The Return of 1001 - 29/6/2007

29th June 2007

A couples of years work and a lot of money being spent on Central Door Locking and OTMR has paid off as the Hastings DEMU is back. Well two powercars at the moment but its a start. Class 202 long framed powercars nos 60116 Mountfield and 60118 Tunbridge Wells operated back to back on a test run from St Leonards Depot - St Leonards Depot via Rye, Ashford, Dover, Canterbury West, Ashford and Rye with the headcode 5Z22. I saw the two car DEMU at Rye on its way from St Leonards to Ashford.

Hastings Unit 1001, formed of class 202 (6L) Motor coaches nos. 60118 "Tunbridge Wells (from unit 1013) + 60116 "Mountfield" (from unit 1012), arrive at Rye working 5Z22 St Leonards Depot - St Leonards Depot driver training/test run, via Ashford, Dover and Canterbury DSCF9298.JPG 2007-06-29 10:21:04	Hastings Unit 1001, formed of class 202 (6L) Motor coaches nos. 60116 "Mountfield" (from unit 1012) + 60118 "Tunbridge Wells" (from unit 1013), stand at Rye waiting for an Ashford to Brighton service to arrive. This stop gave the crew onboard 1001 to test out the Central Door Locking which has been fitted to the two long framed MSBs DSCF9300.JPG 2007-06-29 10:22:38	Hastings Unit 1001, formed of class 202 (6L) Motor coaches nos. 60116 "Mountfield" (from unit 1012) + 60118 "Tunbridge Wells" (from unit 1013) is passed by 171723 at Rye DSCF9301.JPG 2007-06-29 10:23:05	Hastings Unit 1001, formed of class 202 (6L) Motor coaches nos. 60116 "Mountfield" (from unit 1012) + 60118 "Tunbridge Wells" (from unit 1013), depart Rye working 5Z22 St Leonards Depot - St Leonards Depot driver training/test run, via Ashford, Dover and Canterbury DSCF9303.JPG 2007-06-29 10:24:04