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LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by henrywinskill, Dec 31, 2025.

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  1. 68923

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    They have their
    They have their rail connected shed, the planned base they began for operations over the S&C until "legal matters" got in the way. Previous stock in similar condition has been dumped in and around there until scrapped or otherwise disposed of. Last time I was there a couple of, (I think), parcels vans were still lingering.
     
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    class8mikado Part of the furniture

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    Sorry whats a Demic ?
     
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    GWR4707 Nat Pres stalwart

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    Perhaps WCR have signed a deal with Flamethrower to maximise ad revenue on this site by guaranteeing the clicks associated with another 27 pages on this thread going round in circles speculating, with no chance of there ever being any concrete evidence, why a private company has decided to move their assets to another site they own?

    Nowt to do with planning

    IIRC when the postal vans were there they were inside the shed and hanging out its western end, so well away from the station and the loops.
     
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    A wreck. Something knackered beyond saving.

    (which by the looks of it these might not actually be. They're solid enough to run on the mainline although whether they're solid enough to carry passengers is another question. Or rather, whether they were before critical safety bits were removed)
     
    DismalChips, Apr 30, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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    Somebody woke up grumpy again ....
    Rhetorical questions disallowed then?
    If it wasn't planning, what was it?
    Having been in the Hellifield loop for 45 mins on Saturday, as well as Carnforth loop for a little less, the [non enthusiast] people with me commented on the "scruffy carriages" directly visible from our seats in both locations.
     
    26D_M, Apr 30, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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    Not one reported on here but Mayflower worked from Southall to Bishops Lydeard yesterday - high gloss shine to the smoke box door and (rather unusually I thought) without a support coach.
     
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    46223, May 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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