Tonight’s 18:54 INV -> WAV is a 170. Fortunately it’s not busy
Edited.Wavertree Technology Park?
I live in Dunblane and can see the line from my window, last few days have had more refurbs than usual, like most, I don't bat an eyelid at a DMU so can't reliably say what the proportion is, but certainly seemingly at least half of the HSTs over the past couple days have been refurbs, all in pretty clean condition too I may add, not like back in June where what refurbs there were, were all covered in dirt, especially around the vinyls.
1B40 (Aberdeen to Edinburgh) was arriving into Waverley around 18:30 today, and it was a refurbed unit. There was some dirt on the vinyls for sure.
My 'First Great Western' coach from yesterday was still there today, alongside all sorts of weird coach and power car combinations. Haymarket depot looks like an HST chop shop at the moment.
One on platform in Inverness today looked quite manky. A lot of streaking down the vinyl. That is irrelevant though good to see one working.
Tonight’s 18:54 INV -> EDB is a 170. Fortunately it’s not busy
I photographed this back in April:
That light blue is a magnet for filthiness. The vinyl sections of the coaches seem to develop a dirt tan at a quicker rate than regular paintwork.
When they are fresh out the wash a fully refurbished set look exceptional though!
I think at least 4 were out today.
Showing as cancelled nowHA19 should leave Doncaster tomorrow morning shortly after 6am
https://live.rail-record.co.uk/rail/liverail/train/1269374/27/09/19
WNXX reports that 43018 (stored SCEL) has been moved by road from Ely Papworth Sidings to Haymarket Depot - the intention being that it'll act as a spare parts donor for the active ScotRail fleet.
How many cars long was the XC set? GW and ScR are all 2+4, are the XC ones 2+7 or am i mistaken?Doesn't look like Refurb 8 has ever made it north and it's been nearly two months since the last set went up-so much for monthly deliveries!! In fact things have slowed down as since Tuesday 13th August when the latest GWR one was released only a sole Cross Country refurb (3rd one done) has been released.
How many cars long was the XC set? GW and ScR are all 2+4, are the XC ones 2+7 or am i mistaken?
EDIT: they are 2+4 for now, 2+5 will (hopefully!) come in the future
Alright, thanks.The XC ones are 2+7
GWR will be all 2+4
ScotRail were to be nine 2+4 and the rest 2+5, though there was talk a few months ago of making them all 2+5.
Alright, thanks.
As for 2+5, we can worry about possibly ordering an extra 9 coaches after the current sets actually get delivered, and get some reliability in!
ScotRail tweet each day the list of services planned for the refurbs. It certainly looks as if more of them are in service. I think that the wabtec engineers may have been told to prioritise sorting the ones already delivered.Alright, thanks.
As for 2+5, we can worry about possibly ordering an extra 9 coaches after the current sets actually get delivered, and get some reliability in!
If the set was ready they can (and have done in the past) send a pair of power cars down from Haymarket to pick it up.The following powercars are still at Loughborough:
Could it be the case that HA19 is ready to leave, but the powercars simply haven't arrived yet?
- 43030
- 43126
- 43132
- 43135
- 43136
- 43142
- 43144
- 43179
Only 3 out of the so far 7 delivered refurbs out in passenger service today.ScotRail tweet each day the list of services planned for the refurbs. It certainly looks as if more of them are in service. I think that the wabtec engineers may have been told to prioritise sorting the ones already delivered.
further adventure in just how badly designed the cycle storage is- the space for two bikes only really fits a single mountain bike, and on some sizes, the handlebars will be in perhaps the worst position that could be possible.