92038 & 73966: Caledonian Sleeper Mk5 test runs at Carstairs 22/6/18

Filmed in full HD. In this video we see various clips of the new Mk5 Caledonian Sleeper coaches on test runs and the use of the new Dellner coupler for the new Mk5 sleeper stock at Carstairs on 22/6/18.
Firstly 92038 is seen arriving at Carstairs on 5Z26 from Polmadie Car M.D. to Upperby Up Through G.L. The reason for the train stopping was to see if the train would fit the platform and to measure the length of the train in the platform.
Next we see 73966 getting into position to take half of the train to Edinburgh working 0Z27 from Craigentinny T.&R.S.M.D to Carstairs.
93038 is seen arriving into Carstairs on 1Z26 from Upperby Up Through G.L. to Glasgow Central via a stop at Carstairs to allow 73966 to attach to the rear of the train to take half of the portion to Edinburgh.
Also included is 73966 using the new Dellner coupler to couple up to the Mk5s.
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My other footage of the Caledonian Sleeper Mk5s can be found here: • 73966 on Caledonian Sl...
• *RARE CROSSOVER* Caled...
• 92023 on 5S07 Caledoni...
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(C) Stewart Atkinson

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[@Meengineer100]

Excellent video! Can't wait to come to Scotland to see al the new stock! :)

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for watching!

[@jmosleyism]

hopeful they will be up and running for when I'm booked in November.

[@Petriefied0246]

I've been using the sleeper on and off for nearly forty years, I can't wait to get on these!

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Yes the interior and exterior of the Mk5s are really nice. Thanks for watching!

[@LinesideSouthEast]

Great video, liked and subscribed!

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks very much for watching and subscribing. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@NewRailBasher]

Smart. That 92 looks good.

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for watching!

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Three years ago yesterday 23/6/21

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

great video mate especially seeing the Caledonian sleeper train coming through carstairs

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for watching!

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

anytime

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Two Years Ago Today, 22/6/20

[@DysonTim]

Great footage - especially seeing the Dellners coupling up. Thanks for capturing. Pretty sure the 73/9 is 73966 though, as that ran in from Craigy to work the "Edinburgh portion"...? 73971 was involved later in the night running in from Polmadie to haul the Glasgow portion back out of GLC.

[@tomtrainspotter7231]

Nice! I really am going to miss the MK3s

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@joshs5052]

Finally seeing these on test runs on here. When are they in service?

[@stewartatkinson4179]

All being well they will be introduced this Autumn. Thanks for watching!

[@Pmjs]

I remember when BR InterCity had the HST 125 Night Rider on the ECML.

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for the comment and for watching!

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Great video.☺️

[@am-vm8ew]

I'm seeing the video of the TPE MK5's but have the comment section of the Caledonian Sleeper mk5 test video. Which video am I really watching?

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Caledonian Sleeper Mk5 test runs at Carstairs.

[@shahedmc9656]

Is that automatic coupling at the end?

[@stewartatkinson4179]

I'm not 100% sure but I would have thought so. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@kyle123481]

Brillant video -Kyle

[@Cazkumali]

Is 86101/401 and 87002 gonna be fitted with mk5 compatible couplers

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for commenting. I am not to sure my self if these locos will be fitted with the Dellner couplings but I don't see why not. Thanks for watching!

[@flymo-g1f]

No they will not be fitted with compatible couplers.

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

R these replacing the ones that GWR have?☺️

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Joshua Hall a.k.a. Controlla they are replacing the coaches that are currently used on the Caledonian sleeper from Scotland to London.

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

DRS66421 Why can’t they run both?☺️

[@stewartatkinson4179]

The Mk5s are a bigger improvement to the older ones.

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

DRS66421 True.

[@swtrains1499]

@@stewartatkinson4179 No more window hanging then 😞

[@jayzo]

WHAT?! How have I missed this, since when were Caledonian Sleeper getting Mk5s?!

[@stewartatkinson4179]

The announcement was made in 2015. Thanks for watching!

[@1chish]

Got to smile - In typical BR fashion they built Nightstar sleepers from 1992 to 1997 and then realised they didn't have a locomotive powerful enough to haul a train. And if they did the OHL wasn't powerful enough. So they cancelled the project and sold them to Via Rail Canada for $130 Mn. Taxpayer carried the loss. And here we are 26 years later and we have a Nightstar clone You couldn't make it up.

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

[@swagmaster4209]

Fantastic video but the MK3s are slightly better!

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for watching!

[@HMSDaring1]

How so?

[@swagmaster4209]

British classics!

[@MS46532]

@@HMSDaring1 The slam doors. The windows to see.

[@markscarisbrick1534]

Much prefer the Mk3s/Mk2s. Instead of buying these Mk5s, they should invest more into refurbishing the current stock as they seem to be run into the ground.

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for watching!

[@EM-yk1dw]

No fresh air on these coaches.

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for watching!

[@MS46532]

Hope theres air conditioning before carbon dioxide comes at my face

[@markoobid2005]

Of course there is, through the air conditioning system.

[@markscarisbrick1534]

@@markoobid2005 He means you can't pull down the window when going through Scotland, which is fantastic.

[@craigymac5386]

Just a pity they can't seem to build anything in Britain anymore.

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Thanks for watching!

[@MS46532]

Well the furture is here so no manfuctured in the UK anymore

[@1chish]

Craig Macfarlane and Mario Sonic - what a pair of ignorant people you are. We don't build anything here? We are the 9th largest manufacturing country in the world and 2nd largest per capita. British aerospace is worth £18 Bn a year. And guess what? We build more satellites than anyone else. And on rail we have Bombardier and Hitachi building thousands of new carriages here plus a new CAF factory in Wales. Even Siemens are building a new factory in Goole. Toyota, Honda and Nissan all choosing to come here and build cars for global sales (no not just the EU) and JLR so big it has factories in China and Brazil. And by the way that Class 92 was built here Mario...

[@craigymac5386]

@@1chish Why am I ignorant? The class 92 was built for BR at a time when all our locos were built here Nowadays all our freight wagons are built in Poland, Mk5s built in Poland. Class 67 ,68 ,88 built in Spain .class 66 and 70 built in the States. I'm stating a fact that british railway manufacturing is not what it was.

[@1chish]

Craig - You said: "Just a pity they can't seem to build anything in Britain anymore." And hence my reply. Had you said: "Just a pity they can't seem to build any locomotives in Britain anymore." I would have agreed with you. When you make a global condemnation of the country (as you did) you will get a very firm argument from me. Yes we should build more Locos and rolling stock here but that takes time to reverse trends of decades. Years of under investment and awful build quality (started under BR by the way) forced the likes of EWSR freight to buy 250 Class 66s after the Class 59s worked well right from when they landed (Class 67s by the way were part of that order but the build was sub contracted to Meinfesa who became GEC Alstom who became Vossloh now Stadler). Over 400 Class 66s have been landed here since with hundreds more going to European customers. So even there they 'buy foreign'. And Mk 5s are built in Spain by CAF (sleepers and day carriages) who are now building a new factory in Newport Wales. And as for freight wagons being built in Poland maybe question how the EU funds Eastern European companies to build new factories and equipment while UK companies get no such help. Just saying.