Description
NEWS & EVENTS
Extended News from around the Network
DCR Grids on engineering moves – Double headed COLAS 56s on freight – UK Rail 56 move – Class 60s on steel duty and stock movement to Long Marston – West Coast 47 pilot to Fort William – Hasting Unit on Tour – Prototype HST on Great Central – York Freight on diversion – End of RHTT season with stock moves with COLAS 56 power – Great Central DMU service – D1015 Western Champion’ on ‘Yuletide East Yorkshireman’ – The ‘Mersey Weaver’ Railtour on the Lickey – The ‘Old Father Thames’ on various branches – GBRFs ‘Evening Star’ – De-Icing Trains on the Southern – 68 010 named ‘Oxford Flyer’ Class 68s on Tesco Express – Midland Diversions – Test Trains with a variety of power around the Network – Vivarail 230 Unit – Network Rail 73s and 31s – Class 90s on FOOTEX – 90s on East Coast loco hauled diagram – Flask Trains – Loco Convoys – 86 259 ‘Les Ross’ – 47s on stock move to Ely – Class 319s on stock moves to Long Marston – PLUS MORE.
The West Coast Main Line through Crewe A detailed look at freight and passenger workings on the main line in and around Crewe past and present. Includes Class 37s, 56s, 68s, and 92s in recent weeks on everything from freight to test trains, plus the station in 1997 when Class 37s still worked the North Wales Coast and West Coast services were dominated by loco hauled trains – PLUS MORE.
Freight By-Ways Action from a number of lines including the Cromer branch in recent weeks plus a look back to the 1990s, Chester past and present, plus the semaphore signalled freight link through North West London from Dudding Hill to Acton. Also freight diversions through Tondu in South Wales with Class 60s and 66s, plus archive from 25 years ago with Class 37s on coal duties.
HST Variety Paddington Station and the impressive variety of HST liveries before new traction comes on stream later in the year, including the Swallow Liveried power car, plus scenes from the days of Inter City of the 1990s.
Freight Highways The busy freight line through South Humberside west from Scunthorpe to Stainforth with a variety of workings. Includes Class 20s and 37s plus plenty of freight.
Class 67s The 67s are becoming something of an endangered species. This is a round up of 67 workings in recent weeks including freight, engineering, FOOTEX and VSOE duties, plus loco hauled duties and Rail Head Treatment Trains.
Traffic Observed Ashchurch on the main line from Cheltenham to Birmingham. Newport in South Wales with passenger and freight action at a location which will change with the electrification of the Western Main Line.
PACKED WITH TRACTION NEWS FROM AROUND THE NETWORK.
A FREE copy of the disc West Coast Survey is included with every copy of Video Track Issue 177
