NorthernDave
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Off to meet family for lunch in Ilkley today, and as we're trying to minimise car use we let the train take the strain.
Class 322's there and back today, unusually. They pop up on the route occasionally but we normally get Class 333's operating the Ilkley train.
Nothing fundamentally wrong with them and I like the BREL footplates at each door, but they are really showing their age (nearly 30 years old now) and the unit on the return had a constant and slightly annoying noise that sounded like someone tapping a hammer on the roof in time with a metronome!
It's interesting to note that the 322's are scheduled to be replaced by the new Class 331 at some point this year (if Northern get them working...) but that these new trains will have a significantly lower seating capacity than the often overcrowded trains they're replacing.
I'm sure that makes sense somewhere.
Class 322's there and back today, unusually. They pop up on the route occasionally but we normally get Class 333's operating the Ilkley train.
Nothing fundamentally wrong with them and I like the BREL footplates at each door, but they are really showing their age (nearly 30 years old now) and the unit on the return had a constant and slightly annoying noise that sounded like someone tapping a hammer on the roof in time with a metronome!
It's interesting to note that the 322's are scheduled to be replaced by the new Class 331 at some point this year (if Northern get them working...) but that these new trains will have a significantly lower seating capacity than the often overcrowded trains they're replacing.
I'm sure that makes sense somewhere.
