I was passing through Glasgow at lunchtime on Friday 11th January and saw quite a few 314’s.
314201, 314206 and 314209 were stabled at shields, 201 was stabled next to the withdrawn 206. Both had their pantographs down.
At Glasgow central
314216 was on the 12.12 to Paisley canal and 314203 on the 12.42 service
314208 was on the 12.25 to Gourock
314215 was on the 12.19 service from Newton
314211 was on the 12.45 to Newton and 314214 on the 12.51 Cathcart outer circle service.
Hi, Welcome to my blog. It will contain my latest sightings, links to my latest photos and info pages and any relevant news updates. It will be updated when possible.
Class 314's 15.2.19
I was passing through Glasgow Central at lunchtime today and saw the following 314's in service:
- 314205 11.51 Cathcart Outer Circle
- 314214 11.55 Glasgow Central - Gourock
- 314216 12.12 Glasgow Central - Paisley Canal
- 314215 12.15 Cathcart Inner Circle 314211 12.25 Glasgow Central - Gourock
- The 11.42 service to Paisley Canal and the 11.45 service to Newton were both SPT Carmine and Cream 314's, I didn't catch the numbers unfortunately.
The photo shows 314205 departing Queens Park with 2O34 11.51 Cathcart Outer Circle service.
314213 moves to Glasgow Works 12.2.19
Today, 314213 became the 2nd class 314 to be taken to Glasgow Works to be stripped for spares before scrapping. The spare parts should help to keep the 11 units currently still in service working for the time being.
314213, one of 9 of the 16 strong fleet to retain the former SPT Carmine and Cream livery, was withdrawn initially on 21st September, before being reinstated in early October. 213 remained in service for only a couple of weeks before failing on 12th October and being transferred to Yoker for further storage.
On 12th February, 213 was collected by 37884 and hauled from Yoker to Glasgow Works via Glasgow Central Low Level, Carmyle and Gartcosh.
Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to catch a photo of today's working, however here is 314213 in happier times arriving at Newton with a service from Glasgow Central via Queens Park on 31.12.2012
Law Junction 5.2.19
On 5th February, I tried a new photography location for me: Law Junction.
The photos were taken from the B7011 road bridge.
Looking South in the direction of Carluke, there is a view of the WCML as well as the up and down loops and former goods yard and sidings.
Looking North, there is a view of the junction where the WCML curves left to go through the western edge of Wishaw towards Motherwell, while the branch to Wishaw and Mossend curves off to the right.
The station which once existed here was located between the bridge and the junction. Unfortunately the station closed in the 1960's but there is a local campaign to get it reopened.
In the space of 5 minutes, 1 northbound and 1 southbound working passed through.
66102 with 325006 dead in tow passed heading north with a Craigentinny - Mossend working and 43062+43014 passed heading south with the New Measurement train. Click on the photos below for larger images.
68030 at Motherwell and Glasgow Central 31.1.19
During this week, Transpennine Express have been doing route learning runs with some drivers from their Preston depot between Carlisle and Glasgow. Rather than use a 350 or 185 for the duty, they instead used 68030, which is in First Transpennine Express livery.
I saw 68030 'Black Douglas' at Motherwell and at Glasgow Central where it had just arrived on Platform 5 with 0S41 Carlisle - Glasgow Central.
|
|
|
|
| Motherwell | Motherwell | Glasgow Central | Glasgow Central |
Class 314's 31.1.19
I was in Glasgow today around lunchtime and saw the following 314's
Shields Depot
314201, 314206, 314205. 205 was on the same track as 201 and 206 but had its pantograph up.
Glasgow Central
314216 xx.12 to Paisley Canal
314215 xx.42 to Paisley Canal
314203 11.45 to Newton via Maxwell Park
314208 11.55 to Gourock
314209 12.25 to Gourock
314210 12.45 to Newton via Maxwell Park
314214 12.51 to Cathcart Inner circle
314211 12.57 to Weymss Bay
Also over the past few days, 314212 has been moved south by low loader for scrapping.
Class 314 update 28.1.19
11 out of 16 class 314's remain available for service
| Fleet Number | Formation | Notes | ||
| 314201 | 64583 | 71450 | 64584 | Withdrawn 28.12.18. Stored at Shields EMD |
| 314202 | 64585 | 71451 | 64586 | In Service |
| 314203 | 64587 | 71452 | 64588 | In Service |
| 314204 | 64589 | 71453 | 64590 | Withdrawn 3.11.18. Stored at Yoker |
| 314205 | 64591 | 71454 | 64592 | In Service |
| 314206 | 64593 | 71455 | 64594 | Withdrawn 23.11.18. Stored at Shields EMD |
| 314207 | 64595 | 71456 | 64596 | In Service was Withdrawn 21.9.18 then reinstated 2.10.18 |
| 314208 | 64597 | 71457 | 64598 | In Service |
| 314209 | 64599 | 71458 | 64600 | In Service |
| 314210 | 64601 | 71459 | 64602 | In Service was withdrawn November 2018 reinstated Jan 2019 |
| 314211 | 64603 | 71460 | 64604 | In Service |
| 314212 | 64605 | 71461 | 64606 | Withdrawn 21.9.18 - sent for scrapping at Glasgow Works 9.1.19 |
| 314213 | 64607 | 71462 | 64608 |
Withdrawn 21.9.18 - reinstated 2.10.18, withdrawn again 3.11.18 Stored at Yoker |
| 314214 | 64609 | 71463 | 64610 | In Service |
| 314215 | 64611 | 71464 | 64612 | In Service |
|
314216 |
64613 | 71465 | 64614 | In Service |
Busy Scene at Haymarket 26.1.19
A busy scene at Haymarket as 380014 has departed with 15.05 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street via Cumbernauld, 385123+385010 arrive with 1R74 14.30 Queen Street - Waverley and 158736 arrives with 2K30 14.21 Glenrothes - Waverley. A unidentified 156 and HST set are also seen stabled at Haymarket depot. 26.1.19
314212 heading for scrap
On 9th January, 314212 was moved to Glasgow Works to be stripped for spare parts and then scrapped.
314212, which has been in store at Yoker since withdrawal on 21st September, was the only 314 not reinstated to service when the 385's were temporarily withdrawn in October 2018. 314212 made it's final journey from Yoker to Glasgow works on 9th January when it travelled under its own power as far as Eastfield, where 37884 hauled it the final mile to Glasgow works.
314212 was the first 314 to receive Scotrail Saltire livery and interior refresh in 2011.
© Scottish Trains Website