Pannier Tank

Slightly off-topic but may play a part in EWR, Bletchley Depot gets a £66M investment https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/porterbrook-to-finance-class-730-depot-improvements-at-bletchley/66212.article

Just a gentle reminder that this thread was previously locked due to 'off topic" posts.

Trains running again today!

According to Realtime Trains https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:S52375/2024-02-06/detailed Rail Replacement buses are back in operation again!.

Thank you for the information Michael, much appreciated; certainly makes a very nice Panel.

A beautiful panel; I'd be interested in it's construction and the software used. Is it it printed card with a polycarbonate cover?

Not until October 1988 when they were allocated to Bletchley for maintenance. At that time Bletchley already had an allocation of 2 Single Car and 9 2 Car Derby Light Weight Units which were maintained in the carriage sheds to the south of the station.

Whilst browsing the http://www.railcar.co.uk website I found reference to: 51899 59744 59764 51900 being allocated 'new' to 1E Bletchley 17th December 1960 51897 59743 59763 51898 being allocated 'new' to 1E Bletchley January 1961 (Stabled at Chaddesden sidings - 12th November 1960 pending allocation) The above sets remained at Bletchley for 6 months before being transferred to Marylebone. I wonder what services these units covered; possibly trialled on local services to/from Euston?

Isn't 60 014 at EMD Longport for that very reason?

I will take a look at Bradshaws, thank you. A lot of my books are currently in storage so I was unable to compare current timings with the past and rodent279's posting allowed me to do that.

I was hoping to find an old timetable to compare Steam Timings with the current Timetable. 72 Years ago Bletchley to Kempston Hardwick was 33 Minutes, today it's 31 minutes.

When I past Bletchley Station the other day it looked like progress was being made on the Signalling.

No, Bletchley's allocation was Class 317/1 (317 301 to 317 348)

You can never have too many Panniers! 😃

Interesting article titled East West Fail? The troubled return of the Varsity Rail https://www.varsity.co.uk/features/26362