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On Saturday I went on the Perth - York Compass Railtour. Here are my photos from the trip.
Wishaw
47804 tnt 47245 1Z08 Perth - York Compass Railtour
Carlisle Yard
66004
66104
Tyne Yard
66078 and 66120
Darlington
Unidentified 142
North of York
Unidentified DCR...
I went up to Boness for the running night to mark 37703's debut on the passenger service at Boness.
37703 was leading with 20020 tucked in behind for brakeforce.
here are some photos from Boness
75254 stabled outside the steam shed
303032 stabled in the yard
37703+20020 arrive into...
68006 is seen passing through Gain Road near Cumbernauld with 4D47 Inverness - Mossend
http://scottishtrains.zenfolio.com/p944575680/h148b799c#h148b799c
I think they look OK and like you say it is good to see something different out and about.
I saw 68005 again today at Coatbridge Central on 4D47 Inverness - Mossend, though typically the sun vanished as it approached the station and reappeared after it passed the station...
I'd seen 68003 stabled at Motherwell TMD but had went out twice before yesterday to catch 003 and 005 but they had been running early and had missed them. What did you think of the 68's?
My first sighting of a Class 68 on the Main Line, 68005 is seen working 4D47 Inverness - Mossend Intermodal past Gain Road near Cumbernauld
http://scottishtrains.zenfolio.com/p944575680/h15651e34#h15651e34
Here is 37025 at Boness, it is currently having work done to allow it to operate Railtours on Network Rail lines http://scottishtrains.zenfolio.com/p275651952/h3597b14e#h3597b14e
Here is 37703 newly arrived at Boness http://scottishtrains.zenfolio.com/p275651952/h3283c4e1#h3283c4e1
Here is...
37606 top and tailed with 20304 at Float with 6M50 Torness - Sellafield Nuclear Flasks
37602+37259 and Autoballasters at Hartwood with 6K16 Tain - Millerhill Engineers
67025 top and tailed 67030 pass through Polmont with 1Q01 Heaton - Derby via Glasgow Queen Street Network Rail Test Train 7.7.14
http://scottishtrains.zenfolio.com/p275651952
For freight, either Holytown or Coatbridge Central are probably the best stations to go to in the SPT area. Most of the freights to / from the south and east pass through Holytown from / to Mossend and Coatbridge Central for freights to / from Aberdeen, Inverness, Longannet area. Kilwinning...
97304 seen passing through Camelon with 0Z03 Inverness - Derby RTC route learner
Other Sightings - Camelon
156499 Glasgow Queen Street - Falkirk Grahamston
43310 + 43367 London Kings Cross - Inverness
Boness
Colvilles Crane Loco
North British Tank
27005
25235
26004
D2767...
37610+37259 seen heading south through Greenfaulds with Autoballasters on 6K41 Achnasheen to Millerhill engineering working.
Also seen were
334033 Cumbernauld - Dalmuir
66114 6D18 Grangemouth - Mossend petrol tankers
334004 Dalmuir - Cumbernauld
Here is 37218 in the new DRS livery at Float Viaduct near Carstairs as part of 6M50 Torness - Sellafield Nuclear Flasks
Other Sightings - Float Viaduct
Uid 390 Glasgow - London Euston
Uid 350 Manchester Airport - Glasgow Central
UID 325 1S03 Shieldmuir - Warrington Mail
UID 221...
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