Trains at Acton bridge 29/10/24 Ft. Ex TPE Mk5 Set

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @bptrains
    @bptrains  2 месяца назад +12

    For those wondering, at 2:42 both me and my tripod were behind the yellow line but as I was taking photos on my camera, I was not holding the tripod and the turbulence hit. Intermodals give off a hell of a lot of turbulence.

  • @philipspencer1834
    @philipspencer1834 2 месяца назад +4

    Nice to see a 68 and Nova 3 set again, but where was it going…. Do we know? Great video. 😎👍

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад

      It was going to longsight depot, it is likely that the sets will go to chiltern

  • @michaelpowell3980
    @michaelpowell3980 2 месяца назад +4

    68002 seems to have an almighty wheel flat.... nice video though! Looks like somewhere I should spend a lazy afternoon...

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад +2

      It definitely needs it's wheels being checked, Acton bridge sure is a good place to spend an afternoon a bit of spotting there never goes a miss

  • @journeysofjames1116
    @journeysofjames1116 2 месяца назад +5

    Now the mark 5 naked is a good Halloween scare

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад

      The people of Scarborough will find it very scary

  • @nevtinnion9431
    @nevtinnion9431 2 месяца назад +1

    The CAT sounds good

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад

      Gotta love a bit of 68 thrash

  • @TLGvideos
    @TLGvideos 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video. I Love Acton Bridge. 👍

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад +2

      Cheers, you can never go wrong with a bit of Acton bridge!

  • @miawgogo
    @miawgogo 2 месяца назад +1

    there is a awful lot of clatter on the train at 1:55

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад

      It must have a very bad flat wheel

  • @Keith-g2b
    @Keith-g2b 2 месяца назад

    some good shot there mate esp the 88 nearly taking the camera out!

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад +3

      Almost had a heart attack when I saw the camera falling!

  • @BritishRail60062
    @BritishRail60062 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice catch on the ex-TPE set. I wonder if that will be joining Northern? Unless TPE are reinstating them with the bugs fixed? I was worried that you nearly lost your camera due that brutal turbulence.

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад +4

      Don't think they'll be going to Northern, maybe an operator like crosscountry could use them but we'll see, there is a huge lack of common sense these days with the railways

    • @BritishRail60062
      @BritishRail60062 2 месяца назад +1

      @@bptrains Sadly so. It seems that most companies ignore common sense and we have useless people in charge where we that are smarter are left out in the cold. Personally if I was a train operator. I would use ten repurposed Class 60's with the Mk5's because being 6 axle would mean more traction on the hills and the extra axles would take a HEP generator. Metra in West Chicago bought 10 ex-BNSF EMD SD70MAC's that were freight locomotives and had these rebuilt to SD70MACH with a HEP power pack to power passenger cars and they were upgeared to 95mph workings. Something similar could be done with the Class 60 by using equipment from the Stadler Euro 4001 and replace everything inside and use a Caterpillar C-175 or even the Cummins QSK95 power unit rated at 4200hp which would provide 500hp for HEP/ETH to power the coaches and 3700hp for traction. That would allow this new repurposed ex-Class 60 to haul and propel the Mk5's over the Pennines, Shap and the Lickey Incline with ease if not used for longer distance services in place of the Voyagers. They would fit the Manchester to Paignton services nicely.

    • @PadisherCreel
      @PadisherCreel 2 месяца назад +1

      Rumours abound that Chiltern Railways will use them

    • @bus131
      @bus131 2 месяца назад +1

      Chiltern seems the more likely destination due to the current usage of 68’s. But as above sense on the railways doesn’t seem to exist anymore

  • @LewisSmiles
    @LewisSmiles 2 месяца назад +2

    Where was the MK5 set going?

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад +5

      Longsight depot

  • @thetransportlad350
    @thetransportlad350 2 месяца назад

    What is happening to the Mk5 set

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад

      It might possibly go to chiltern

  • @TheSudrianTerrier653
    @TheSudrianTerrier653 2 месяца назад

    i thought the Mk5a's were in storage

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад

      Most sets still are, this was just a test run as maybe an operator might show an interest in them soon

    • @paulsheward3325
      @paulsheward3325 Месяц назад

      As TPE will need more electric units why not rebuild the mk 5s.

  • @stevetaylor8698
    @stevetaylor8698 2 месяца назад +2

    that's one ugly, Darth Vadar train at 3'47"

    • @bptrains
      @bptrains  2 месяца назад +7

      It's not that ugly lol

    • @chat4783
      @chat4783 2 месяца назад

      What train class is this than?