RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2015 Today saw the Greater Anglia stand-by set - the old Pretendalino - enter service on a test run to Colchester and back. It will shortly enter full service and will work it's first train - this depends on requirements. Gissing 21 January 2015 90013 and 82126 on 5P88, 11:22, Colchester - Norwich C.PT. T.&R.S.M.D (12:33) - Pretendalino test run (return) Coach 11007 - note the GA branding DVT Going away shot -sacrificed to get the DVT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiles Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 The Greater Anglia logos sit quite well on the ex.Virgin livery. Always liked the stripey doors too. Thanks for freezing your bits off to get the photos! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidnutter Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 If and when these sets are replaced. God id love to see Mk3 and DVTs with 67s on the longer distance XC services. Getting rid of the bloody awful voyagers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 They look good and the interiors will be a whole lot better than whats running now,and the stripy doors look good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted January 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2015 Hi Das, Thanks for posting. Do the DVT buffers have some kind of plastic cover? Or have they been painted? Also, did you get any shots of the logos on the coach sides? Cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 21, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2015 Hi Das, Thanks for posting. Do the DVT buffers have some kind of plastic cover? Or have they been painted? Also, did you get any shots of the logos on the coach sides? Cheers Ben A. Hi Ben, The buffers are gold - or brass - coloured, painted as far as I could tell. No detail photos, it was passing me at about 60 mph and the weather was freezing (and snowing), cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acko22 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 May well se another run of them from Dapol then. Here's me hoping anyhow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 21, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2015 Video now on-line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 26, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2015 Another test run today Gissing 26 January 2015 90001, Crown Point, and 82105 on 5P64, 10:20, Colchester - Norwich C.PT. T.&R.S.M.D (11:30) - Pretendalino test I tried Ben - not easy when it's passing at 60mph ! I think they are the standard logos. Note formation - AGA 900011100711048NXEA 102471212212138120781213312011AGA DVT 82105 The following need more work at this date before entering service (hence not in the test train)FO 11018RFM 10212DVT 82126 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted January 26, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi Das, The shot of the logo is pretty impressive for a train passing at 60! I see the coach bodysides still have those odd little grey arrows - I always thought they were a little pointless as they hardly show up anyway! Cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 26, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi Ben, If I'd have had a bit more angle/room I'd have caught it, to be honest the buffet threw me, it didn't look right as it was approaching and for (now) obvious reasons - it was a ringer. Once it enters passenger service I will be getting lots of photos of all the vehicles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 27, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2015 Into service this morning - 27 January 2015 Tivetshall 90001, Crown Point, and 82105 on 1P15, 07:40, Norwich - London Liverpool Street (09:22) - first passenger working of NC64 set (Pretendalino) (Not going to be the best shot at 07:56 on a dull morning) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Now if only the MML would run 90 + MkIII + DVT when the electrification is finished.... oh for a proper loco hauled train. I fear we'll end up with various clapped out 350s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 27, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2015 Videos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted January 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2015 Now if only the MML would run 90 + MkIII + DVT when the electrification is finished.... oh for a proper loco hauled train. I fear we'll end up with various clapped out 350s You should be so lucky! Voyagers and Meridians should convert quite easily to electrification. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Hi Ben, The buffers are gold - or brass - coloured, painted as far as I could tell. cheers, It's a Wembley thing. Now if only the MML would run 90 + MkIII + DVT when the electrification is finished.... oh for a proper loco hauled train. I fear we'll end up with various clapped out 350s 350's would be a good choice- and likely to be less clapped out than loco and stock options. Nobody really knows how the electric stock cascade merry go round will pan out.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The AGA buffet fits in quite well with its silver ends. Kinda reminds of continental trains where the buffet is a different colour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2015 They look good and the interiors will be a whole lot better than whats running now,and the stripy doors look good. One can but hope that they benefit from a better standard of cleaning than that I encountered on Anglia last summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher125 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 You should be so lucky! Voyagers and Meridians should convert quite easily to electrification. That was looked at with great enthusiasm a few years ago but more detailed work showed it was not financially viable. Chrui Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 That was looked at with great enthusiasm a few years ago but more detailed work showed it was not financially viable. Chrui ... and praise the lord for that wretched pieces of cr6p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2015 350's would be a good choice- and likely to be less clapped out than loco and stock options. Nobody really knows how the electric stock cascade merry go round will pan out.... Not that I know much about modern stock, but, if the 350's are the things that trundle at a great rate of knots up and down the southern end of the WCML, I'd rather have one of them than a voyager any day, far more comfortable IMHO. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 ...oh for a proper loco hauled train. I fear we'll end up with various clapped out 350s Not that I know much about modern stock, but, if the 350's are the things that trundle at a great rate of knots up and down the southern end of the WCML, I'd rather have one of them than a voyager any day, far more comfortable IMHO. The present... The past... Rose tinted glasses... Nostalgia is a powerful thing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Hayward Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I managed to catch this set working the 1630 Norwich to Liverpool Street today, only problem is I couldn't catch the number of the 90! Anyone able to narrow down which 90's are left in this livery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 24, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2015 The rake is a bit of a muddle at the moment and the loco was swapped a couple of weeks back Tivetshall 24 March 2015 90015, Colchester Castle, and 82139 on 1P45, 14:30, Norwich - London Liverpool Street (16:16) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Would the rake getting muddled up suggest that eventually the pretendalino stock will be refurbished the same as the greater anglia sets? Or is the plan still that these are just gap filling? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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