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NEWS & EVENTS
Extended News from around the Network
The Last Boat Train with 47 810 and 47 501 – 60 045 on Bicester Freight – 56 094 on ‘Thames Angerman’ – 56 095 over Shap – 56 301 and 56 302 on Calvert Fly Ash trains – 80 044 on Footex – Convoy to Butterley – Class 20s on the move – Winter Freeze Up – ‘Buffer Puffer 10’ Railtour – 47 580 on stock move to Dereham plus on hire to DCR for freight working – 67 029 on Marylebone trains – East Lancs January Gala with D1501, D335, D9016 ‘Gordon Highlander’, Class 03 D2062, D9531 and D3871, 67 and 56 haulage on the Bicester line – Pathfinders ‘Hullabaloo’ tour to Cornwall on Exmouth and Looe branches with DRS 37 haulage – 60 074 on Theale to Robeston tanks – 60 019 on Didcot to Mossend cars – 60 010 in West Country – 60s on steel and departmental workings – ‘Winter Settler’ with DRS 37s on the Settle & Carlisle and over Shap – West Coast 47s on stock move at Hellifield – DCR 31 190 move steam to Old Oak Common – Class 73s on Southern on departmental and test trains – Snow train on the Southern – Norwich to Wolverton stock move – Class 56 moves to Washwood Heath – 47 727 on steel stock move to Long Marston – PLUS MUCH MORE!
SNOWY FREIGHT Class 70 on Earles to Thurrock Cement, Colnbrook Tanks with 60 haulage, 31 on test train, 57 603 on the Midland Main Line plus Class 67 and 56 haulage, Freight on the Lickey incline with 60 and Class 20 haulage.
LINESIDE LOCATION Westerfield with Class 66, 70 and Class 57 power.
LINES THAT TIME FORGOT The signalboxes and semaphores on the Harrogate Loop.
PETERBOROUGH Passenger and freight traffic observed at this busy traffic hotspot on the East Coast Main Line during a busy afternoon including DRS 37s.
FAR NORTH TRACTION Flask Trains over the Highland and Far North lines plus 37s at Inverness.
DIDCOT RAILCENTRE PROFILE Freight traffic in and around this busy freight centre, including – Class 70s in liner traffic – Class 60 on Theale Tanks – 67 022 on Bicester freight – traffic in and out of Didcot Yard – 56s on the Calvert Fly Ash workings – DB 66s on a variety of workings – West Coast 47 on departmental – test train – DRS 37s on stock move. Includes a look at the route from Didcot to Oxford.
FIRST GENERATION SURVIVORS Chiltern ‘Bubble Car’s and Class 177 Sandite unit – 20s on Humberside – Class 20s on LT stock moves – DRS 47s on Cruise Saver Express – DRS 37s on test trains..
THE END OF AN ERA The closure of the last boxes on the Thetford to Norwich line in December.
LONDON UNDERGROUND 150th CELEBRATIONS LT ‘C’ Stock in last run for scrap, Class 20 repaint and ‘Sarah Siddons’ on the public runs in January.
PARTING SHOT COLAS 56 094 on a Log Train on the climb to Shap.
INCLUDES OVER 1 HOUR OF MOTIVE POWER NEWS!
Almost 2 hours



