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VIDEO TRACK 191
NEWS & EVENTS Extended News from around the Network
First ‘Azuma’ in service on East Coast Main Line – Class 90 on ECML – ‘Easter Highlander’ to Kyle and Wick with DRS 37s – Maritime liveried DB 66 – Class 08 shunter at March Whitemoor – ‘Bellmond British Pullman’ to Worcester – West Coast 47s on ‘Llandudno Day Pullman’ – Class 68s on ‘Welsh Victorian Highlander’ – ‘Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza’ tour – Stock Movements featuring West Coast 47s – loco convoys to Severn Valley Railway for Spring Diesel Gala – HSTs on Scotrail ‘7 Cities’ services – Network Rail HST – GBRF 60s – Class 117 DMU move from Long Marston – Convoys to Nene Valley – Class 20s to Skegness – Class 31/37 tour of North West – Angel Road Closure – Class 230s in service – Class 56s to Boston – 33/37 West Coast power on Freightliner – Great Central DMU Day – PLUS MUCH MORE.
Anglian News with 37 716, 37 407, 37 423, 37 425 on Wherry Lines ‘Short set’ through the spring up to the May timetable change – 37 716 and 37 049 on the move to Eastleigh – Hastings Unit on the ‘East Anglian Explorer’ to Lowestoft – the ‘EACH Express’ on May 18th with 37 407 & 37 409 on the run to Ely and Kings Lynn.
The End of an Era – The end of HSTs into Paddington the last HSTs into Paddington in Great Western Railways service in the Spring, culminating in the event of the 18th of May when 4 HSTs entered the station, stood side by side and worked the last HST operated services. The ‘Celebrity’ HSTs are featured during the Spring in and around the Station.
The Class 59s A profile of these American built locomotives with film from their early years and in recent months. The Class 59/0s, 59/1s and 59/2s in ARC, Mendiprail, National Power and DB service. The class is shown in action to and from the Mendip Quarries, at Westbury, along the Western Main Line into London, at Hitchin and at Acton Yard.
East Coast News The changing scene on the East Coast Main line with Azumas on test and in revenue earning service, Class 92s and 90s on Anglo Scottish Sleepers diverted into Kings Cross, Sleeper stock moves with 87, 90 and 92 haulage to Wembley, The rundown of the 313 units, ROG 47s on the move through Peterborough to Ely with HST stock moves, 47 830 on crew training runs, Anglian Railways 90 on the move to Bounds Green, 90 036 and 90 039 on Newark and Leeds services and the ex Great Western Railway HST in Hull trains service.
Swanage & Severn Valley Galas. May Galas featuring visiting and resident locos including 31 163, 33 111, 26 007, 50 007 ‘Hercules’, 73 119, 59 003 ‘Yeoman Highlander’, D7535 and 50 014, 50007, 40 106, 88 006, 37 668, 46 010, D7537 and a GBRF 66 on a freight!
Parting Shots The last oil working to Rectory Junction with COLAS 70 haulage,
