8x 66 Convoy!!

[Stacey]

66157 leads 66136/158/135/188/189/005 and 040 through Didcot at 1731 on July 18 2009 - What a beast of a move!
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[37401]

Lucky girl, i saw a vid on youtube of this. Great shot, likeing the 66 clagg theres a DRS one that does that alot too

 

[The Snap]

Was it only 66157 with the power on, or were some of the others assisting? If it was '157 on it's own, that's quite some weight to pull!

 

[CraigS]

Nice catch

 

[GB]

Was it only 66157 with the power on, or were some of the others assisting? If it was '157 on it's own, that's quite some weight to pull!

1016 tonnes. Our intermodel trains reguarly see between 1300 and 1700 tonnes, so a single 66 can handle a fair bit more.

Great picture though.

 

[bluebottle]

Lucky girl, i saw a vid on youtube of this. Great shot, likeing the 66 clagg theres a DRS one that does that alot too

Any chance of sharing the Youtube link if you have it?

 

[Stacey]

Was it only 66157 with the power on, or were some of the others assisting? If it was '157 on it's own, that's quite some weight to pull!

Think it was just 66157 powering, really really glad I got the shot of that!! - Even if a little dull, was a heck of a sight and I did RA pub afterwards just gibbering!!

 

[schenker]

Very nice shot! Now silly question here to a railway noobie.

Did you know that these were coming along or was it a case of going down and and and just waiting?

 

[Stacey]

Well, I did have advance warning from a mate with the gen... however, I did expect it to turn up 20mins later than it did - this shot was a case of running up a footbridge, emergency dump bag and grab a shot!!!!

 

[37401]

Well, I did have advance warning from a mate with the gen... however, I did expect it to turn up 20mins later than it did - this shot was a case of running up a footbridge, emergency dump bag and grab a shot!!!!

ive been there only at a station, i always feel like a right peanut after ive ran my little heart out

 

[Stacey]

ive been there only at a station, i always feel like a right peanut after ive ran my little heart out

Lol!! I don't run often hence my nickname of 'Tortoise' !! - but, when the situation calls for it, I do run and even if I get a good shot I can feel a bit of a numpty when there are normals around!! - oh and the panting is a bit bad too!! LOL!!

 

[The Snap]

1016 tonnes. Our intermodel trains reguarly see between 1300 and 1700 tonnes, so a single 66 can handle a fair bit more.

Great picture though.

I see. Cheers for that.

 

[cawky22]

if they all were running there would be 26 400 neddies on tap!!
I thought there was a rule were there was only to be 5 locos in multiple.

 

[Stacey]

I think this was changed only very recently hence why it's pretty rare to see this amount of 66s in a convoy...