https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U91419/2021-07-01/detailed#allox_id=0 shows an "Unadvertised express," 113V 0740 from Bangor, calling along the coast then Chester, Crewe and non-stop via Sutton Park to Bristol
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What is this train? (Unadvertised)
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Unadvertised express just means it won't show as a valid itinerary on journey planners. Important for preventing anybody with an open return trying to use the train.
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Possibly a little off-topic, but I wonder what this is on 5 July from Victoria:
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It's not on any of the tour sites.
Realtime Trains - 122W 0801 London Victoria to Northampton
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It's not on any of the tour sites.
Special charter to Althorp HousePossibly a little off-topic, but I wonder what this is on 5 July from Victoria:
Realtime Trains - 122W 0801 London Victoria to Northampton
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It's not on any of the tour sites.
https://telegraph.tripsmiths.com/tours/belmond-earl-spencer-althorp-house-tour
Deepgreen
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Many thanks.
Romsey
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Could be a tamper or other OTM stabled for use in a possession - item 365?
I believe signallers can ‘transpose’ anything they like. You’ll often find at stations like Manchester Piccadilly, if a unit is going to sit in the station for a few hours, they’ll put the departure time in that signal berth.
There was a thread somewhere on the forum highlighting funny things they’d found that signallers had put on the signal maps.
Thanks - I've noticed a range of variation for presumably out of use sidings -
For instance the short 'stub' at Bowes Park has recently become STOP
The siding on the down line of Hertford North - which I though was still in use - now says *OOU
But the apparently unused siding at Welwyn Garden City by shunt 178 is marked OOU-
All these are controlled by the same York ROC
Lastly I observe that now Moorgate and KX are controlled from York that all their terminating platforms show **** when there is no train occupying - is that something meaningful?
Just interested - thanks.
For instance the short 'stub' at Bowes Park has recently become STOP
The siding on the down line of Hertford North - which I though was still in use - now says *OOU
But the apparently unused siding at Welwyn Garden City by shunt 178 is marked OOU-
All these are controlled by the same York ROC
Lastly I observe that now Moorgate and KX are controlled from York that all their terminating platforms show **** when there is no train occupying - is that something meaningful?
Just interested - thanks.
OOU is Out Of Use. Train describers need four characters normally so there’ll be something either at the start or end like a star or dash.
**** is (I believe) when the track circuit is activated, but the system doesn’t know what’s there (in terms of a headcode).
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