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Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by NightRail, Jan 11, 2017.

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  1. Hampshire Unit

    Hampshire Unit Well-Known Member Friend

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    Not seen that yet, but I'm guessing we've cracked the code (or at least read the manual) so correct destinations should be available! The Sprinter has been pottering around the headshunt/station today.
     
    Hampshire Unit, Jan 10, 2026
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    Driver training / convertion ?
     
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    A thought occurred to me seeing that photo and the coupling on the 150. Does the railway have anything capable of towing/shunting it? I presume some form of adapter must be possible, or would a barrier vehicle be necessary?
     
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    Adapter couplings are available. In fact all the units used to carry one at each end when introduced.
     
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    That makes sense. Thanks for the info.
     
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    I was just having a browse of the Watercress website to see what the various Flying Scotsman events involved, and noticed a full midweek two-train running timetable kicks in very early in March even before the 60103 visit. Though I can't see it specified anywhere, I imagine that might mean one of the sets is the Sprinter. Either way, looks like a nice option for any midweek days off at a time when lots of lines are only running at weekends if that. Couldn't see any days marked as using the Ropley shuttle timetable at this point. I enjoyed that from a novelty point of view.
     
    OldSchoolTrains2, Jan 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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    If you are talking about 30/3/69 then I was on that one. Two hours from Leicester to St Pancras including a stop at Luton. 82 mph running down through Napsbury and ten early into STP. Mind you, not every one of those FS Mystery trips was as good. The one in February that year finally reached Cleethorpes two hours late with a fractured steam pipe. Even then the mixed fortunes of this particular A3 were becoming legend.
     
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    I suspect you are right. One of the plus points of the sprinter was the ability to run an earlier down service off Alton, and looking at the timetable the down is actually the first service of the day at 10:50 vs the 11:00 up off Alresford.
     
    LC2, Jan 18, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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    The timetable is the same for all two-train services regardless of traction type. That first week of march will be the unit on the Alton diagram though.
     
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