Unusual Sightings & Allocations (Read 30,181 times)

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Apr 5, 2009 17:15:52 GMT jimmish said:

Apr 4, 2009 19:36:16 GMT busman3 said:

We were running under caution from dony to mexborough where we stopped we then went on the mexborough - aldwarke line the frieght only line

Its the first time ive been on this on a normal service since swinton station opened understand there was a points problem at swinton

This happens every night im on the 2113 AXC from Derby to Sheffield, we stop outside the Corus works in Rotherham for a minute or two, then take the Aldwarke Line I believe it is, avoiding Swinton and coming out at Mexborough. I assume theres a slow train on the Swinton line?

What time is this when you arrive at Aldwake Junction, Jimmish?

[jimmish]

At a guess around 2210, the train leaves Sheffield at 2154.

[northern]

156455 10.14 Sheffield-Manchester Pic via New Mills on 17th April.

[ryansf]

There was a GNER NXEC Class 91 (just the power car) parked up behind Doncaster Station yseterday at about 11am, but was gone by the time I got back around 5:30pm. Anyone know what it was doing there? Breakdown?

[markno16]

Probably just maintainance, I always see one or two there the odd time.

Also, strange sighting, the 14:41 Northern service to Hull from Sheffield had a 2-car 158 attached to a single car 153. Never seen that before, anybody know why?

Also saw an empty EMT HST heading towards Sheffield through Masborough station at around 15:00 in Midland Mainline livery, looked in poor condition.

[xtopher]

Doncaster Wabtec have the contract to do maintenance on the 91s which are currently experiencing traction motor failures.

[thrybergh]

156444 was on the Scunthorpe to Lincoln service today, though due to weather problems, this service was cancelled between Sheffield and Worksop and replaced by buses from E6 in Pond Street Bus Station. 156444 remained on Platform 8B for around 30 minutes and was the only rolling stock in Sheffield Midland Station for a good 20 minutes! Not sure if the lines were flodded again at Heeley?

[ryansf]

The yellow Network Rail HST (the track monitoring thing as I understand it) was parked up at the far end of Doncaster Station today - don't ask me what it was doing, though! I usually see it in Derby but never in Doncaster.

[37372]

I think it's booked to do some sort of move to Doncaster every Monday, park up for a few hours and then go down the ECML.

[ryansf]

Ah that probably explains it then... cheers!

[Luke]

153330 on 09:14 service to Leeds via Swinton

ExFNW on 12:57 service to Adwick

[Luke]

158791 on Sheffield to Leeds via Barnsley stopper service!

[ryansf]

Not sure if this is normal or not, but a NXEC Class 91 was being towed (at high speed) by an EWS locomotive of some sort. Could this have been a replacement for a usual HST working (though doesn't explain why it didn't go on its own power under the wires) or a broken down train? Saw it go through Doncaster at about 4:30pm today.

[craig79]

No numbers for this but on Sunday 26th July, the 3.58pm Doncaster to Kings Cross NXEC service was in an unusual formation. (This was originally the 1.00pm service from Edinburgh.)

Basically, the Class 91 engine was leading, but was in reverse, i.e the flat part of the engine which is normally next to the coaches was at the front and where the driver was situated. (I didn't even know this was possible!) It was then coupled on to the DVT (Class 82??), so you effectively had 2 loco's at the front. The train ended with Coach B coupled to Coach C in front as usual, but with nothing behind it, presumably because the Class 91 loco was at the front. So it looked like an old steam train at the back.....very odd!

[captainsharpe1]

Jul 27, 2009 14:55:57 GMT craig79 said:

No numbers for this but on Sunday 26th July, the 3.58pm Doncaster to Kings Cross NXEC service was in an unusual formation. (This was originally the 1.00pm service from Edinburgh.)

Basically, the Class 91 engine was leading, but was in reverse, i.e the flat part of the engine which is normally next to the coaches was at the front and where the driver was situated. (I didn't even know this was possible!) It was then coupled on to the DVT (Class 82??), so you effectively had 2 loco's at the front. The train ended with Coach B coupled to Coach C in front as usual, but with nothing behind it, presumably because the Class 91 loco was at the front. So it looked like an old steam train at the back.....very odd!

Sounds like the DVT had a problem and the 91 was run round and coupled to the front (no turntable). 91s leading flat fronted is not that uncommon in failures. The DVT is just a set of driving controls at the non-engine end of the train, The 91 or 86/87/90 propels/drags the train.