In this shot here, 60063 for DB Cargo UK is seen carrying out a driver swap at Nottingham Station on platform 1 while working a load of empty tanks from Kingsbury Oil Sidings-Humber Oil Refinery.
Monday 30 April 2018
Due to all of the East Midlands Trains branded spare coaches being taken up, one of which being in this set, it was a case of this set itself being reduced to seven cars from the usual eight. 43076 is seen here in the seven car set as it arrives at Nottingham Station with a terminating service from London St Pancras.
That's another coach from set NL04 refurbished with new lights in the corridor based areas and also new bogies/wheelsets on the coach itself as well. With one coach still being refurbished, that leaves just two more coaches to go after that! When will the set become a full one again! Hopefully before the summer is out but we'll just have to wait and see! In this shot here is 42153, seen here in set NL04 looking nice and shiny now back in traffic, the coach in set NL04 as coach B and the train itself with the departure of the 13:32 service to London St Pancras.
Set NL04 here at last but sill no 41064 and I thought I had it once and for all! I hope it's refurbishment is nearly complete as fellow coach 42153 has I think come back in before it, which I think left for a refurb after it! Wow! 41063 will have to do here though for first class here as in this shot, the coach is seen in set NL04 on platform 6 running as coach G. A chopping and changing affair actually between 41063 and 41113 but 41063 takes over the reigns once again!
Rolling stock will certainly increase when new former Grand Central MTU powered HST's for East Midlands Trains start to enter service in the near future but seeing a 222 at Nottingham Station will probably still happen even when the HST's start operating, that of which I'm looking forward to when they do operate alongside the current rolling stock of 222's and VP185 powered HST's! This here is a Meridian in five car formation in this shot and the 222 in question is 222013, which is seen arriving on platform 5 at Nottingham Station with a terminating service from London St Pancras.
Originally classed as Pioneers given they're former Hull Trains examples, these four car 222's are now classed as Meridians because they're now already with East Midlands Trains. In this shot here, 222104 is seen arriving at Nottingham Station on platform 5 with a terminating service from London St Pancras.
Today's traction on the Lincoln/Leicester runs was filled with a variety of rolling stock, with a pair of 153's, a possible 156, a 158 and this four car 222 all on there! With the route it's on here though, full 125 speed wouldn't work! Not much acceleration would work here either as in this shot, 222102 is seen departing Nottingham Station on the 13:29 service to Lincoln Central as it takes it easy on departure.
Even a four car 222 made it onto the Lincoln/Leicester runs today, so no wonder why there were some workings often classed as out of the ordinary! I might even say here though that a shortage of stock was the reason for this 222 here was on the service, which during stock shortages, a mostly full day's service is what happens for any four car 222 allocated to the Lincoln/Leicester runs on certain Mondays and Fridays. Today here was no exception for 222102, seen here arriving at Nottingham Station on the 13:29 service to Lincoln Central.
Same combo again here and still with 156401 although on this one it is seen paired with 158847 on the 13:47 service to Liverpool Lime Street and not the 14:47 although you'd like to think so here and yes, the Lincoln Castle Explorer with 158847 explores the Norwich-Liverpool route and not the Lincoln-Leicester route! Boy that would be appropriate though given its nameplate!
Now then, it does commonly tend to be the arrival at Nottingham Station on the 13:34 service to Norwich from Liverpool Lime Street that features a 156/158 combo like this but on this one, the 12:34 service was what I saw this particular one on. In question here is 158773 and 156401 as they arrive at Nottingham Station, the 158 with a service bound for Norwich and the 156 to detach, terminate and then go to Eastcroft sidings.
The Liverpool Lime Street action begins for this three car train here as 153376 departs Nottingham Station for there with 158813 on the rear, the service three car formed instead of four with what I believe to be local fleet changes. On this one, the 158 would have come in from Norwich.
Due to improvements to the local East Midlands Trains fleet, 153's are becoming a pretty common sight around the Manchester area at the moment. Today's 153 allocation on the Liverpool services came in the form of 153376, seen here on platform 7B at Nottingham Station waiting for a 158 to come in from Norwich in preparation for the 12:47 service to Liverpool Lime Street.
Not too many bus shots here but here are some from 27.04.2018. I might even say that branded bus for branded bus and spare for spare was what Bridgford Bus 6 decided on their two bus swaps that took place between ADL Enviro 400 CBG City bio-gas buses. No other real bus swaps of note I noticed though, just the ones on Bridgford Bus 6.
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