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NEWS AND EVENTS    Extended News from around the Network.
Class 20s at York with 41 001 – Special to Kent with Class 67s – Cambrian Coast Express with 37s – The ‘Whistling Ghost’ –  West Coast 47s on Salisbury Cathedrals – ‘Welsh Valley Explorer’ on Central Wales Line – Class 60s on Logs, Stone  and Steel traffic – Test Trains including a run to Kyle of Lochalsh, the  Network Rail HST and Class 68 & 73 haulage plus inspection saloon ‘Caroline’. The Spa Valley Gala with a wide range of home and visiting power – Class 56s on DCR and COLAS duties – HSTs to Newquay – KWVR Class 08 special – West Somerset Mixed Traffic Weekend with 66 757 and COLAS 56 302 ‘Peco’ plus D1661, D7017 & D832 – East Lancashire Diesel gala with resident and visiting power – Chinnor Gala with GBRF 66 power –  50007 ‘Hercules’ and 50050 ‘Fearless’ on special to Swanage – Class 37s on ecs to Eastleigh – ROG Class 37s and Class 47s on stock moves – Class 67s on Midlands special  – Stock move to North Norfolk Railway – Highland Sleeper with double headed Class 73 haulage  – Barrow Bridge collapse with diverson – Class 37/73 convoy from SVR – ‘Rail Live’ at Long Marston – Bubble Car on Battlefield Line – PLUS MUCH MORE.

Crewe Open Day  The open day at Gresty Bridge on the 23rd of July with a range of motive power plus namings of 47 501, 47 712 and 37558.

First Generation Freight   37 884, 50007 and 50050 on freight movements from Crewe to Donnington Freight Terminal.

Coal Traffic in South Wales    A detailed look at coal traffic in South Wales in 2016 with archive at Swansea Burrows Yard in the early 1990s compared with 2016.  Workings are explored along the valley lines to  Cwmbargoed, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen  and Tower open cast collieries.   In addition traffic is shown running to  the washery at Onllwyn and on the main line to Margam Yard.

Loco Haulage in Scotland      Highland Specials with DRS Class 37s, the ‘Royal Scotsman’ with dedicated 66 power, West Coast 47s on the Oban, Mallaig and Kyle lines plus large logo 37 025 on the ‘Golden Stag’.

Veteran Haulage to the East Coast    The route to Whitby with a range of motive power on timetabled and a special train.

Traffic Profile – Teesside      Freight and passenger duties in 2016 and a look back to the early 1990s on the lines around Stockton and Norton Junctions.

Loco Haulage 2016   with a variety of Class 37s including 37 401 and 402 on the Cumbrian Coast, DRS Class 37s and the newly introduced 68s on the Wherry Lines, West Country 57s and a Sleeper Service included in a round up of Loco Hauled services in 2016.

Summer Specials with the ‘The Herd of Wildebeeste’  with top and tail 73 traction to the West Country – West Coast 37s on the Scarborough Spa Express – DRS Class 68s on a charter to Alnmouth.

INCLUDES CLASS 50s ON FREIGHT AND SPECIALS – NAMINGS AT CREWE – CLASS 68s on WHERRY LINES – CLASS 73s ON SLEEPER – CLASS 73s to the WEST COUNTRY – 37 884 ON FREIGHT – LOCO CONVOYS.

1 hour 50 mins

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