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Brand new CAF Units 196006, 196007 and 196108 have recently been delivered by road to Donnington RFT.

(07/02/2021 13:39)ant17612 Wrote: [ -> ]Brand new CAF Units 196006, 196007 and 196108 have recently been delivered by road to Donnington RFT.

196008 has now joined these.

Class 730 on test at the Velim Test Track
https://youtu.be/g2yIKoi_sBU

350126 been for an interesting run out today;
5Q70 0712 Crewe CS > Lancaster
5Q71 0845 Lancaster > Beattock
5Q72 1044 Beattock > Carlisle
5Q73 1253 Carlisle > Lancaster
5Q74 1417 Lancaster > Oxenholme Lake District
5Q75 1449 Oxenholme Lake District > Winwick Junction
5Q76 1553 Winwick Junction > Wigan North Junction
5Q77 1638 Wigan North Junction > Crewe CS

(15/03/2021 17:41)ant17612 Wrote: [ -> ]350126 been for an interesting run out today;
5Q70 0712 Crewe CS > Lancaster
5Q71 0845 Lancaster > Beattock
5Q72 1044 Beattock > Carlisle
5Q73 1253 Carlisle > Lancaster
5Q74 1417 Lancaster > Oxenholme Lake District
5Q75 1449 Oxenholme Lake District > Winwick Junction
5Q76 1553 Winwick Junction > Wigan North Junction
5Q77 1638 Wigan North Junction > Crewe CS

This has been used by GBRf testing new equipment PANDAS (Pantograph Collision Assessment System).

Yesterday it worked into Manchester Piccadilly.

Although not recent all WMT 323s have received names of stations on the Cross City line except for 323240 which is named Dave Pomfrey an engineer at Soho Depot. The names are on one side only on the 722xx or 723xx vehicles.

350104 noted at Stafford this morning in an extremely garish Eurovision wrap

730101 and 730103 from Crewe having moved to Old Dalby, their perch on the the through siding at Crewe CS has been taken by 730021 and 730022

Passed Tyseley TMD yesterday and there were a large number of new Class 196 in the sidings. 196003/004 were the units at Leamington Spa on the service to Nuneaton.