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TPE Mark 5A coaching stock progress

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yrreb said:
Work was done at the end of 2018 to increase the gauge clearance in Dean Royd tunnel on the Calder Valley last year - I believe this was the only gauging problem on the whole line and has now been fixed
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Indeed, pretty sure they're cleared for both and have done training runs on those diversionary routes.
 
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Flyingsprinter said:
Probably already been discussed but have the mk 5A’s been cleared for the Calder valley and via castleford?
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Here's 68024 at Brighouse on 26th February 2019 with 3Q62, 07.55 Scarborough to Longsight, which went as far as Greetland Junction rev. then back through Brighouse to Bradley Wood Junction and Bradley Junction to continue via Huddersfield.

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I'm pretty sure they've run via Castleford and via Healey Mills on test too, though TPE crews don't sign the direct route from Cas to Normanton.
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A quick check of my notes confirms that on 31st July 2019 68025 worked 5M68, 09.32 Scarborough to Longsight via Castleford and Healey Mills.
 
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Just seen it on Railcam York ROC 1 on the return SCA-LIV with 68 pushing, driver obviously keen on making up time.
 
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fowler9 said:
Just had a nice little trip to Manchester on that one. Seats are firm as was the ride. Felt very spacious with lots of light through the big windows. Acceleration was amazing at times, like being on a Metro.
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The acceleration is really great, I enjoyed that too:) I’d say the trains have a really great ‘InterCity’ feel to them.
 
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Due to some early inaccurate reporting I turned up at Victoria for the 1156 to LIV only for it to be 185147. 185128 followed on the 1256 which I took back home so it was a nice surprise to see 68027 in Lims Street. I travelled on this as far as LEG before returning back home on 319383.
 
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4630 said:
Here's 68024 at Brighouse on 26th February 2019 with 3Q62, 07.55 Scarborough to Longsight, which went as far as Greetland Junction rev. then back through Brighouse to Bradley Wood Junction and Bradley Junction to continue via Huddersfield.

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A quick check of my notes confirms that on 31st July 2019 68025 worked 5M68, 09.32 Scarborough to Longsight via Castleford and Healey Mills.
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Nice photos!
 
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are the 68 and mk 5s on fixed diagrams or is still a bit hit and miss as I'm out for the next 3 days and I can't wait to get one
 
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86247 said:
are the 68 and mk 5s on fixed diagrams or is still a bit hit and miss as I'm out for the next 3 days and I can't wait to get one
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The diagram worked so far has been:

1E25 06:56 LIV-SCA (09:40)
1F62 10:41 SCA-LIV (13:32)
1E39 13:56 LIV-SCA (16:40)
1F76 17:44 SCA-LIV (20:33)
1J53 20:56 LIV-SBY (21:44)

Worth checking the morning ecs to see what’s happening on the day:

5F48 04:54 Longsight-Man Vic
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/Y03032/2019/08/28/advanced

Hope that helps:)
 
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86247 said:
are the 68 and mk 5s on fixed diagrams or is still a bit hit and miss as I'm out for the next 3 days and I can't wait to get one
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It's the same one diagram, unless circumstances, like no driver/guard trained on Mk5a sets available then pots luck!! Could be cancelled, terminated replaced by Class 185.
 
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sjpowermac said:
The acceleration is really great, I enjoyed that too:) I’d say the trains have a really great ‘InterCity’ feel to them.
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Is there any reason to believe this is not similar acceleration to the Chiltern Mk3 sets with 68s?
Possibly a bit better than Chiltern with their 6-car sets.
But surely not up to 350/390/802/22x acceleration?
And the comparison with 185s - are the 68+Mk5s really any quicker off the mark?
The hill-climbing of the 185s is exceptional.
 
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Fab ride in First Class today upto Scarborough and back! Comfy seats and the noise is fabulous. Cracking team onboard too, you know who you are!
 
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I too went to Scarborough from York today. A nice experience, my ony criticism is the internal configuration. The seats don't align with the windows. But the extra capacity on TPE services overall is by no means of more importance and am sure is very much welcomed by the travelling public.
 
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Jack Brown said:
Fab ride in First Class today upto Scarborough and back! Comfy seats and the noise is fabulous. Cracking team onboard too, you know who you are!
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When booking business travel, we have a number of options to justify First Class. Sadly 'To enjoy the thrash' isn't one of the options!
 
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LNW-GW Joint said:
Is there any reason to believe this is not similar acceleration to the Chiltern Mk3 sets with 68s?
Possibly a bit better than Chiltern with their 6-car sets.
But surely not up to 350/390/802/22x acceleration?
And the comparison with 185s - are the 68+Mk5s really any quicker off the mark?
The hill-climbing of the 185s is exceptional.
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They feel very nippy compared to older loco hauled coaching stock. Am sure there are figures out there to compare them to multiple units. At the end of the day it is a pretty big lump pulling not much.
 
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fowler9 said:
At the end of the day it is a pretty big lump pulling not much.
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That's what I thought! It's the same power (I'm assuming) as the freight 68s so a little 5 carriage passenger train is light work for it
 
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Sleeperwaking said:
Made it out to Manchester Victoria yesterday lunchtime to catch the set on its first return leg to Liverpool - was fortunate to snap a pic of it alongside a 185 as it pulled into the adjacent platform. Wish we'd had time to take a trip out to Liverpool and back, but sadly was not to be (we did manage to get a 195 back to the Airport though!). Hopefully I'll get to ride on one in a few weeks - my other half has been wanting to visit his friend in Huddersfield...

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Those light clusters...

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Longsight to Man Vic Cancelled "due to a problem at the depot".

185142 currently on the diagram this morning.
 
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