ant_bingley
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Had a walk down to Shipley to see 331 110 running the 1G99 (1Z99 was cancelled) passing through at 12:38, 2 minutes early.
Here's a link to my video of 331 110 gingerly negotiating the curve on Platform 5:
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Northern Class 331: Construction/Introduction Updates
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Had a walk down to Shipley to see 331 110 running the 1G99 (1Z99 was cancelled) passing through at 12:38, 2 minutes early.
Here's a link to my video of 331 110 gingerly negotiating the curve on Platform 5:
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Plenty of units been tagged at Skipton down the years. A 308 was completely covered down one side one Christmas and needed a complete repaint!
Sleeperwaking
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I would have thought any situation resulting in a hefty delay involved a unit travelling at 0 mph, at which point the ability to travel up to 110 mph really doesn't help much. And please trust me when I say that the engineering / testing work required to increase a unit's linespeed from 100 mph to 110 mph will not be either quick or cheap. Additional standards requirements start to kick in when you pass 100 mph (aerodynamics, bridge resonance) - the aerodynamics test in particular needs a specific type of test infrastructure and is quite difficult to arrange logistically.
Bantamzen
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Well if it can make it through P5 at Shipley, the rest of the lines will pose few problems!
Cheers for the video, I'm looking forward to seeing them starting regular workings on the Triangle lines, well perhaps apart from morning peaks when the laptop users realise there are tables and power sockets, there will be a stampede for the prime seats....
Is that today you’ve seen it tagged as it was supposed to have been cleaned off yesterday
xotGD
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Yes, saw it this morning.
jonesy3001
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Is this another 331 moving to yorkshire tomorrow?
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K97538/2019/09/05/advanced
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K97538/2019/09/05/advanced
TrainTube
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What units are running on the Doncaster-Leeds diagrams this week, as im heading there on Friday would like to have a guess whether a 321 or 331 is there.
jonesy3001
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331104 was the train being towed by 37611
leonard clive
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Saw the roof of what I took to be a 331 at Stockport this morning. On the sidings behind the wall.
jonesy3001
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that would be 331009, training starts next week between stockport and stoke.
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331 109 is out on one of the Doncaster diagrams, it must've hit a bird because there's blood and a few feathers on the front!
333001 was tagged not too long back (around April or May) but I have seen tagged 333s before
61653 HTAFC
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Rural(ish) and supposedly posh places often have issues with vandalism and anti-social behaviour... have you never seen BBC's "This Country"?
I'd be equally surprised if we ever get a cancellation-free week on the Furness Line within the lifetime of the 331s.
(And Northern are reportedly surprised that the passenger figures on the airport route haven't recovered with the introduction of Class 195s...)
Could be Icarus! Look carefully for wax.
Not a week, but the Furness line seems to have just managed a day without cancellations, which is quite good, by recent standards. First train from Preston c.15L throughout, that appears to be the worst which has happened.
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The last 4 car 331/1 has been delivered in case wasn’t already aware
Not a bad milestone
Not a bad milestone
Polarbear
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Does anyone know whether 331's appeared on the Blackpool - Liverpool service today? There was at least one 156 operating on Saturday so new train's can't come soon enough!
Xenophon PCDGS
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Have any drivers on the thread any personally-held views about the Class 331 units?
superkev
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Cant verify but someone mentioned 1 or 2 Skipton 331s have been dragged back to Allerton for graffiti removal.
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O38353/2019/09/08/advanced
Anyone know the unit(s) numbers.
K
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O38353/2019/09/08/advanced
Anyone know the unit(s) numbers.
K
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jonesy3001
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chat to a guy who is a driver for northern on railcam and he says they're faster the 323s when setting off
331007 is in service today, reported on the '331 Initial Diagrams' thread.
Polarbear
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Thanks - much appreciated!
ASharpe
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331 109 just had a bit of a SDO failure at Shipley. All out the back door.
Edit to add a few more thoughts:
Is it the air con that makes that strange noise every so often or something by the pantograph?
Even seated I felt quite a bit of side to side movement while traversing points and on curves it seemed to lean out quite a bit.
Standing down the aisles is better, but by the doors there are quite big areas without grab rails due to the tip up seats. I've seen a few people fall on the 333 which have a smaller standing area by the doors, probably going to be more frequent now especially as people next to you might not be able to catch you as they might not be holding on.
Bike and wheelchair spaces are not obvious. a bit of confusion on the platform today because of it.
Edit to add a few more thoughts:
Is it the air con that makes that strange noise every so often or something by the pantograph?
Even seated I felt quite a bit of side to side movement while traversing points and on curves it seemed to lean out quite a bit.
Standing down the aisles is better, but by the doors there are quite big areas without grab rails due to the tip up seats. I've seen a few people fall on the 333 which have a smaller standing area by the doors, probably going to be more frequent now especially as people next to you might not be able to catch you as they might not be holding on.
Bike and wheelchair spaces are not obvious. a bit of confusion on the platform today because of it.
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Unfortunately it'll be years until they recover such was the monumental mess-up with the timetable last year. Likewise commuter stations south of Manchester on the Airport Line.
Makes me wonder why they can't be done at Neville Hill
superkev
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It's most likely that with new trains arriving and non leaving Neville hill, Skipton, Holbeck and most other Northern depots are very full. The situation should ease assuming the scrap yards dont become full too.
K
If thats the case then wouldn't it be better to transfer two different 331s to Skipton in trade for the two tagged ones
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