Bletchleyite
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I don't think it's likely, but unless there are Marston Vale style level crossing/signal sighting issues I don't see why the back loco would need to be on the platform.
Completely agree that it’s unlikely. As far as I know the Mk5a stock hasn’t been tested in top and tail mode, and nor have staff been trained on this. On today’s railway getting that signed off would probably take forever and a dayI don't think it's likely, but unless there are Marston Vale style level crossing/signal sighting issues I don't see why the back loco would need to be on the platform.
The original plan was for the mark 5 sets to run in top and tail mode as four car sets, prior to the delivery of the driving traillers:Not sure if that would work? I suspect that for platform lengths you'd need to drop to 4-car sets, but I'm not sure it's at all easy to knock an intermediate car out of a Mk5A set? (It would of course have to be an intermediate and not the DT itself, as you would need the DT's buffers.)
However I too am unsure how that would have worked for the reasons that you have stated.https://www.railmagazine.com/news/rail-features/tpe-s-new-trains
The first seven sets will be used in top-and-tail mode, with Rake 8 the first set with a Driving Trailer, Davis explains. As more DTs are delivered, so the ‘68s’ will operate in push-pull method.
Yeah, I believe so.The delays to their construction probably meant that the DT's were built by the time they were delivered.
Completely agree that it’s unlikely. As far as I know the Mk5a stock hasn’t been tested in top and tail mode, and nor have staff been trained on this. On today’s railway getting that signed off would probably take forever and a day
I suspect there will be a quick software update, some test runs off MID and all will be well again.
Thanks for that, appreciated.Top and tail mode (rather a full set of 5 cars with a loco on each end) is already programmed into ASDO for rescue purposes. For example a loco attached to the DT dragging the failed train set.
Anyway, regardless the software issue is sorted now so back to normal from Monday. No sets out this weekend anyway as LIV is shut.
That's probably due to this software issue, which has now, apparently, been rectified.Havent seen any 68s lately in Liverpool
Unfortunately the fault wouldn't have been apparent at Velim.View attachment 70008 Blurry 68 and MkVs at Scarborough depot, having presumably received a stern talking to about software faults and why it would have been better to have them at Velim.
That's probably due to this software issue, which has now, apparently, been rectified.
See post 5646 - MondayAny news when they'll appear in service again??
Excellent images. I particularly like the one of the DT with the passengers looking on admiringly! Couldn’t agree more with your review of the Nova 3 journey experienceFinally got a ride on these things this afternoon, all the way from Lime Street back to Scarbs. The 68 on the front got the train moving really quickly on the climb out of Lime Street, and the whole experience was a world away from the overcrowded, drafty 185 that I've grown used to. It was genuinely pleasant to get comfy and know that I wouldn't have a dose of whatever weather was happening outside at each station stop.
How would anyone know you're not a PRM to ask you to move? How would you know that I was if I was sat in one with my folding cane folded? It doesn't surprise me you don't get asked to move because there aren't often enough idiots to fillall the priority seats so usually one is available.It is a valid use of them if one of the other target users does not require the seat. There is no requirement to leave them empty, simply to willingly give them up if they are needed more than you need them.
How would anyone know you're not a PRM to ask you to move?
That top photo is quite honestly a work of artCalled in to Milton Keynes today for a coffee whilst on my way down South and bumped into 68022 on a run from Bletchley back to Manchester Intl Depot
68022 'Resolution' by Mark Nulty, on Flickr
TPE DBSO by Mark Nulty, on Flickr
Nice of the BBC to use a picture of Nova 2s about a Nova 3 issue. They're all the same right?!
Nice of the BBC to use a picture of Nova 2s about a Nova 3 issue. They're all the same right?!
I couldn’t agree more with what you’ve written there, the public love the Nova 3s. A common comment in standard is ‘are you sure this isn’t First Class’!I find it fascinating watching the public reaction to the Nova 3. So many people look at them, the striking livery (foils) know how to show people this this is something totally different! I've heard people get on and say "wow, this is a nice train"! But the best was an elderly woman on platform three at York who'd just got off one and walked straight up to the driver standing in the doorway of his big CAT (68) and saying.... "thank you, and what a fantastic train". Joe public deserve decent trains like this, the sooner we get rid of old rubbish stock the better
Nova 3 sets accepted
TP09 12.04.2019
TP06 15.05.2019
TP04 04.07.2019
TP11 11.07.2019
TP12 03.10.2019
TP08 FFR completed. Now at Crewe CS?
Not until Dec TT change. Class 802 is the priority for training at the moment as it’s critical to Dec ‘19.with 6 on the books- could see a step up in diagrams assuming enough drivers and Crews are passed out on them
That top photo is quite honestly a work of art