769008 left in April. 421 & 445 are in Pullman’s, the rest Long Marston.
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TT-ONR-NRN
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What’s happening with their scrapping?
Buzz68
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I thought 008 was still there as it only failed on its last working on the 28th April.
The_Train
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Yeah, my records have it as end April / early May when this one was finally withdrawn
My mistake. It went by road 22/23rd May.
There's no confirmation they will be scrapped any time soon. Porterbrook might decide to hold onto them in the hope of future use.
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Thanks for clarifying
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Thanks
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An epitaph to the TfW 769's.
769008 was the fastest of the eight in my experience.
Western 52
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Or the least slow?!
It could match a 150. It's only since the 769s appeared that I seriously started timing and looking at max point to point speeds. I hadn't realised how slow the 150s are; the Pacers were much faster. 153s are the slowest of the lot.
I think that some here thing the thrash that 150s make means that they are fast. The 769 that I travelled on in Lancashire went to over 70mph without much fuss, (in fact I had to check it's speed as it was pretty quiet at that speed, - sounding more like an EMU almost coasting.
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The final TfW 769, 769421 moved just after 7am this morning from Canton as 5Z55 via Central to the brickyard for onward road transport.
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Is that road transport to Long Marston today?
I presume it will take a few trips - two coaches at a time.
I was going to say that they had disappeared. Never to be seen again?
The_Train
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I still have a few listed at Canton:
769006
769445
769452
Can anybody advise when these moved to Long Marston (presuming that is where they have ended up) please?
769006
769445
769452
Can anybody advise when these moved to Long Marston (presuming that is where they have ended up) please?
All three noted at LM yesterday.
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DieselFan
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Looks like the 769's have almost disappeared....when I drove to work this morning (13th July) along the M4 I spotted and overtook 769421 near J30 (Pontprennau) while it was being hauled eastwards around 07:00 on the back of 3 low loaders. Funny to see these being removed from the Rhymney line - I still remember them from when I used to see them (as 319's) on Thameslink back in (I think) early 90's
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When they worked they were actually fairly comfortable trains imo.
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They were great, especially as they were 4 car, so a big step up in capacity from 150s, and they had comfortable seats. Unfortunately not much power and a little incident prone!
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Really appreciate that, thanks a lot
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