66554 at Coppenhall (Crewe) 16/03/19 laying down a smoke
screen passing with a Felixstowe to Garston intermodal
working, D Bailey |
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Monday 18/03/19 |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 20:10
NEWS
Class 68s round up/survey
JOURNAL
37610 stabled in Carlisle light engine 0Z37 from
Carlisle to Derby RTC,
37218 & 37606 in Hull with the
four-weekly test train now in the hands of DRS traction,
60074 on shunting duties at Toton,
60097 heading the
lines of stored Class 60s in Toton Yard,
45231 stabled amongst the array of diesels on Toton...
REPORTAGE
Tours - 47810 & 47853 working the Portsmouth Harbour
Statesman,
59201 & 59206 working the Somerset Strimmer between
London Victoria and Cranmore,
67028 & 67024 with the British Pullman on an outing from
London Victoria to Gillingham,
57601 & 57316 with the Liverpool Pullman running between
Hull and Liverpool Lime Street,
35018 worked the Nigel Dobbing Memorial Train between
Kings Lynn and Melton Mowbray,
67005 & 60163 working the Cumbrian Mountaineer tour,
60163 at Edinburgh with the Aberdonian,
86259 then 48151 working the Cumbrian Coast Express...
Features - A look at some ScotRail/GWR power cars
from between 12/03/19 and 17/03/19,
Units - 180102 in a spot of bother at Doncaster, Testing
and training with the new kit continues with various
Class 800s, 801101, 195103, 755407 & Class 710s, 802202
on display in Hull, 165037 on
5Z56 from Aylesbury to Long Marston, 442410 to Eastleigh Works, 321307 & 321338
working 1P24 from Liverpool Street
to Norwich in lieu of a Class 90 powered Mk3 set, 315211
314214 & 314215 on suburban passenger workings Glasgow
Central, 314213 on a trailer at Wishaw, 365519 at Edinburgh on what was
possibly the last day for Class 365s operating in
Scotland, 3022 & 3044 at Gornergrat climbing the
highest outdoor railway in Europe...
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66718 passing Cold Meece at the
head of the 6V35 Clitheroe to Avonmouth cement working
VIDEO PLAYLIST
Several videos added to the playlist |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 14:05 (Fri) 04:40 (Sat)
NEWS
GBRf Class 73s notes/survey
JOURNAL
To the Cheltenham Races with 57313 & 57314, 66724 with
an infrequent MoD working to Warminster...
REPORTAGE
Stock/units on transfer - 37884 hauling 314206 to Simms,
Newport for breaking up, 37601 with 387130 on transfer
5Q51 from Reading to Ilford, 47815 & 57305 either side
of 710107 on transfer 5Q58 from Derby Litchurch Lane to
Old Dalby, 37706 with an ECS working 5Z60 from Bo'ness
Junction to Joppa Straight, 43010 & 43190 making a now
regular run through Rotherham on its way back to Hull
from St Philips Marsh, 67006 with the tour stock from
Burton to Wembley...
PORTFOLIO
Images from between March 9th and March 11th 2019...
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At the end of the rainbow in Doncaster, you'll find a Class 88
TIMES
16/03/19 The Cumbrian Mountaineer
16/03/19 The Cumbrian Coast Express
16/03/19 The Portsmouth Harbour Statesman
16/03/19 The Liverpool Pullman
16/03/19 The Somerset Strimmer
16/03/19 The British Pullman
17/03/19 The Nigel Dobbing Memorial Train
20/03/19 The Scenic Carlisle Express II
20/03/19 Kings Cross-Cambridge
20/03/19 The British Pullman
21/03/19 The British Pullman |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 02:30 (Fri)
NEWS
Long absent Class 37 up and running again at Carnforth,
08645 on the road, Peak Grids notes
FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 02:28 (Fri)
JOURNAL
57312 taking Flex Unit 769002 from Brush Traction at
Loughborough to Cardiff Canton, 56091 & 56103 utilised
to collect Railvac 2 from Doncaster and haul it to
Leicester, 67016 shunting 82306 & 10259 at Cardiff
Canton, 92020 passing Acton Bridge on its second day in
service again working the 6L48 Garston to Dagenham Dock
Car terminal, 37423 with another rake of eight new FNA
flask wagons 6Z37 from WH Davies at Shirebrook to
Crewe...
REPORTAGE
37884 hauling 314204 through Kirkwood 5Q06 from Yoker to
Glasgow Works, 37601 at Melton Mowbray in the process of
running around 345058, 47727 arriving at Leicester with
barrier coaches from Toton, DBC/LNER thunderbird 67028
in action with a failed LNER set running 5E02 to Bounds
Green, 90037 & 90019 in Leeds, 800109 on a training run
in comparison with 90019 on the rear of an LNER working
passing at Doncaster, 90019 & 90037 at Stevenage on LNER
passenger workings, 90020 hauling 92036 through Nuneaton
0A06 from Crewe to Wembley, 90028 & 90018 a little way
south of the snow capped Lake District hills at Docker,
01544 01545 D9523 20166 37250 & 47715 at Leeming Bar...
PORTFOLIO
Images from between March 9th and March 11th 2019...
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66059 & 66151 working the heavily delayed Bescot to St. Blazey |
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