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In the past week, double headed 68's have been working on both the 4S43 Daventry - Mossend and 4M48 return Stobart Container trains.
Seen at Carluke on 8.2.15 is 68004+68007 working 4M48 Mossend - Daventry
Also seen was Saltire liveried 318251 on a Glasgow Central - Lanark service
A few photos from Carstairs from today
3504xx+3504xx Manchester Airport - Edinburgh Waverley
unidentified 390 London Euston - Glasgow Central
3504xx+3504xx Manchester Airport - Glasgow Central
unidentified 390 London Euston - Edinburgh Waverley
66747 6S50 Carlisle Yard - Millerhill...
I saw 37605 with 68002 dead in tow heading south through Holytown with 0Z38 Grangemouth - Carlisle Kingmoor loco move earlier today.
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Also saw 66107 with 6S36 Dalston - Grangemouth empty tanks
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Here is GBRF's 66712 approaching Carstairs South Junction in the setting sun on 30.12.14 with 6S50 Carlisle Yard - Millerhill Departmental
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66712 picture 3
Cartland
320319 15.20 Lanark - Glasgow Central
350404 15.05 Glasgow Central - Manchester...
Some photographs from this weekend's excellent Diesel Gala at Boness over the weekend, including Colas's 56105 and 66849, 55022, DCR's 31601 and GBRF's London Underground liveried 66721
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LMS Stanier 8F 45170 was built in 1942 as one of the 25 locomotives sold to the Turkish State Railway during the 2nd World War and was still in operation until the 1980's. 45170 was recovered from Sivas in Turkey by the Churchill 8F Trust in 2010 and moved to Shildon for a while. It was then...
I went to Float Viaduct near Carstairs to catch some of the East Coast Diversions
18.10.14
43296+43313 Newcastle - Edinburgh
66232 4M16 Grangemouth - Daventry Intermodal
19.10.14 Carluke
57314 tnt 57316 Fort William - High Wycombe Statesman Railtour
92039 4M48 Mossend - Daventry...
Some freight and a Diverted East Coast HST seen today and more
Crawford
92037 4S43 Daventry - Mossend Stobart Containers
43239+43206 Aberdeen - Kings Cross Diverted East Coast HST
350404 Edinburgh - Manchester Airport
350410 Manchester Airport - Glasgow Central
66101 4M16 Grangemouth -...
I spent the weekend in Blackpool and luckily not only was the weather great but also Balloon 701 was being officially launched in its Heritage Routemaster Livery with a journey to Fleetwood.
701 approaching North Pier
701 at North Pier
701 arriving at Bispham
701 at Bispham
736 on...
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The first of the Unbranded Chiltern liveried class 68s to run in Scotland, 68014 heads south through Greenfaulds with 4D47 Inverness - Mossend DRS Intermodal 23.9.14
Some photos from 20 minutes around Float Viaduct just south of Carstairs Junction.
92037 4S43 Daventry - Mossend Stobart Containers
390126 Edinburgh Waverley - London Euston
350401 Glasgow Central - Manchester Airport
68006+68005 0Z20 Motherwell TMD - Carlisle Kingmoor
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61994 'Great Marquess' was seen at Carstairs earlier today with 1Z56 Preston - Glasgow Central 'The West Highlander'. Here are my photos
61994 in down goods loop being refilled with water
350410 passes by on the down main with a Manchester Airport - Glasgow Central Service
61994 departs...
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