Testing Times Ahead
Having completed its B Exam at Wembley Inter City Depot, GBRf Class 92, 92 038, heads back north to Glasgow to resume Mk5 testing on 0S11 Crewe Basford Hall to Polmadie Carriage Maintenance Depot. 038 had earlier moved 90 048 from Wembley to Basford Hall on 0Z93 as part of the periodic swap of Freightliner 90s on-hire to GBRf for the Sleeper.
Whilst six Class 92s now have the CAF mods (including Dellners) 92038 is currently the only Class 92 with its ETS reconfigured to 1500V to power the Mk5s. This was the original ETS supply the 92s were designed with for the ill-fated Nightstar stock, but they were modified back in 2015 to provide 'classic' 900V ETS for the existing Mk3/Mk2 stock. The remaining 'Dellner' 92s will have their ETS configured to 1500V in due course, but for now are set to 900V so they can work the Mk3s/Mk2s.
92038 will now be involved in what is likely to be intensive testing of the Mk5 stock prior to the planned introduction on Lowlander services on 28th October (2018).
Testing Times Ahead
Having completed its B Exam at Wembley Inter City Depot, GBRf Class 92, 92 038, heads back north to Glasgow to resume Mk5 testing on 0S11 Crewe Basford Hall to Polmadie Carriage Maintenance Depot. 038 had earlier moved 90 048 from Wembley to Basford Hall on 0Z93 as part of the periodic swap of Freightliner 90s on-hire to GBRf for the Sleeper.
Whilst six Class 92s now have the CAF mods (including Dellners) 92038 is currently the only Class 92 with its ETS reconfigured to 1500V to power the Mk5s. This was the original ETS supply the 92s were designed with for the ill-fated Nightstar stock, but they were modified back in 2015 to provide 'classic' 900V ETS for the existing Mk3/Mk2 stock. The remaining 'Dellner' 92s will have their ETS configured to 1500V in due course, but for now are set to 900V so they can work the Mk3s/Mk2s.
92038 will now be involved in what is likely to be intensive testing of the Mk5 stock prior to the planned introduction on Lowlander services on 28th October (2018).