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I'd hang back on contacting Booths until you can be sure they're heading there rather than EMR Kingsbury or any of the other scrappers.email Northern or the "nice people" at cf booth.
I'd hang back on contacting Booths until you can be sure they're heading there rather than EMR Kingsbury or any of the other scrappers.email Northern or the "nice people" at cf booth.
Are they Northern's property to sell (genuine question - who actually OWNS the stock and contents)? Once the trains have gone to the scrapyard I assume it belongs to the scrapyard - as a car which has been signed off does? Therefore it's the scrappers who sell, not Northern?email Northern or the "nice people" at cf booth.
If you email them, they could point you in the right direction.Are they Northern's property to sell (genuine question - who actually OWNS the stock and contents)? Once the trains have gone to the scrapyard I assume it belongs to the scrapyard - as a car which has been signed off does? Therefore it's the scrappers who sell, not Northern?
If your going to diss my home town at least spell it properly
142s are owned by Angel, 144s belong to Porterbrook.Are they Northern's property to sell (genuine question - who actually OWNS the stock and contents)? Once the trains have gone to the scrapyard I assume it belongs to the scrapyard - as a car which has been signed off does? Therefore it's the scrappers who sell, not Northern?
EDIT you could be saying contact Northern to see what they are doing with the stock, which is a good solution!
If they own the trains, then as soon as they are shipped to the scrapyard (they ARE being scrapped instead of stored?) then they won't physically own them any more?142s are owned by Angel, 144s belong to Porterbrook.
142023 en route to MBR this morning. Bench seats, floor awash, windows running with condensation. 21st century passenger experience?
142005 is the first to be withdrawn
https://twitter.com/Clinnick1/status/1160812935788290048?s=19
That was out in the morning too also did a Liverpool-crewe then back on the 1048 ex Crewe, the 1117 ex Crewe was an ex-LM 150 aswellThat hasn't stopped a single 142 being used on the 1318 Crewe-Manchester Airport-Liverpool service today (should be an EMU).
Hi Howard, Northern do not own the carriages, but lease our rolling stock from two companies, Angel and Porterbrook. You can contact them directly at: [email protected] and [email protected] respectively.
That hasn't stopped a single 142 being used on the 1318 Crewe-Manchester Airport-Liverpool service today (should be an EMU).
One of the ex. LM 150/1s made it onto a Liverpool to Manchester to Crewe stopper this morning too - 07:31 off Piccadilly.
Do we know why the ones being stopped are being stopped? In other words why those units were selected?
If they were due for heavy exams it makes sense, but if it's partly been motivated by the desire for a "The Pacers are finally going!"type of publicity stunt then that isn't great if it leads to short forms as noted above.
Indeed, I saw it as well whilst waiting for the 0738 to Lime Street.Going towards Crewe? Normally a 323 that one I think.
Going towards Crewe? Normally a 323 that one I think.
2 car 142 on the Alderley Edge - Southport tonight.
Not sure how Northern intend to run a service without these units...
Nothing on Journey Check to suggest 2 cars instead of 4 unless it's changed back to 4
Not to mention that the number of carriages isn't everything. A 156 replacing a 3-car 144 is technically a short form despite being 1m longer!Journey check is frequently wrong. I speak from experience...
2 car 142 on the Alderley Edge - Southport tonight.
Not sure how Northern intend to run a service without these units...
142046, mooted upthread as the second unit to be withdrawn, is on #1 Holding road on Newton Heath (next to the Rochdale lines) at the Thorpes Bridge end with its batteries isolated. Probably turned its last wheel in service.
It is/was a rather poor example of the class, I think I have failed that particular set more than any other over the years.