charlierwalker.bsky.social
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That's one interpretation of a tech agreement
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I reckon there will be a separate tech payment for northern in the 2025 deal.
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Ah we need a tech agreement for that though
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Mate. You're definitely over qualified now. Just don't let the DVD play too long or you might get woken up abruptly.
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Swap ya? I'm sure you can work out how to make it stop and go
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I'm sure they'll find you something.
Mines all accounted for at the moment.
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Yes they're all cancelled except the 1821 off Newcastle as that forms a Whitby tonight.
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If @lner.co.uk want to repost any of these photos you are more than welcome to.
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It's further on then you think. It's being awarded in next few months. It's been out to tender for 2yrs. So we will get an idea of what they'll look like and their spec and whose building them soon.
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195 can still do SLB, WBY, ASH, Tyne Valley so Coast could use the 158s that we will also still have.
195 is the current plan for 2027 to 2030 as 156 are 40yo in 27 and need to be scrapped.
New units delivering in 2029 for 2030 launch. Giving a year for mileage accumulation and training.
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Let's hope they can either make the 195 2027 plan work or find extra 158s otherwise the 156s are being life extended 3 years 😆
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Mine ran the other day, 0817 off NCL and 1016 return. There has been a lot Cnx since though. Didn't help I failed 423 the other day as got fed up of unexpected kissing the windscreen as it kept sitting down.
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Yes you'll briefly see me, should be on my break then.
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I've got 1800 Whitby for the next two days, then death by Saltburn Fri and Sat.
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All photography in this thread is ©️ Charlie Walker.
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Finally, about 10 minutes later once 5M12 shunted to P2, the last bi-di service arrived. 800110 on 1W11 1000 London Kings Cross to Aberdeen running a mere +59 late. This was the last service to 'go round' 9E09 before it got moving again and 801207 Darlington could follow through right road.
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Whilst 5M12 did its shunt, 1S10 0930 London Kings Cross to Newcastle vice Edinburgh (801228) also appeared wrong road at +70 late, and passed on the right hand side. This must've been confusing for the LNER driver having just passed the stricken TPE a few miles earlier, to then find another here.
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Whilst waiting for the other bi-di services, TPE 5M12 (née 9M12 Newcastle-Liverpool), terminated at Darlington, and shunted to Platform 2.
Here is 802216 running Up on the Down Main during its shunt move from P1 to P2.
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In the meantime however, I was fortunate enough to be able to witness, and photograph use of the rarely used Bi-Directional signalling with 3 services running 'wrong road' to get around the stricken Nova.
Here is 220012 on 1S37 0524 Plymouth to Newcastle vice Edinburgh, running +65 late.
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It was a rocky road to get this shot of 'Darlington' however as 9E09 Liverpool to Newcastle - 802214 had an issue and decided to sit down at East Cowton, blocking the Northbound line for approx 2 hours. Causing massive delays in the area.
(Seen here on Diesel when it eventually got moving)
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Much prefer the expresses but still no complaints on stoppers, we get up there so infrequently it's a nice change.
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Yeah. Midweek we only have 8 jobs a day, and 3 of them are exclusively expresses so not. So only leaves maybe 4 round trips unless we get geordie work...
I pretty much live on BIA-SLB or MBR-WBY. Prob do 4 Whitby for every Coast. And probably 10 SLBs for every Whitby.
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I'd rather have BIA, the STPs are like 5x EAG-SLB. I'd rather do 1½ BIA-SLB.
Ive checked and the 5 shifts I have over those weekends are all spare so I'll land something that doesn't fit into existing diagram hours
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Nearly 3hours York to Newcastle on the first 3 affected.
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I saw the job was stopped at Durham. The first 3 services northbound that were affected were the same three stuck behind the TPE
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Thought i was going to get it running Bi-Di but then the buggers got the TPE moving and it was the first one back through right road 😂
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Not my picture but the latest LNER livery announced today
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Na. Days off at the moment, back on Wednesday... on the Whitby line.
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You might cross paths with @allukstations.bsky.social who appears to be down there too.
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Picture from 2004!
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I can imagine it's quite quiet up there this time of year.
Growing up we used to join my now late grandparents at the Attadale holiday cottages every May and October half terms for a week and did this right until I was 20ish. Been back a few times since with my wife to the area. Good memories.
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I didnt think it was best practice.
I've had it where I'm stood in a platform for 10 mins and signaller has been a bit keen and asked for it back, but never on the move when it's been offered to let another service run ahead.
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That's why I stopped so abruptly. I was just entering a tresspass hot-spot so thought there must be something urgent occurring.
Had he sent a contact signaller I'd have stopped at the platform 300m later.
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The irony here is as he rang it would have answered anyway after 3 rings and been on loudspeaker so it forced me to stop.
Had he not rang id have been through the junction in 3 mins
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I can understand that on chathill with the shunt back as it gets the fast out the way before you shunt.
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I can 100% recommend the gardens.
How did you find the hill between the two along the road?
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Is this a valid reason in the rules to do this? Seems like the signaller messed up and tried to undo things when really I should've just been allowed to run through?
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Itll certainly take me a while to get used to RWD.
Annoyingly I nearly got an X-Drive but by the time I was able to go view it the dealer said it had sold. So I found this one, a few days later and committed, then the dealer phoned to say it had fallen through. Doh!
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I still went out to see how the car handled, better to find out today than on the way to work one morning.
It handled quite well. Think my investment in all season tyres paid off.
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Yeah it's cleared up quite a bit now here. Roads are fine.
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It arrived up norf.