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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. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    37409 Loch Awe, 5029 Nunney Castle and 34046 Braunton scurry through Acton Bridge.

    LSL 2.JPG
     
    RalphW, Mar 23, 2026
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    malc Part of the furniture

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    Unusual formation - 43+render+60103+support coach+43, presumably due to the 2 reversals at Ash and Foxhall Jn. I guess this formation is only possible due to the tender having a buckeye, allowing it to be coupled to the blunt end of a power car.
     
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    Surely the LNER loco tenders had knuckle couplers that could be lowered so they could attach to non LNER / BR buckeye fitted stock? I suspect it has more to do with minimising crew member numbers on 60103. ( Basically a caretaker fireman to keep enough pressure to keep the lubricators working.)

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    45407 heads for Carnforth from Chester. Seen near Oubeck loops.
     
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    Rander, Mar 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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    Romsey, Mar 30, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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    5944, Mar 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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    Seems a odd route direct through the logjam at Man Picc/Oxford Road to Victoria
    Wouldn’t going via Denton, Ashton Moss, and Brewery Jct be more reasonable?
     
    neildimmer, Mar 31, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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    Not being an expert on main line routes, but does going the way it does mean it faces a different way for its transfer onto the ELR?
     
    Wagoniester, Mar 31, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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    It is a Bank Holiday though, slightly quieter,engineering works, crews who don't sign the route through Denton, there could be a number of reasons why it's going through Piccadilly.
     
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    no it will still be pointing in the same direction as the current route/timings, this is the route taken by the Liverpool to Drax services.
    As mentioned earlier I forgot it will be Good Friday, so it could well go through centre of Manchester
     
    neildimmer, Mar 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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