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NEWS & EVENTS
Extended News from around the Network
Class 60 on East Coast Main Line – 60 054 on Midlands MGR – 60 on Colnbrook Tanks – 60 on Steel Traffic – Cruise Savers with DRS Class 47 and 37 traction – Green Bubble car on Quainton Road shuttles – COLAS 47 on Boston steel – Yarmouth loco haulage with DRS 47s – 56 312, 56 311 and 47 812 on scrap traffic to South Wales – 56 094 on Boston Steel – Stock moves from West Ruislip, unit moves, 50 026 convoy to Dean Forest, Class 56 convoy to Toton and 57 004 on East Coast Main Line, 37 at Faversham plus Norwich to Crewe 57 – New Signalling – Special Trains with ‘Northern Belle’, Large Logo 47 580 on ‘Cornish Riviera Statesman’ – , ‘Llandudno Victorian’ Statesman,, NENTA tour to Holyhead, the ‘Yorkshireman’ on Midland Main Line – ’Hampshire Hotchpotch’ with 20s to Eastleigh – Diverted 57s on Chiltern line – Test Trains with 31s, 37s and 66s – Arriva Trains DVT on hire – Class 67 on ‘One Wales Express’ – the Royal Train to South Wales.
SWANAGE GALA: A major event featuring 50 026 on first passenger workings plus D5401, 33 111 and a Network Rail 57 in yellow livery all in the shadow of the Purbeck Hills!
CROSS COUNTRY TO PETERBOROUGH: The line from Syston Junction through Melton Mowbray to Peterborough with a comprehensive look at the freight workings, stations and signalboxes. Includes Class 20s on LT stock moves from Old Dalby, diverted Freightliner traffic in the spring, engineering duties including Class 60, stone and light engine movements throughout the line.
STEAM AGE RAILWAY: An aspect of the ‘Traditional’ Railway scene.
CUMBRIAN VETERANS: DRS traction on the Cumbrian Coast route with passenger and freight traffic featuring ‘Heritage’ traction.
SUMMER LIVERIES: Majoring on those marking the Diamond Jubilee. Features 47 580 in Large Logo livery, 91 110 with Battle of Britain liveries, 90 009 & 60 026 ‘Diamond Jubilee’.
RAILFEST: The event at the National Railway Museum at York from the 2nd to the 10th of June with modern traction on show, plus a variety of traffic at York station during the event.
PARTING SHOTS Deltic 55 022 on East Coast Main Line on York special plus stock move – West Coast 47s on Settle and Carlisle – West Coast 47s on Crewe to Euston service.
80 mins approx
