TPE Nova 3 (Class 68 + Mk5s) updates and withdrawal from service

[Jamesrob637]

Yes 68032 with TP03.

What an absolute pile, failing at Stafford.

 

[Peter Sarf]

Does anyone know if this was a Mk5a move ?.

Realtime Trains | 5Q32 1008 Crewe South Yard to Longsight Car. M.D. | 10/04/2024

Real-time train running information for 5Q32 1008 departure from Crewe South Yard to Longsight Car. M.D. on 10/04/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

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[warwickshire]

Does anyone know if this was a Mk5a move ?.

Realtime Trains | 5Q32 1008 Crewe South Yard to Longsight Car. M.D. | 10/04/2024

Real-time train running information for 5Q32 1008 departure from Crewe South Yard to Longsight Car. M.D. on 10/04/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

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Yes it was, 68032 with TP03 to Longsight for a overnight stay, was meant to go to Long Marston on Thursday 11th April 2024, however on 5q94 0856 Longsight to Long Marston it failed at Stafford. And was rescued by 57304, back to Crewe South Yard, 68032 Destroyer had overheated, as reported on a 68 Group Facebook page. However after a tour of Cheshire, Manchester, and Staffordshire ,TP03, is now back at Crewe South Yard. Why TP03 didn't go straight to Long Marston from Crewe South Yard is unknown. Maybe Tp03, had to go to Longsight, for of lease and final hanback checks ? But cannot say that this is the case for certain.

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Does anyone know if this was a Mk5a move ?.

Realtime Trains | 5Q32 1008 Crewe South Yard to Longsight Car. M.D. | 10/04/2024

Real-time train running information for 5Q32 1008 departure from Crewe South Yard to Longsight Car. M.D. on 10/04/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Yes 68032 with TP03.

 

[Peter Sarf]

Yes 68032 with TP03.

Thanks.

So then South again to Long Marston the next day.

 

[warwickshire]

Thanks.

So then South again to Long Marston the next day.

No, set has remained at Crewe South Yard, its possible it remains there, rather than go to Long Marston, and go back to Longsight for servicing in due course, then go to Long Marston for storage and await its next fate, because by then it will be past the end Of May 2024 and will be of lease.

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Thanks.

So then South again to Long Marston the next day.

It didn’t make it. 68032 failed at Stafford and the whole lot was dragged back to Crewe by a 57.