West Midlands Railway

[Westy]

LOL

[mikestone]

Also how did the 14.15 manage to run to new st??? How did it circumvent the stranded 323? When earlier trains such as the one i was on couldnt

Because the damage was done by the 12.20 Wolverhampton-Walsall and presumably diesels could pass and WMR are lumbered with London Midland's failure to maintain route knowledge via Darlaston.

[Bob]

Was it the train that actually caused the damage?

[Tony]

Was it the train that actually caused the damage?

I doubt that will be made public.

There are normally 4 causes to wires down

1) Wind - I doubt this was the cause on saturday
2) Faulty Pantograph
3) Fault with the wiring (loose connection or insulator)
4) Object on the overhead (sometimes if a piece of rope or something has been thrown off a bridge and is resting on the wire the pantograph can entangle it around the wire and pull it down

[Tony]

The first electric train to Bromsgrove is booked to be a test train this Sunday if anyone wants to see it.

It should be 2x323 (six cars)

Times are here
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S64689/2018/05/20/advanced

[B61 ANDREW]

The first electric train to Bromsgrove is booked to be a test train this Sunday if anyone wants to see it.

Thank you for the info . There are posters on the platforms at Bromsgrove advising that the wires went live last Sunday [ 13th ]  so I did wonder when EMU's would appear. Todays route learning run were utilising a 170 as usual. :D   

[DJ]

The first electric train to Bromsgrove is booked to be a test train this Sunday if anyone wants to see it.

It should be 2x323 (six cars)

Times are here
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S64689/2018/05/20/advanced

Thanks for the heads up, I'll try and make it down there.

[B61 ANDREW]

 Two more runs in the system, timed to arrive Bromsgrove at 22.00 and 23.20. So both day and night photo's possible.  :o

[Kevin]

Aiming to head down tomorrow night to see them, walking from Bromsgrove to Barnt Green (I have access to both scout campsites along the bank). Actually quite excited

[Dylanbusboy45]

Cancelled...
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S64689/2018/05/20/advanced

[Roy]

Cancelled...
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S64689/2018/05/20/advanced

It is running and left Soho 20 minutes late. 

[Dylanbusboy45]

It is running and left Soho 20 minutes late.

Was shown cancelled when I posted originally

[B61 ANDREW]

I checked RTT around 19.15 and it showed cancelled so I decided to stay at home and sit out in the garden , just re-checked and yes , it's shown as running again . . . . . . .  :-[ >:(

[Kevin]

I checked RTT around 19.15 and it showed cancelled so I decided to stay at home and sit out in the garden , just re-checked and yes , it's shown as running again . . . . . . .  :-[ >:(

It ran, issue at the depot itself left 20 late, but had no problems at Bromsgrove

[Bob]

Looking at the chase line Sat timetable. Its added around 5 mins onto the "on the hour" daytime trips from Cannock