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Something a little different - 48 photo from Bulgaria with a weeks nedding based around the PTG's superb "Magnificent Seven to the Black Sea" Railtour which featured five 87s in a very different world... The tour featured 87003/004/008/020 and 028 which are all photted along with various others stab...

eastern wrote:I remember old FGE was very good train on time and best performance.

Strange, as NXEA performance figures are far higher than FGE ever reached

Should anyone fancy a ride, 2xDBS (EWS) 37s are expected to work the FGW Bristol-Weymouth LHCS diagram (0909 Bristol-Weymouth, 1655 return) vice Class 67s this Saturday, although no guarantees it will produce the current thinking seems to be that it will...

Don't forget regular workings of 309s to Euston from the Airport, the odd 156 and once (only I believe) a 153 working vice 158 portion (from Blackpool which joined the Rochdale portion at Warrington) I'm sure there was an afternoon 158 out of Euston aswell although maybe that had finished by 1999. W...

One is booked to sit on Soho all day (or most of) then comes out on a peak hours Northampton in the evening. The diagrams are on ModernEMU yahoogroups if you are really interested. Almost impossible for them to work to Walsall now as only Coventry crews out of the ex-Central Depots sign the units wh...

Nothing *booked* north of Northampton.

Work plenty of Tring/M.Keynes/Northampton-Euston locals and semi-fasts though.

Liverpool and Northampton definately. Now rare south of Bir Int'l of course! Other than the West Mids local routes I'm not aware of them doing much out of the ordinary - its possible one could have worked to Manchester I suppose vice Northern 323 from Bham before those services were pulled? Although...

Evening All

My first ever youtube upload of the first 2009 action from the premier electric class tonight http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DotMZqYkkD4

And various updates to myfotopic site http://www.redcow.fotopic.net including 56312, 86501 and 37087 on a rare intermodal working

Enjoy!

DarthMunch wrote:I believe the Electric Scot was a very good tour despite the breakdown.

Hmm....debatable.
A stagger north and an early hours return to Brum - good thing it was only £40.

87002 on Spitfire Railtour at International and Central 15/10/08 http://redcow.fotopic.net/c1497777.html

Other bits and bobs from the last week or so including 56s, 86s, 67s and units http://redcow.fotopic.net/c1581903.html

Have a nose if you're bored!!

i think 37901 should go to the SVR No thank you! The 25 would be nice though then we can get rid of one of those awfully underpowered 73s for the P-way work!!!! The same SVR which brought a 25 with PUBLIC donations, then decided it was "PW Sector only" and was not to be used on passenger trains so ...

chester025 wrote: Indeed! Seriously though, I'm really looking forward to 87002s return to the main line!

Best start trying to find a big envelope to post yourself in

Very nice photos there...

Few more here from the Friday and Saturday - cracking couple of days many thanks to all involved
http://redcow.fotopic.net/c1458272_25.html

Cheer all. Were they diverted St Andrews - New St - Soho Road - Bescot then? I got stuck in a crosscity farce (no trains for 50 mins, but actually first riot for a while!) and whilst I am not sure what caused it as the XC stuff was still going through but that may have had something to do with it. B...

87026, 87007 and 87008 seen being dragged through Kings Norton en-route Long Marston to Crewe for attention prior to retirement in Bulgaria. 026 in Green/Yellow BZK livery for the paint specialists.

Phots at http://redcow.fotopic.net/c1497777.html