Unit 960102 formerly 309624 was named 'New Dalby'
. DTC 75965 - 977965
. MBS 61928 - 977966
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The next phase of development at Old Dalby was to have tested the technology and equipment aspects of the Level 2 "no lineside signals" variant of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) recommended by the April 2002 expert team report, endorsed by the Health and Safety Commission in 2003.

However following the demise of Alstom the line was mothballed and there was no further ETCS testing at the test track. It was a 'dead duck' as far as the test track was concerned and subsequently Network Rail removed all of its infrastructure installed for ETCS development.

The first trial installation on Network Rail will be on the Cambrian lines between Shrewsbury , Aberystwyth and Pwhelli which was planned to be up and running by early 2007, but this didn't happen. In late 2006 it was announced that NR had let the contract for the equipment to the Italian firm of Ansaldo and by the end of 2007 the conversion of a Class 158 unit was underway. NR also acquired four class 37 locos to be similarly converted and two of these are now operational but not as ETCS locos.

The start date for the Cambrian line trials has slipped again to sometime in 2009 - otherwise known as 'sometime never'.

If you want to know about the original Old Dalby set up for ETCS testing look here.