Five Class 37's at Rugeley Trent Valley! (16th February 2011)

[Simon Poole]

Today five Class 37's were at Rugeley Trent Valley heading south

37038 was heading to Daventry to work the 6Z80 but failled at Colwich Junction, Class 37's 37069 and 37409 came to the aid and went down too Rugby as an Convoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOsDxMPpWzU

20 Minutes later the 1Q27 which was an HST, two Class 37's filled in numbers 37607 and 37601 passed through on the fast line, to London

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSxxMa2AJ80

the two videos were at Rugeley Trent Valley in the space of 20 Minutes! five Class 37's in 20 Minutes

 

[37798]

I had them at Tamworth with a Chinook flying over which was even more dreadful.

The three then came back North about an hour and a bit later

 

[Simon Poole]

I had them at Tamworth with a Chinook flying over which was even more dreadful.

The three then came back North about an hour and a bit later

Chinook? Is that an helecopter with two propellers it also flew passed Rugeley Trent Valley, all the Trainspotters that were there ended up takking pictures of it, at first i thought it was an train

 

[ainsworth74]

Chinook? Is that an helecopter with two propellers it also flew passed Rugeley Trent Valley

If it is was one of these then yes.

(Also it's rotors not propellers )

 

[Simon Poole]

If it is was one of these then yes.

(Also it's rotors not propellers )

yeah it was...i have an lack of knowelage on Helicopters

 

[37798]

A busy old day today on the WCML:

37069, 409 and 038 heading South:
http://bigtsrailimages.fotopic.net/p69073417.html

37607 and 601 work 1Q27 Southbound 10 minutes later:
http://bigtsrailimages.fotopic.net/p69073418.html
http://bigtsrailimages.fotopic.net/p69073419.html