(16 Dec 2024, 10:35 am)Storx wrote Aye it was more they're meant to be Class 158's because of their speed more than the USB's. Don't believe all the Class 158's have them though but happy to be corrected.
It looks like the 156s appeared on there after 158860/158843 got taken off at Newcastle just after 1pm.
I did that service up to Ashington and back, and they were looking at the leading unit before it even left Newcastle. It apparently didn't power on the way back to Newcastle, so an engineer was overheard saying, but it sounded like it was?
Quick solution to turn around with no fuss, but I wonder how much of that was to not have something go belly up on day one.