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NEWS & EVENTS  Extended News from around the Network
COLAS 37s on Main Line –  First Class 68 on Chiltern services – Prototype HST 41 001 on the Great Central – Class 59 returns from Germany – Special Trains inc West Highland Statesman – Northern Belle in South Wales and Midlands – Riviera Trains Class 47s on ‘Blue Belle’ – Festive Portsmouth Explorer’ – Steam subsitutions – Stock Moves – Test Trains inc Network Rail HST, Class 67s, Class 73s and Class 37s – Severn Valley Autumn Diesel Gala inc 50 015, 55 019, D9009, 50 026, 37109 and 40 106 –  Class 60s on oil, engineering steel and stone workings plus 60 087 – Class 56 on Railvac to Lostwithiel – 91 111 in World War Commemorative livery – 73 961 on the Great Central Railway – Chiltern 67s – East Lancs Diesel Gala inc D335 and 86 259 ‘Les Ross’ on ‘Drag’ plus D345 and 31466 plus D7076 – Balfour Beatty Class 20s – HST Stock moves to Kilmarnock – Class 68 workings – End of Pretendolino on Virgin West Coast service – Mail Extras on ECML – Class 31 freight on Midland Main Line – ‘Short Set’ with 47 haulage on Wherry lines – Double Headed 67s on freight – ‘Welsh Warrior’ with DRS 37 and 57 haulage to Holyhead & Blaenau branch – Shopping Extras on Preston to Manchester line with Class 47s.

The RHTT Season  Leaf clearing trains with coverage from around the network – COLAS Class 37s on the Lickey –  South Wales duties – Crewe based Network Rail 97 to Shrewsbury and Holyhead – DRS Kingmoor based diagrams – Multi Purpose Vehicles – Class 66 Great Northern circuits – Stowmarket DRS Class 37s and 57s in East Anglia including Kings Lynn line – Midland Main Line Class 67s –  York based Class 20s to Humberside and in Yorkshire – GBRF Class 73s in West London and on Uckfield & East Grinstead lines – Class 66s in Kent.

Scottish News  West Coast 37 685 on the Strathspey, freight, specials to Kyle and Class 68 to Inverness.

Cumbrian Freight  Class 37, Class 92, Class 57, Class 86 and Class 68s on the West Coast and Settle & Carlisle.

Before the Wires  Hinksey Yard, the Blackpool line and Preston to Bolton line before the coming of electrifiction with freight and passenger workings. A record of the railway scene undergoing change.  Includes freight and special trains.

First Generation Freight  Riviera Trains Class 47s on double headed freight to Drax Power Station and 50 007 ‘Hercules’ on 6e07 steel to Boston on the 15th of November from several vantage points.

Parting Shot  Main Line 40 145 on the ‘Festive St Nicholas Explorer’ from Southport to York.

50 007 ‘Hercules’ on Freight – 40 145 on Main Line Special – Prototype HST on Tour – Christmas Shopper Specials – Class 47s on Freight – New Liveries – First Generation traction over Shap – Diesel Galas – First 68 on Passenger Duties.

1hr 55 mins

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