Round Trips

[Tony]

Not a round trip, but an interesting route home from Dundee

Virgin East Coast HST Dundee to Newcastle

Photographs

Transpennine 185 Newcastle to Leeds

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Transpennine  185 Leeds to Manchester Picadilly

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Virgin West Coast Pendolino Manchester to Stoke-on-Trent

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London Midland 350 Stoke to Rugeley Trent Valley
London Midland 170 home

[Sh4318]

Today - was meant to be a Class 156 bash, but East Midlands Trains had other ideas, I'm not one to complain about a Class 158 though just turned out to be a sprinter bash with a few voyagers and for good measure

06:07, SGB-CRE, LM, 350239
07:03, CRE-CTR, AW, 150242 + 158824
*brilliant 150, must have had a recent refurb because it looked spotless inside*
07:53, CTR-RUN, NT, 156420
08:25, RUN-LPY, LM, 350117
08:40, LPY-MCO, NT, 156421
09:55, MCO-MIA, NT, 156440 + 156443
11:03, MIA-MAN, NT, 150144 + 150115
11:27, MAN-SOT, XC, 2200**
13:33, SOT-DBY, EM, 158847
14:30, DBY-BHM, XC, 2200**
*love it when you're expecting an HST and a 4 coach Voyager turns up :) :) :) :) :)*
15:25, BHM-SGB, AW, 158836 + 1588**

Station Codes
SGB - Smethwick Galton Bridge
CRE - Crewe
CTR - Chester
RUN - Runcorn
LPY - Liverpool South Parkway
MCO - Manchester Oxford Road
MIA - Manchester Airport
MAN - Manchester Piccadilly
SOT - Stoke on Trent
DBY - Derby
BHM - Birmingham New Street

Train Operating Companies
LM - London Midland
AW - Arriva Trains Wales
NT - Northern
XC - CrossCountry
EM - East Midlands Trains

[Trident 4194]

32307-4H
30535-192- saw this pulled up outside tesco and thought why not. Hell this bus has some good acceleration.
30810-002- slow and steady
4093-48 president!!!! Great bus when moving not so good stationary.
809-99-not a lot to say
4505-11C- very quick
3302-9- first bus to turn up

[2206]

32307-4H
30535-192- saw this pulled up outside tesco and thought why not. Hell this bus has some good acceleration.
30810-002- slow and steady
4093-48 president!!!! Great bus when moving not so good stationary.
809-99-not a lot to say
4505-11C- very quick
3302-9- first bus to turn up

4505 is a PB bus @Trident 4194 .

[Tony]

4505 is a PB bus @Trident 4194 .

So quick, the number was a blur!

[Kevin]

Diamond day out 06/08/16

NX 4866 - 51 - 06:20 Scott Arms to city
NX 6117 - X10 - 06:50 city to Merry Hill
NX 2096 - X96 - 07:52 Merry Hill to Stourbridge (ha, fleetnumber matches the route, my brain found that hilarious this morning......)
Hansons 2650 - 228 - 08:40 Stourbridge to Kinver
--- Half hour to kill in a lovely little tearoom ---
Diamond 20607 - 580 - 09:40 Kinver to Kidderminster
Diamond 20104 - 133 - 10:20 Kidderminster to Droitwich Spa
seriously I'd recommend that run of three routes to anyone it's just lovely
--- Then plan started going to pot, LM trains all screwed through Worcester, so did a fair bit of thinking on my feet ---
LM 172217/335 - 11:26 (actual dep 11:40) Droitwich to Hartlebury
--- Quick change of plan when I realised I would moss the 303 in both directions ---
LM 172340/223 - 11:52 Hartlebury to Worcester Forgate Street
--- And so, back on track!! ---
Diamond 20716 - 295 - 12:43 Worcester to Stourport
--- Getting off there turned out to be a serious mistake... ---
Diamond 30121 - 3 - 14:15 Stourport to Kidderminster no idea what time it was meant to be I was there waiting 50 mins for it...
--- Just missed the 192 ---
Diamond 30938 - 25 - 14:35 Kidderminster to Stourbridge
Diamond 30938 - 25 - 15:00 Stourbridge to Kidderminster
Diamond 30535 - 192 - 15:34 Kidderminster to Halesowen
--- Hung around a bit for a Streetdeck ---
NX 3302 - 9 - 16:50 Halesowen to city
NX 6737 - X51 - 17:35 City to Scott Arms

[Dom]

32307-4H
30535-192- saw this pulled up outside tesco and thought why not. Hell this bus has some good acceleration.
30810-002- slow and steady
4093-48 president!!!! Great bus when moving not so good stationary.
809-99-not a lot to say
4505-11C- very quick
3302-9- first bus to turn up

What's wrong with 4093 when stationary? Went on it recently and have no complaints.

[Trident 4194]

What's wrong with 4093 when stationary? Went on it recently and have no complaints.

Vibrates awfully, roof panel lose?

[Tony]

Vibrates awfully, roof panel lose?

when?

It's been off the road having repairs for a few weeks, that's why it was late moving to WB

[Trident 4194]

when?

It's been off the road having repairs for a few weeks, that's why it was late moving to WB

Waiting at QE hospital vibrating quite badly, what repairs it have?

