Banana 150 to the West

[James]

From Lizardgen on SWRG:

UPDATED with More Timings

Bound to cause some excitment in the south west for the first visit
of the Network Rail Class 150 Tract assessment DMU in Network Rail
Yellow!

2Z08 Monday 26/09/05
1013 Derby RTC
1305 Cheltenham
1431 Kemble
1446-1505 Swindon
1559 Bristol Parkway
1630 Bath Spa
1655-1706 Bath Down Good Loop
1653 Bath Spa
1719-1720 Bristol EDT
1724-1729 Bristol TM
1749-1757 Yatton
1834 Taunton
1856-1901 Tiverton Loop
1917 Riverside Yard

2Z07 Monday 26/09/05
1938 Riverside
1950 Crediton
1956-2001 Yeoford
2007-2012 Crediton
2034-2045 Eggesford
2109-2112 Barnstable
2136-2139 Eggesford
2157 Crediton
2213 Exeter St Davids
2215 Exeter Central
2222-2238 Topsham
2245-2250 Exmouth
2257 Topsham
2306 Exeter Central
2309 Exeter St Davids
2314 Riverside Yard

2Z08 Tuesday 27/09/05
0829 Riverside
0832 Exeter St Davids
0843 Dawlish Warren
0858 Newton Abbot
0911 Totnes
0946-0948 Plymouth
1013 Liskeard
1032 Par
1040 St Austell
1104-1138 Truro
1203-1221 Famouth Docks
1423-1247 Truro
1304 Camborne
1314 St Erth
1329-1437 Penzance
1445 St Erth
1456 Camborne
1514 Truro
1543 Par
1607-1611 Liskeard
1631-1633 Lostwithiel
1645-1649 Falmouth Docks
1701-1705 Lostwithiel
1711-1724 Par
1734 St Blazey

2Z08 28/09/05
0630 St Blazey
0640 Par
0647-0647 Lostwithiel Up Goods Loop
0705 Liskeard
07040-0805 Plymouth
0815-0818 St Budueux Cross-Over
0829-0833 Bere Alston
0851-0854 Gunnislake
0912-0916 Bere Alston
0927-0929 St Budueux Cross-Over
0936 Plymouth
0946-1008 Hemerdon
1027 Totnes
1038 Newton Abbot
1053 Dawlish Warren
1105 Exeter St Davids
1122-1152 Tiverton Loop
1210 Taunton
1229-1229 Highbridge Loop
1246 Weston Super Mere
1301-1301 Yatton Loop
1317-1329 Bristol TM
1338-1348 Ashton Junction
1356-1416 Portbury Loop
1424-1429 Ashton Juntion
1435 Bristol TM
1449-1454 Bristol Parkway
1505-1510 Halenmarsh
1521 Bristol Parkway
1530-1545 Chipping Sodbury
1625 Swindon
1628 Swindon Transfer Sidings

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There was a yellow 31 about on route learning too...stop posting 66 gen and get the stuff that matters!

[madhattie]

There was a yellow 31 about on route learning too...stop posting 66 gen and get the stuff that matters!

I didn't see the gen for the 31 until after the event! I think I was out delivering that day, or just too busy with work to pay attention to my email.

Glad you posted the timings for next week. I shall print this out and carry it around with me!

I'm not sure about it being the first time this unit has been down south though. I'm sure I've seen pics of it before now going along Dawlish. I shall have to have a look through fotopic..

[madhattie]

2Z07 Monday 26/09/05

2222-2238 Topsham
2257 Topsham

Hey Andrew, here's one for you! (probably need a tripod though)

[AJR]

That time of day I'll also need a taxi home - last train out of ESD heading north is about 22:30 these days!

Am I correct in assuming that it is one of these bugs simply painted in yellow?

http://www.bugpics.co.uk/150.php

I'm out and about in that neck of the woods next week, so if I see it I'll get a picture for you.

Anyway - guess where I'm off to in about five minutes!

[madhattie]

According to a post on uk.rail this broke down at Kemble and blocked the (single track) line.

As of 14:30 it was supposedly parked in Haresfield down loop.

There's been no mention of it on the move on the gen groups so it may still be there (16.33)