Trains you've seen working

[hassaanhc]

450027+450103 instead of 455+456+456 on the 2J41 1506 London Waterloo to Hampton Court

 

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01/10

19:30 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour 158798 + 150101

 

[childwallblues]

05/10/2015

0526 390045 Liverpool Lime Street-Euston
1201 350370 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street

 

[PHILIPE]

After starting off in a blaze of glory, this thread seems to be on the way out. Very few and very short posts now.

 

[childwallblues]

06/10/2015

1028 319362 Liverpool Lime Street-Preston
1104 350231 Liverpool Lime Street-Birmingham New Street
1936 350263 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street

DD

 

[ValleyLines142]

After starting off in a blaze of glory, this thread seems to be on the way out. Very few and very short posts now.

I'll turn it around Phil!

 

[PHILIPE]

I'll turn it around Phil!

Cheers. Sounds you're going to be travelling again.

 

[Techniquest]

After starting off in a blaze of glory, this thread seems to be on the way out. Very few and very short posts now.

I just don't have the patience for making tons of observations on a regular basis these days. It was handy once upon a time, as it brought something different to a bash. These days with Live Trip Reports on Twitter, typing up the trip report for here and just generally enjoying the trip, there isn't time to make the same volume of observations as I used to.

It always took ages to process them all too, which as things are here at this time, the time to do so is just not there. Nor is the energy or patience after a full day's graft.

Other factors include the drain on battery life on my phone, as well as keeping a social life going on, whether by text or in person. When I first started this thread that wasn't an issue, but things change, people move on, we grow up and life changes!

There's also the fact I just don't get out on the rails much these days, nor near a station!

 

[ValleyLines142]

Here are my observations from today, in screenshot form. I've not been feeling well lately so not going on the laptop tonight!

 

[PHILIPE]

Here are my observations from today, in screenshot form. I've not been feeling well lately so not going on the laptop tonight!

Welcome back to the thread. Read the "small print" from Twitter and hope feeling better soon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Welcome back to the thread. Read the "small print" from Twitter and hope feeling better soon.

Thanks!

Also, 1L52 is a typo. It was actually 43170+43137.

 

[Parallel]

08/10

08:45 Westbury - Gloucester 150238
17:30 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour 158950 (Sounded like the engine under the rear carriage was having some issues!)
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09/10

11:30 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour 158950
11:10 Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads 150261 (Started 15 minutes late due to 'Congestion caused by earlier delays'.)
10:50 Great Malvern - Brighton 158959
12:49 Bristol Temple Meads - London Waterloo 159009
12:30 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour 158798
12:41 Gloucester - Frome 150925
13:00 Cardiff Central - Exeter St David's 150128
14:03 Bristol Temple Meads - Avonmouth 150108
11:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central 158955
13:06 Taunton - Cardiff Central 158952
13:30 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour 158958
14:12 Bristol Parkway - Weston Super Mare - 158766
12:25 Plymouth - Glasgow Central 43303/43207
14:34 Bristol Temple Meads - Avonmouth 158951 hock:
12:27 Southampton Central - Great Malvern 150101
13:56 Severn Beach - Bristol Temple Meads 150247
14:10 Weston Super Mare - Bristol Parkway 150234
12:51 Great Malvern - Weymouth 150265 (Full and standing from Bristol, severely overcrowded between Bradford On Avon and Trowbridge... School kids!)
12:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central 158954 + 153370 (The 153 being attached at Bristol).
12:20 London Waterloo - Bristol Temple Meads 159008
14:38 Westbury - Bristol Parkway 158763
13:10 Weymouth - Gloucester 150xxx
13:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central 158953

Quite funny that when 158951 was getting ready to depart for its 30 minute journey, 150101 was waiting a few platforms down, midway through its 4 hour journey. I wonder why 158951 was sentenced to Severn Beach line services.

 

[PHILIPE]

08/10

Quite funny that when 158951 was getting ready to depart for its 30 minute journey, 150101 was waiting a few platforms down, midway through its 4 hour journey. I wonder why 158951 was sentenced to Severn Beach line services.

158951 working a 3 carriage diagram, albeit that of a 150/9. 150925 spotted so perhaps 926 didn't come out to play today.

 

[childwallblues]

Whilst I was working at Birmingham New Street Station yesterday two Sandite units passed through. These were DR78908+DR78958 and DR78909+DR78959.

 

[Parallel]

Low and behold 07.23 Portsmouth Harbour - Newport was formed of 158950 today with one engine out of action (carriage c). The driver kept trying but it wouldn't restart. Unit terminated at Newport (vice Cardiff) 37 minutes down.

 

[childwallblues]

EMT provided an additional working on Saturday. An HST with power cars 43059 + 43066 worked the following:-
1608 Nottingham-Manchester Piccadilly
1722 Manchester Piccadilly-Chesterfield
1850 Chesterfield-Stockport
2013 Stockport-Liverpool Lime Street
2158 Liverpool Lime Street-Nottingham
Presumably the train ran in connection with the two big rugby matches in Manchester.
The sighting of an HST (other than the NMT) is very rare these days.