[Tony]

Waiting at QE hospital vibrating quite badly, what repairs it have?

I said when, not where.

Major chassis welding for one thing

[Stu]

Went over to my parents today and it seems me and the 120 fell out today, though I did get reacquainted with some 'old friends' lol

957 from Kathleen Road to Moor Street Queensway (only because the 900 was late  :-[)
Despite the 957 driver's best efforts (looked like he was running late too!), I was unable to connect with the 12:05 120 from Colmore Row, despite getting to the stop at 12:05 (its usually a couple of minutes late any other time I catch it!)
So rather than wait for the next 120, I thought I'd take the scenic route and jumped on...
X10 to Bearwood Interchange - Crimson Trident, not a bad ride, but being a limited stop service will really benefit from onboard audio-visual announcements, though that still wouldn't have helped the poor woman with the pushchair who obviously didn't realise this as the bus raced past three stops before she could get off.
48 to Londonderry Queens Head - despite the new paint job and retrimmed seats, memories of catching these Omnilinks everyday on the 37 came flooding back.

So after a few hours having dinner and stuff with the family, I set out to get the 18:08 120 from Warley Road back into city. Nothing was showing on the app at 18:05 (only timetabled info) so I thought I'd wait anyway. I waited another 10 minutes, then it was showing 24mins for the next one.
So I ended up back round at the Queens Head and on another 48, again an ex-AG Omnilink, to Bearwood Interchange and straight onto...
9 to Birmingham, which I nearly missed as it was right behind a 126. This must have been running late too, as the driver was pretty much flooring it all the way to Colmore Row
Finally, onto a 957 back to Kathleen Road, and again a common theme of the day, the driver must have been running late as we flew through Digbeth and Small Heath Highway, only getting held up slightly at Poets Corner; Moor Street Queensway to Kathleen Road in less than 15mins is not to be sniffed at!  :D

[Will]

13/08/16

Central Buses (YY16YJH) > 125 > Kidderminster > Stourbridge Bus Station
(Purchased Daytripper+)
Hansons (0060, KX06LXO) > 251 > Stourbridge > Merry Hill
NXWM (6121, SN15LGJ) > X10 > Merry Hill > Birmingham
(I love the fact how it claims to be an "express service" when it just CLEARLY isn't!!)
Virgin Trains (390006) > Birmingham > Coventry
Central Buses (YY16YJK) > 1 > Coventry Circular Service
NX Coventry (2158, BX13JSV) > 9A > Coventry Rail Station > Pool Meadow
(had a quick pint in the Wetherspoons)
Diamond (30135, YJ12GUG) > 82 > Pool Meadow > Solihull
NXWM (1898, BX09PBU) > 6 > Solihull Station > Birmingham
LM172218 > Moor Street > Kidderminster

[T840MAK]

13/08/16

Supertram 116 - White Lane > Sheffield Station
Stagecoach 15193 - X17 - Sheffield > Whittington
Stagecoach 15828 - 43 - Whittington > Chesterfield
Stagecoach 17008 - 84 - Chesterfield > Holymoorside
Stagecoach 17008 - 84 - Holymoorside > Chesterfield
Stagecoach 14000 - 80 - Chesterfield > Brimington
Stagecoach 14000 - 80 - Brimington > Chesterfield
Stagecoach 15513 - 39 - Chesterfield > Grangewood
Stagecoach 15513 - 39 - Grangewood > Holme Hall
Stagecoach 15513 - 39 - Holme Hall > Chesterfield
Stagecoach 17004 - 25 - Chesterfield > New Whittington
Stagecoach 15696 - 50 - New Whittington > Chesterfield
Stagecoach 17007 - 84 - Chesterfield > Hospital
Stagecoach 17009 - 84 - Hospital > Chesterfield
Stagecoach 17050 - 25 - Chesterfield > New Whittington
Stagecoach 17050 - 25 - New Whittington > Chesterfield
Stagecoach 14000 - 74 - Chesterfield > Staveley
Stagecoach 14000 - 74 - Staveley > Chesterfield
Stagecoach 36986 - 50 - Chesterfield > Home

[Reece]

15/08/2016

Arriva | 297 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Bridgnorth, Sainsbury's (2501) YJ57EKB
( @Will joined )
Arriva | 9 > Bridgnorth, Sainsbury's - Telford Bus Station (3733) YJ57AZF
Arriva | 4 > Telford Bus Station - Wellington Bus Station (3310) FJ64EVN
Arriva | 4 > Wellington Bus Station - Telford Bus Station (3330) FJ64EUR
Arriva | 96 > Telford Bus Station - Shrewsbury Bus Station (2145) MX12JXG
Arriva | 25 > Shrewsbury Bus Station - Harlescott, Park & Ride (2726) Y366UON
Arriva | 25 > Harlescott, Park & Ride - Shrewsbury Bus Station (2942) YJ61MJE
( met up with a mate )
Arriva | 436 > Shrewsbury Bus Station - Bridgnorth, Sainsbury's (2940) YJ61MJK
( left @Will )
Arriva | 297 > Bridgnorth, Sainsbury's - Home (2501) YJ57EKB