West Coast Mornings
Saturday, 14th June, 2003
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West Coast Mornings
Saturday, 14th June, 2003 |
 | 86606 on a south bound freightliner through Apsley | ||
 | Bound for Euston Silverlink 321401 calls at Apsley | ||
 | 90012 British Transport Police heads north at 07:52 with 82120 Liverpool on the rear | ||
 | With 90012 British Transport Police providing the power 82120 Liverpool brings up the rear of a northbound service | ||
 | A uid Class 90 pushes a south bound virgin service towards Euston | ||
 | Freshly repainted 87002 in its Porterbrook colours rushes north | ||
 | Freshly repainted 87002 in its Porterbrook colours rushes north | ||
 | 87xxx brings up the rear of a Euston bound service | ||
 | 86247 Abraham Darby heads north at 08:14 with 82123 on the rear | ||
 | 82123 on the rear of a northbound service | ||
 | When I saw it coming towards me I thought it was a 66 on parcels, which would be rare enough. But no it was 66156 hauling a failed D9016 on the 1Z73 Colchester - Holyhead charter! | ||
 | 90008 The Birmingham Royal Ballet heads north | ||
A change of location now on to Kings Langley | |||
 | 321434 pauses at Kings Langley | ||
 | 87020 North Briton heads north at 09:28 with 82124 on the rear | ||
 | 82124 on the rear of a northbound service | ||
 | 321411 departs southbound towards Euston | ||
 | 82108 leads an uid 87 on a Euston bound service | ||
 | An uid 87 on a Euston bound service | ||
 | 66131 rumbles south with a car carrying flat wagons | ||
 | Heritage livered 86228 pushes a southbound Liverpool - Euston service | ||
 | 47792 leads a failed 90011 on the 1A08 06.45 Wolves-Euston | ||
 | An uid 87 heads north | ||
So in 2 1/2 hours plenty to see, not as much freight as I would have liked but plenty of class 86 and 87 action which will soon be a thing of the past as Virgin Trains introduces its new Pendolino fleet. The following Saturday I returned to Kings Langley with my video camera | |||
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 | A Virgin 90 and MkIII set heading south through Kings Langley | |
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 | 87012 powers north with an earyl morning Virgin Trains Service through Apsley. | |
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 | 390018 rushes north through Kings Langley | |
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