Class 158 diesel multiple unit No. 158830 arrives at Hereford station with 1V98, the 14:25 Holyhead to Cardiff Central service on Saturday 12th October 2024.
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Class 66 locomotive No. 66654 approaches Berry Hill Farm overbridge with 6V05, the 09:12 Round Oak to Margam working on Monday 11th November 2024. This Bridge carries the northern section of Roman Way (the A38 road) over the railway at Droitwich Spa.
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Class 67 locomotive No. 67015 waits to leave Cardiff Central station on Saturday 12th October 2024 with 1W63, the 17:50 service to Manchester Piccadilly. Meanwhile Class 150 diesel multiple unit No. 150254 arrives with 2F44, the 15:42 service from Treherbert.
I travelled on 1W63 as far as Hereford. After I'd watched the train disappear off on its way I realised I'd failed to record the DVT's* number for my haulage records. I then spotted another enthusiast that I'd seen board the train at Newport, and had also alighted here at Hereford. I had a quick friendly chat with this person, asked about the DVT and got the information I wanted. Nothing remarkable about that, you might be thinking, except that this enthusiast was a teenage girl.
* DVT in this case stands for Driving Van Trailer, rather than Deep Vein Thrombosis. A DVT is a non-powered vehicle which, when at the front of a train, can be used to control a propelling locomotive at the rear of the train.
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On Thursday 7th November 2024 8Q94, the 09:41 Tyseley to Long Marston working rolls into Droitwich Spa on the branch from Stoke Works Junction. Class 196 diesel multiple unit No. 196010 is being dragged by Class 37 locomotive No. 37601, with sister locomotive No. 37800 at the rear. The location is the Vines Lane foot crossing.
A possible reason for the "196's" visit to Long Marston was to have the control panels, used by on-train staff to open and close doors, retro-fitted. Such equipment was not installed in these trains as-built because it was envisaged that they would operate in driver-only mode. If anyone reading this knows better please add a comment as I would be happy to have this theory confirmed or otherwise.
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The clock in the platform 2 waiting room here at Market Rasen station shows 18:08, but in fact it's only 13:49 as Class 170 diesel multiple unit No. 170502 arrives at platform 1 with 2L67, the 11:41 Leicester to Grimsby Town service on Monday 14th October 2024.
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