Rail Express – September 2019

94 RAIL EXPRESS September 2019

COACHES David Russell

MoreMk.4 stock

put into store

LNER stands down moreofits hauled fleet.

ANOTHER tworakes of Mk.4coaches

have been stoppedby LNER and

handed back toEversh olt.

Set BN29 (made up of DrivingVan

Traile rNo. 82231, First Open Nos.

11329/429/998, Kitchen Buffet

Standard No. 10317,Tourist Standard

Open Disabled No. 12321,Tourist

StandardOpen Nos. 12438/457/462

andTourist StandardOpen End No.

12204)wastaken out of trafficonJuly7

and, following de-branding, departedfor

RSB–10310/312/317/328

FO–11273/293/294/424/425/

428/429/998.

FOD–11324/325/328/329.

TSOE–12204/217-219.

TSOD–12318-322.

TSO–12403/425/438/446/

447/457/458/462-464/519/533.

DVT–82216/217/226/229/231.

SIXTH SCOTRAIL HST

SCOTRAIL took delivery of its sixth

rebuilt HSTrakeonJuly3when set

HA21wasrelea sedand, with power

car Nos. 43127/176, movednorth as

the 5S03/03.13Wabtec Doncaster-

Perth. The set isformed of Nos. 40612,

42055/276/576, with No. 40612 having

beenrebuilt from No. 41134. No. 42579

has arrived atWabtec by road fr om

Haymarketforsliding door conversion.

FINAL GWR SET

DUE to arriveatWabtec, Doncaster

around the end of Julywas another Great

WesternRailway set (OC38, made up of

Nos. 42003/202/264 and 44036)for

rebuilding. It will emerge as GW11 in due

course. The set is the last in the GWR

conversion programme, although another

twocars (Nos. 42251 and 44008) will

also berebuilt and act as sparecars.

CHILTERNSTOCK TO

BARTONHILL

Aprogramme of PRM (persons with

reduced mobility) modifications is being

undertaken on ChilternRailways’Mk.3

coach fleet at Bristol Barton Hilloverthe

coming months. No. 50008Thunderer

wasemployedtomove No. 12615 on

July14, formin gthe 5Z21/08.21

WembleyLMD-Bristol Barton Hill.

MORE COACHES FOR

RHYMNEY

JULY9saw thearrival ofasecond rake of

RivieraTrains coachesforuse onthe

Class 37-hauledCardiff/Rhymney

services. Thefour vehicles, blue/grey

Tourist StandardOpen (TSO) Nos. 5961,

6054 and 6158 plus AngliaRailways-

liveried BrakeStandardOpen (BSO)

No. 9520, arrived from Burton behind

No. 66100. The ‘66’return ed north later

the same daywith theformer driver

trainer set (made up of Buffet First

No. 1212, First Open Nos. 3340/86 and

Brak eStandardOpen No. 9504). The

vehicles nowoutbased atCardiffforuse

by TransportforWales are:TSOs

Nos. 5961/98, 6024/54/67, 6158, and

BSOs Nos. 9507/20/26.

DVTATTENTION

GREATER AngliaDVTs arecontinuing to

visit CardiffCanton forC4overhauls.

July18saw No. 82126return behind

No. 57003 after attention, running as

the5Z38/09.24CardiffCanton-Norwich

CrownPoint. Moving the oppositeway

behind No. 37407BlackpoolTowerthe

next daywas No. 82112.

IN BRIEF

MK.4STOCK AT

WORKSOP(28/07/18)

SHEDTALK

Correct to July25, 2019

Allocations

11507/12newly deli veredHQ/EAHQ

12719/20/21/34/35/36newly

delivered HQ/EAHQ

12807/12newly deli veredHQ/EAHQ

15214 newlydeliveredHQ/ESHQ

40118LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH

40707/13/55 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SCEC

40808 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH

40901/03LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH

41059 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH

41089 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SCEC

41138 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SCEC

41162/82/87LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH

42062/67/68LA/EFHQ-HQ/SCEC

42169/73LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH

42213/21/60/84LA/EFHQ-HQ/SCEC

42247 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH

42361 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SCEC

42383 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH

42501/04/05/56/69LA/EFHQ-HQ/

SCEC

44022/59LA/EFHQ-HQ/SCEC

44078 LA/EFHQ-HQ/SBXH

Renumbered

41134-40612

42285-48115

Ownership changes

First Group toPorterbrook:40901/03,

41162

Formations

HA02:41144+42295+42032+44039

HA21:42276+42576+42055+40612

GW05:48113+48114+48115+49105

Nowinpassenger traffic

15006

15104

15203

15316/24/25/26/29

Stored/stopped locations

Worksop:10317/28,11293 ,11324/29,

11424/29,11998, 12204/19, 12321,

12403/25/38/47/57/62, 12319,

82229/31

Disposals

CFBooth,Rotherham:Arriv al

dates:July15: 10246,12101/56,

82141/48; July16: 10226,12058,

12144 ,82116/20/37; July 17:

10235, 12160/63; July18: 10215/33,

12029/95. Cutdate: June28: 10232,

10523

Workso pbehin dNo. 66735six da ys

late r–the fourth set to be moved

there.Afifth set, BN28 (comprising

Nos. 82217, 11428/328/273, 10310,

12320/533/463/458/218)wasmoved

from Bounds Green toWorkso pby

No. 66764 on July27.

Set BN05, which had been out

of action since June 16, surprisingly

returned to service during July.

July22saw eightcoachesfrom

set BN23 departWorkso pfor Wabtec,

ARRIVATrainsUKtookthe opportunity

in July to dispose of morethan half of

its Mk.3coachesstored out of traffic

at Long Marston.

Someofthe vehicles hadnot

seenuse foranumberofyears,

having last oper ated with Virgin

Trains in2003or2004, whileothers

have been usedorweremorerecent

purchases.

Forexample,Restaurant Buffet

Firs t(RFM) No. 10235 ranwith

Arri va/DB Regio as part ofthe

Wrexham &Shropshire(WSMR)fleet,

whileNo.10246 wasone ofanumber

ofcoachesacquired afterthe collapse

of Cargo-D,and actedasasparecoach

on the‘WAG’ servicebetweenCardiff

and Holyheadforaperiod.

The list ofvehicles sentto CFBooth

at Rotherhamforcutting upwas:

RFM–10215/226/233/235/246,

SO–12029/058/095/101/144/156/

160/163,

DVT–82116/120/137/141/148.

Arriva Mk.3vehicles still sto redat

Long Marston are:

RFM–10237/242,

FO–11033/079/097,

DVT–82138/150.

Stored ArrivaMk.3s go forscrap inRotherham

TPE MK.5 DELIVERY:

EurophoenixType 3

No. 37601wasused

to haulaset of newly-

delivered Mk.5 coaches

forTransPennine Express

on July16. Running

as the 5Q32/09.00

Portbury-Crewe South

Sidings, theworking

is seen at Badgeworth

(Gloucestershire)

comprising Nos. 11512,

12734, 12735, 12736 and

12812 plusfour barrier

vehicles.Steve King

Doncaster.No. 66727Maritime One

wasused forthe transfer of

Nos. 10325, 11292/323/423,

12225/318/454-456, running as the

5Z91/11.32Workso p-DoncasterWest

Yard.DVT No. 82226 andTSOD No.

12318 from the setremainat Worksop

(see above fo rfull list).E

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