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172222 passed through Longbridge station northbound at 14:01 today a couple of minutes behind 60091 on the empty tanks on the fast line. There were 2 people in the cab but the rest of the train was empty, looks to have the full compliment of interior fitting/seats so presume out on test prior to...
My ticket arrived in this mornings post (ticket no.029) along with a thank you letter and an A4 size farewell 150 schedule poster, it states in the letter and on the ticket that it's valid for the 150 charter "and connecting LM services" to meet or leave the tour and travel back to original...
I think it was to do with some TV adverts in the 70's 80's though i cant find one with the class 47.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN7naLLeB0A&feature=related
the above is the advert with the class 37 in police livery.
if you look on you tube there's various clips of 47829 in police livery...
If anyone would like to see a selection of whats on site i've just uploaded some pics to my Flickr site, there's a large selection of ex BR locos and wagons as well as many industrial locomotives.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61003087@N04/
cheers,Tony
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