 

[Parallel]

12/10

09:48 Westbury - Swindon 153368
09:07 Bristol Temple Meads - Westbury 153369
08:30 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour 158956
05:41 Penzance - London Paddington 43169/43088
08:59 Brighton - Great Malvern 150/1 OR 150/9
11:13 Southampton Central - London Victoria 377422
10:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central 158954
11:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central 158955
13:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central 158958
13:12 Portsmouth Harbour - London Victoria 377454
13:15 Portsmouth Harbour - London Waterloo 450003 + 450570 + 450074
13:29 Portsmouth Harbour - Brighton 313210
13:45 Portsmouth Harbour - London Waterloo 444017
13:59 Portsmouth Harbour - London Waterloo 444030
12:02 London Victoria - Portsmouth Harbour 377143
13:59 Portsmouth & Southsea - Littlehampton 313217
14:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central 158953
14:41 Gloucester - Westbury 150243
15:51 Bristol Temple Meads - London Waterloo 159015
15:08 Weymouth - Gloucester 153370 + 153372 + 153380
14:50 Great Malvern - Weymouth 158951 (Must've been a set swap somewhere. 150 spotted on previous service from Brighton)

--
13/10

17:30 Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads 158957 + 150122 FORMED OF FOUR COACHES (158957 running as a two car set)

 

[childwallblues]

Tuesday was a good day for the sub class reaching Lime Street:-

350373 0834 Liverpool Lime Street-Birmingham New Street
350372 1034 Liverpool Lime Street-Birmingham New Street
350375 1134 Liverpool Lime Street-Birmingham New Street

In addition 350374 was on the 1313 Euston-Birmingham New Street and 1533 return. The rest of the class were south of Northampton with none on the Euston to Crewe service which was all 350/1.

Yesterday 350369 was on Liverpool services.

 

[FQ]

From dad this morning.

165010 - The Leamington to Moor Street shuttle today.

 

[childwallblues]

Saturday 17th October - 350374 working on the Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street service.
66709 and 59003 were noted in Tuebrook Sidings.

 

[Parallel]

17/10

09:00 Brighton - Great Malvern 158951
09:30 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour 158952 + 150243
10:23 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central 150238 + 158798 Full and standing when spotted at Bath.
10:46 Great Malvern - Brighton 158957 FORMED OF TWO COACHES. Full and standing from Bristol.
12:51 Bristol Temple Meads - London Waterloo 159103
18:32 Westbury - Swindon 150202
18:38 Westbury - Cheltenham Spa 150130
16:50 Great Malvern - Westbury 158887
22:01 Bristol Temple Meads - Westbury 158887
22:23 Bristol Temple Meads - Salisbury 159105
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22/10
10:41 Gloucester - Weymouth 150104
11:10 Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads 150221
12:51 Great Malvern - Weymouth 153380 + 1533xx
14:41 Gloucester - Weymouth 150216

23/10
09:07 Bristol Temple Meads - Westbury 153361
09:48 Westbury - Swindon 153305
08:23 Southampton Central - Worcester Shrub Hill 158763 (Terminated early 20 minutes down. Delayed from Westbury due to delayed train crew, cancelled between Worcester Shrub Hill and Great Malvern due to congestion caused by earlier delays.)
11:20 Cheltenham Spa - Swindon 153382
08:50 Great Malvern - Westbury 158766
10:45 Cardiff Central - Nottingham 170521 + 170xxx (Formed of four coaches)
18:49 Worcester Foregate Street - London Paddington 180103
17:59 Birmingham New Street - Great Malvern 170501
18:50 Great Malvern - Bristol Temple Meads 150925 (Delayed throughout due to congestion caused by earlier delays)
17:15 Didcot Parkway - Great Malvern 180106

Lots of congestion around Worcester today. Earlier reports of a broken down train between Great Malvern and Hereford late morning, and another failed train at The Hawthorns this evening. I travelled to Worcester from Bristol (and returned). On the way, my train was terminated early and on the way back, I missed my connection at Temple Meads. Ah well!

Also, does GWR have a shortage of 150s at the moment? Have they sent off a few 150/2s to be refurbished at the same time?

 

[Trainfan344]

66028 and 66042 on the RHTT at Stoke-on-Trent, 07:55 this morning.

 

[childwallblues]

Yesterdays Liverpool Lime Street to Warrington Bank Quay services were operated by 319s. 319375 wad one of the units used.

 

[Techniquest]

Thanks to an easy going day, and being able to keep my phone from going into critical levels of charge, I present some observations from today!

