TPE Mk3s

[Wyrleybart]

It'll be like TPE's Mark 3s. Will run one train on 31st December 2023 to hiot the deadline (conveiently ignoring howver many years late they'll be by then) and then never be heard of again.

Bloody hell. The pretendolino. What happened to that ?

 

[fgwrich]

Bloody hell. The pretendolino. What happened to that ?

Split, sold, preserved and scrapped. Off topic for this thread but Eastern Rail Services took some (via D.A.T.S) while Crewe Diesel Preservation Group have some of the ex Scottish Mk3s.

 

[norbitonflyer]

It'll be like TPE's Mark 3s. Will run one train on 31st December 2023 to hiot the deadline (conveiently ignoring howver many years late they'll be by then) and then never be heard of again.

Do you mean Mark 5s? TPE never ran any mark 3s (unless you count class 150s in the very early days)

 

[43096]

Do you mean Mark 5s?

No, I meant what I wrote.

TPE never ran any mark 3s (unless you count class 150s in the very early days)

Search for "TPE Pretendolino" and you may then want to revise your statement.

 

[yorkie]

Do you mean Mark 5s? TPE never ran any mark 3s (unless you count class 150s in the very early days)

They ran one service using the Mk3s.

The thread covering the whole saga can be found at

Transpennine Express decide not to use MK3's on limited services

Travelling westbound past Plymouth Laira depot today, I saw 'something odd'. I thought it was a CrossCountry HST, but it wasn't. Fortunately, returning eastbound later I had a second view. A Virgin-liveried mark 3 rake (stripy doors) with an Anglia-liveried vehicle at the west end. Really...

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