Bizarre sighting - can anyone explain!

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 5:18 pm

At about 2pm this afternoon I was driving along the M60 from Bredbury towards Denton; as you come up out of the dip the now-singled Stockport - Reddish South - Denton - Guide Bridge line crosses the motorway; on this bridge I watched the tail end of a Virgin IC 225 plus a number of Coaches cross over towards Denton and Guide Bridge...

Can anyone shed any light on why this train was being dragged this way????

This is the line that has one scheduled service a week, going one way only!

ForburyLion · Post by **ForburyLion** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 5:27 pm

A Virgin IC 225

Do you mean IC 125 or could it have been a Mk3 DVT and coach set?

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 5:43 pm

ForburyLion wrote:A Virgin IC 225

Do you mean IC 125 or could it have been a Mk3 DVT and coach set?

Ok, so just proves I know nowt about trains...

Twas one of these - a Virgin DVT as you state - and it was trailing along behind!

http://www.cr3ky.com/vt2003/image3.jpg
http://www.transportimages.com/albums/V ... entral.jpg

barrymcguire9999 · Post by **barrymcguire9999** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 7:02 pm

Yes, some West Coast services are diverted this way on a Sunday - mainly London-Scotland & Liverpool-London & vice versa..........

kyle14uk · Post by **kyle14uk** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 7:10 pm

Yep, either that or a lot of ECS from Stockport comes this way.