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TfW 175 shortages
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Meanwhile, Crewe - Shrewsbury locals treated to 175009 today.
Back on the sidings at Shrewsbury now but later allocated to 2G38 22:24 Shrewsbury - Wolves and back empty stock. Calls at all stations, been a while I imagine since the likes of Bilbrook had a 175 call!
TT-ONR-NRN
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Surely that didn’t run like that? I saw pictures of four 153s, but surely not with the 150 as well later. Isn’t that too many cabs?
Certainly between Shrewsbury and Cardiff it did. With 153s involved that's at or at least near the max amount of cabs
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10 cabs I'd count so I think that's the max
Western 52
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I was on that train from Swansea and it was 150 + 153 + 153 by then, so 2 153s presumably taken off at Cardiff.
TT-ONR-NRN
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Today 175009 is dashing between Swanline services and Maesteg.
anthony263
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And I've got 150241 on the 0536 to Manchester piccadilly
175009 is currently on it's way to Manchester
Topological
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Saw that this morning when taking the 0528 Paddington train. So many people waiting for it at Cardiff and then Newport. When I changed onto a Portsmouth Harbour at Newport Manchester was showing as "delayed". Hope it was nothing serious.
TT-ONR-NRN
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There must have been a swap of allocations. Good that it wasn’t trundling round barely used stations like Llansamlet and Briton Ferry all day after all.
Yes 12 cabs for any combination of Sprinters, reduced to eight if there's a Pacer in the formation. Not sure about 175 max formations. I've definitely seen three units coupled but it's very rare.
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175108 and 175116 together today on 1V92 after taking over 150230 at Chester.
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175003 is working 5Z98 0914 Chester D.M.U.D. to Landore T.M.D.
No its 5Z75 to holyhead now
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Instead of Landore, 175003 appears to have gone to Holyhead
Realtime Trains | 5T75 1017 Chester D.M.U.D. to Holyhead Car. M.D. | 28/07/2023
Real-time train running information for 5T75 1017 departure from Chester D.M.U.D. to Holyhead Car. M.D. on 28/07/2023. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
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Looks like there isn’t... 
Everything else can be covered in this one now then:
Everything else can be covered in this one now then:
TfW 15x/175 permanent withdrawals
Hello There is a thread to track the cascades of 170s to EMR, and a thread to note the day to day availability of 175s during their plague, but nothing to track the withdrawals of 150/not staying 153s/158s and 175s. 175001-008 / 104/106/111 are the stood down trains so far. Please do update...
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