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West Coast Mornings
Saturday, 14th June, 2003

West Coast Mornings
86606 86606 on a south bound freightliner through Apsley
321401 Bound for Euston Silverlink 321401 calls at Apsley
90012 British Transport Police90012 British Transport Police heads north at 07:52 with 82120 Liverpool on the rear
82120 LiverpoolWith 90012 British Transport Police providing the power 82120 Liverpool brings up the rear of a northbound service
90000 A uid Class 90 pushes a south bound virgin service towards Euston
87002 Freshly repainted 87002 in its Porterbrook colours rushes north
87002 Freshly repainted 87002 in its Porterbrook colours rushes north
87000 87xxx brings up the rear of a Euston bound service
86247 Abraham Darby86247 Abraham Darby heads north at 08:14 with 82123 on the rear
82123 82123 on the rear of a northbound service
66156 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 Ballet90008 The Birmingham Royal Ballet heads north

A change of location now on to Kings Langley
321434 321434 pauses at Kings Langley
87020 North Briton87020 North Briton heads north at 09:28 with 82124 on the rear
82124 82124 on the rear of a northbound service
321411 321411 departs southbound towards Euston
82108 82108 leads an uid 87 on a Euston bound service
87000 An uid 87 on a Euston bound service
66131 66131 rumbles south with a car carrying flat wagons
86228 Heritage livered 86228 pushes a southbound Liverpool - Euston service
47792 Robin Hood47792 leads a failed 90011 on the 1A08 06.45 Wolves-Euston
87000 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
youtube logo 82 000A Virgin 90 and MkIII set heading south through Kings Langley
youtube logo 87 01287012 powers north with an earyl morning Virgin Trains Service through Apsley.
wmv logo 390018 390018 rushes north through Kings Langley

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