service, was running late ( Delayed Yesterday for 20 minute's ) .. Then they announced a Train will be covering for the train that was meant to be coming but broke down, to Crewe Calling all station's ten minutes later at Class 90 turns up..

If I may, I'll ask again. What lively (colours) were the carriages on the outside?