RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2019 Great Moulton 12 September 2019 66001, 755335, 755334 and 755336 on 5Q99, 03:43, Ripple Lane Exch Sdgs - Norwich C.PT. T.&R.S.M.D (08:23) - latest delivery. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2019 Eccles Road 11 September 2019 755410 on 1K72, 13:09, Cambridge - Norwich (14:30) and 755409 on 1K79, 13:40, Norwich - Cambridge (14:56) 13 September 2019 755413 on 1K73, 11:40, Norwich - Cambridge (12:56) 14 September 2019 755418 on 1K66, 10:09, Cambridge - Norwich (11:30) 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted September 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2019 Saw this a few days ago, a little to my surprise: 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Testing appears to have begun on the Cromer/Sheringham branch. Whilst at Norwich yesterday morning, there were a few cancellations due to "train faults". One Great Yarmouth and one Cambridge service. Not 100% sure it was the bi-modes, but I couldn't help assuming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2019 Still a fair amount of issues with the 755s, 755422 entered service this week and managed to fail on it's first run but they are slowly settling down. Tivetshall station (site) 27 September 2019 745005 on 5Q91, 09:06, Norwich C.PT. T.&R.S.M.D - London Liverpool Street (11:25) Tivetshall 27 September 2019 755005 on 5Q92, 13:11, London Liverpool Street - Norwich T.C. (15:42) - unit under test 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2019 Eccles Road 27 September 2019 Special Norwich - Cambridge and back trip to officially welcoming 755s into service on Cambridge/Norwich route 755422 on 1G99, 10:20, Norwich - Cambridge (11:45) and (with a slight change to the weather !) 1G98, 12:27, Cambridge - Norwich (13:55) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2019 (edited) Eccles Road 27 September 2019 755418 on 1K66, 10:10, Cambridge - Norwich (11:30) and 755409 on 1K71, 10:40, Norwich - Cambridge (11:56) Edited September 28, 2019 by beast66606 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin1985 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Noticed what looks like a 745 on test in platform 6 at Liverpool Street - the decals for coaches J and H certainly seem to suggest it's not a 755? Hopefully getting closer to a service introduction? It's really noticeable how low to platform it looks compared to everything else. I was already on a Mk3 set headed out when I noticed it, so pic over people's heads out of the window! Coincidentally, there are apparently only two working toilets on this Mk3 set - in first class only. Old fleet being run down, or just a water filling issue or something? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 7, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, justin1985 said: Noticed what looks like a 745 on test in platform 6 at Liverpool Street - the decals for coaches J and H certainly seem to suggest it's not a 755? Hopefully getting closer to a service introduction? 745003 (iirc) - worked back to Norwich. The Inter City sets are still a good way off coming into service, GA are concentrating on the 755/4 sets, then the 3 cars and finally the Stansted / I/C sets but things may change of course. For the record, the first 755 (423) worked to Bury St Edmunds today, Harwich - Bury St E - Harwich Edited October 7, 2019 by beast66606 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 "The 6.02am Cambridge to Norwich, 6.14 Lowestoft to Ipswich, 6.45 Norwich to Lowestoft and 7.33 Lowestoft to Norwich, 7.43 Norwich to Great Yarmouth and 8.18 Great Yarmouth to Norwich have been cancelled due to train faults". That dropped into my inbox yesterday morning (Monday 7th). Were they the new 755s falling over? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 52 minutes ago, Pete 75C said: "The 6.02am Cambridge to Norwich, 6.14 Lowestoft to Ipswich, 6.45 Norwich to Lowestoft and 7.33 Lowestoft to Norwich, 7.43 Norwich to Great Yarmouth and 8.18 Great Yarmouth to Norwich have been cancelled due to train faults". That dropped into my inbox yesterday morning (Monday 7th). Were they the new 755s falling over? I think there was cancellations due to Sunday's flooding, could it have been related to that? (A 'news' item appeared on FaceAche) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 32 minutes ago, Satan's Goldfish said: I think there was cancellations due to Sunday's flooding, could it have been related to that? (A 'news' item appeared on FaceAche) That's a good point, I hadn't thought of that. The cancellations were all early on Monday, so could have been a knock-on from Sunday. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Flooding at Acle I seem to recall the Radio 2 traffic bod mentioning, so to call it a train fault seems highly disingenuous! C6T. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) Well it could be classed as a fault with the train; it didn't succesfully double up as a boat. But that's only if someone misunderstood the concept of a bi-mode. Edited October 8, 2019 by Satan's Goldfish 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Yesterday there was a dog box, sorry 153, substitute for a 4 car on the service I used from Yarmouth. The flooding on Sunday was between Brundall and Brundall Gardens according to Anglia's control log. It seems the new stuff struggles to do a full day in service Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 One went by on Look East this evening - not sure where they filmed it though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 40 minutes ago, Suzie said: One went by on Look East this evening - not sure where they filmed it though. That was all just outside the potter group yard at the junction just north of Ely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted October 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) One has just passed the box heading for King's Lynn... Return due past here at 2334, sadly our Train describer is dead, so you'll see all sorts of headcodes around Littleport! Andy G Edited October 8, 2019 by uax6 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 8, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2019 25 minutes ago, uax6 said: One has just passed the box heading for King's Lynn... Return due past here at 2334, sadly our Train describer is dead, so you'll see all sorts of headcodes around Littleport! Andy G That explains the "ghost" codes sitting in the berths until they are swept up by the next move. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy water Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 On 28/06/2019 at 09:41, beast66606 said: The newly arrived units were taken to the MNR for warm storage soon after arrival at Norwich Wymondham 27 June 2019 37608, Andromeda, 755422, 755420 and 755404 on 5Q59, 14:12, Norwich C.PT. T.&R.S.M.D - Mid Norfolk Railway Siding (15:19) - for warm storage I like these photos as you have 21st century emus, 20th century locomotive and possibly 19th century signal box! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2019 755336 became the first 3-car to stop at Eccles Road this morning, I missed the Norwich - Thetford leg but something in my subconscious told me to get my bum in gear and photograph the return - and the 755/3 was the reward for a foggy and cold start to the day. I'll post some more photos later. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2019 Eccles Road 28 October 2019 755336 on 5Q62, 07:59, Thetford - Norwich T.C. (08:41) - unit stopped for testing. + 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2019 They have obviously got a bit brave as previously when the three car ones went out they failed. Can't imagine these being very fast power to weight ratio must be less than a 170 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 On diesel the 3-car 755 is slightly more power (960KW) than a 170 (945KW for a 3-car), and the 4-car 755 quite a lot more (1920KW) than a comparable 4-car 170 formation (1260KW). Not sure how the loaded weights compare though, might sway the balance a bit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) I have to say that the four car versions are very quick off the mark, so fast that they have a 40mph restriction if they are stopped in the down platform at Littleport, so that they don’t beat the bypass ahbc! That’s quicker than any of the EMU’s we have down our way. (That’s even quicker than Russ in a pair of 37’s and two test cars...) How many engines do they have in that little ‘pup’ unit in the middle? Are they Cummins diesels or some cheapo units? Andy g Edited October 29, 2019 by uax6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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