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I was on my way home up yhe Ecml yesterday evening when my train passed four 66's in ews livery coupled together on the slow lines just north of skelton junction heading north. Any Idea where they were heading?

There's been quite a bit of that about recently. I've seen in other people's photographs 4 or more 66s travelling to various destination.

strange that they were copuled together.

the 20:40 east coast train Iwas on bound for edingburgh was a hst aswell as it's normally a 91 and mark 4 stock

Probable locos from a weekend engineers job trapped by a line closure.

Quite a common thing on a monday.

bharrison wrote:strange that they were copuled together....

Why strange? It saves 3 drivers, 3 paths and possibly 3 sets of track access charges.

Andy L

Usually moving from depot to depot. etc.

Quite right, usually to feed the various services in a specific area. I know on a monday GBRF usually have four locos in multiple headed down to Ipswich to feed the three Intermodel and one Carless train and I believe they also have a bank of locos headed north to feed the northern intermodel trains and various coal workings.

Even though they are booked workings they are still quite a sight to see.

It must have been the Doncaster - Tees via Darlington service.

this was on sunday evening mind you

Getting into place for the week/days ahead.

Eiether that or returning home after weekend possesions. This one's quite regular which suggests that. It normally runs an hour or two later though.