26/10/2015

153364+170503 0659 Birmingham New Street-Hereford
170503+153364 0849 Hereford-Birmingham New Street
170505 0759 Birmingham New Street-Hereford
180104 0954 Great Malvern-London Paddington
166209+166202 0821 London Paddington-Hereford
168107 1217 Oxford Parkway-London Marylebone
66143 Bicester MoD train
168214 1221? Bicester-Oxford Parkway
168322 1241 Haddenham & Thame Parkway-Oxford Parkway
168214 1256 Bicester Village-London Marylebone
165021 on an unadvertised working, training run?
168106 1321 Bicester Village-Oxford Parkway
165102 1424 Oxford to Banbury
180104 1322 London Paddington-Worcester Shrub Hill
166209 1209 Hereford-London Paddington (where did 166202 go?!)
165102 1508 Banbury-Oxford
165135+156126 1537 Oxford-London Paddington
180103 1425 Great Malvern-London Paddington
166216+165101 1607 Oxford-London Paddington
165102 1623 Oxford-Banbury
47830 arrived light engine northbound 1627.
43036+43124 1631 Oxford-London Paddington
165113 terminated 1632.
165118+165132 1637 Oxford-London Paddington
221135 1639 Oxford-Manchester Piccadilly
221139 1643 Oxford-Reading
180104 1550 Great Malvern-Didcot Parkway
180108 1552 London Paddington-Worcester Shrub Hill
150926 1528 Warminster-Great Malvern
150926 1850 Great Malvern-Bristol Temple Meads
170508+170516 1749 Birmingham New Street-Hereford

EDIT: Just over 2 years this thread's been going!

 

[JonathanH]

Observations from time spent around Marylebone last evening (Monday 26 October) with a bit of help from Realtimetrains.

172102
1T65 2107 London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway
1Y84 2221 Oxford Parkway to London Marylebone

168005
1J65 2110 London Marylebone to Stourbridge Junction

165006
2A65 2113 London Marylebone to Aylesbury

165026
2W66 2116 London Marylebone to High Wycombe
5H83 2207 High Wycombe to London Marylebone

165007
2B66 2127 London Marylebone to Aylesbury

168004
1T67 2135 London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway

168109+168329
1G67 2140 London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill
(worked in as 1Y76 2008 Oxford Parkway to London Marylebone)

165010
1A67 2143 London Marylebone to Aylesbury

165001
2W67 2146 London Marylebone to High Wycombe

2-165+3-165+165013
5E67 2153 London Marylebone to Wembley Lmd

165030
2V68 2157 London Marylebone to Aylesbury Vale Parkway

168325
1Y80 2101 Oxford Parkway to London Marylebone
1T69 2207 London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway

168111
1R69 2210 London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street

165037
2A69 2213 London Marylebone to Aylesbury

168106
2W69 2216 London Marylebone to High Wycombe
2H84 2250 High Wycombe to London Marylebone

165032+165025
2B70 2227 London Marylebone to Aylesbury

168214
1R71 2237 London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street

165002
1T71 2240 London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway

3-168+168113
1R73 2307 London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street

168111
1T73 2310 London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway

165003
2U74 2320 London Marylebone to Banbury

165027+168322
2B74 2327 London Marylebone to Aylesbury
(168322 worked in as 1H77 1914 Birmingham Snow Hill to London Marylebone)
(165027 worked in as 1H83 2145 Banbury to London Marylebone)

168110+168107
2A75 2330 London Marylebone to Aylesbury

165010
2V76 2357 London Marylebone to Aylesbury Vale Parkway

165017+165004
1U77 0005 London Marylebone to Banbury

 

[childwallblues]

Yesterday 222023+222101 1129 Sheffield-St Pancras

 

[ValleyLines142]

Here's some of my usual observations for Monday!

 

[Parallel]

28/10

06:49 Worcester Shrub Hill - Weymouth 150249 + 153318
08:23 Southampton Central - Great Malvern 150128
08:53 Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads 150122
09:06 London Paddington - Plymouth 43198/43151
11:04 Taunton - Cardiff Central 150101
07:41 Penzance - London Paddington 43163/43130
11:27 Exeter St. David's - Barnstaple 143612 (Cancelled between Exmouth and Exeter St. David's due to a broken down train on a previous service from Paignton)
09:00 Cardiff Central - Plymouth 150265
08:20 London Waterloo - Exeter St. David's 159003
10:43 Barnstaple - Exmouth 150233
11:23 Exmouth - Paignton 143621 + 153305 (Delayed throughout due to congestion caused by an earlier delays)
12:05 Topsham - Barnstaple 150123 + 153xxx (Cancelled between Exmouth and Topsham due to a delay caused by waiting to access a single track section on a previous service from Paignton)
12:53 Exmouth - Barnstaple 143603
11:43 Barnstaple -Exmouth 150248
12:13 Paignton - Exmouth 150130
16:43 St. James' Park - Paignton 150131
16:23 Exmouth - Barnstaple 143603 ( + 153 from Exeter), service full and standing
17:13 Barnstaple - Exeter Central 143621
18:01 Exmouth - Paignton 143611 + 143612
20:41 Bristol Temple Meads - Gloucester 158766 (Cancelled between Gloucester and Worcester Shrub Hill due to a train fault)
20:49 Bristol Temple Meads - Weymouth 150263
19:10 Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads 150221 + 150124
20:38 Westbury - Bristol Temple Meads 153372 hock: (One of those services that seems to throw up absolutely anything, I've even seen a HST on it before!)
20:57 Salisbury - Bristol Temple Meads 159001

 

[ValleyLines142]

Oh how I love rush hour and half term!! On a RAMMED 175108 on the 1704 Cardiff to Tenby.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Here are my observations from a journey down to Brighton yesterday (31/10). Will be doing the return journey later today