Rail Operations Group English Electric Type 3 No. 37884 Cepheus enters Birmingham New Street with 5Q94, the 08:25 Longsight T.M.D. to Long Marston. The train which is en route for warm storage is a recently withdrawn TransPennine Express push-pull set comprising 68024 Centaur and a rake of Mk 5A carriages. 9th January 2024.

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Tags:   Rail Operations Group ROG 37884 37183 D6883 Class 37 68024 Class 68 TPE TransPennine Express Birmingham New Street Railway Station 5Q94 Nova 3

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TransPennine Express 68026 Enterprise heads the 08:56 Longsight T.M.D. to Long Marston empty coaching stock east of Crane Street Junction on 25th January 2024. The Nova3 push-pull sets were taken out of use in December and are being put into warm store.

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Tags:   68026 Class 68 TPE TransPennine Express Wolverhampton Stour Valley 5Q94 Nova3

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Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen at the Rock & Roll Brewhouse in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter on 27th January 2024.

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"A quirky brewery taproom well worth checking out on the first floor above the brewery, in the heart of the Jewellery Quarter. Three real ales are available, all brewed on-site and vegan. There is a focus on a love of music, with memorabilia adorning the walls, books available to read and live music at the weekends. When live music isn't being performed a set list of vinyls are played, often themed around music news that week." [Ref. CAMRA WhatPub}

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Tags:   Birmingham Pub Rock & Roll Brewhouse Musical Reference Sex Pistols #TheRockandRollBrewhouse

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Another Nova3 set for storage. 68021 Tireless heads the 08:56 Longsight T.M.D. to Long Marston empty stock through Coseley, West Midlands on 29th January 2024.

During September 2023, following a radical review by the DfT, it was announced that TransPennine Express's Nova 3 train sets, comprising Class 68 diesel locomotives hauling rakes of Mark 5A carriages, had been scheduled for withdrawal. This rolling stock was relatively new, yet had been beset by multiple challenges including technical issues, driver training, a downturn in passengers due to Covid-19, and noise complaints from neighbours of the Scarborough maintenance facility, which resulted in a persistently low utilisation rate being achieved. The DfT believes that the withdrawal of the Nova 3 sets can be adequately offset by maximising the utilisation of other trains, such as 19 Class 802 bi-mode train sets and the Class 185 DMUs. [Ref. Wikipedia}

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Tags:   68021 Class 68 TPE TransPennine Express Coseley Railway Station Stour Valley 5Q94 Nova 3

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The short-formed Transport for Wales 07:22 Holyhead to Birmingham International passes Smethwick Rolfe Street on 1st February 2024.

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Tags:   Class 158 DMU 158825 TFW Smethwick West Midlands Railway Station Stour Valley

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