It was indeed D821 Greyhound and as @TonyW has posted, D6319 was earmarked for preservation as it had not long had an overhaul.
Interesting...
I went on that trip because I really wanted a main line run behind 60009 before John Cameron retired it, but I was a little disappointed that it...
From The Railway Magazine; What I didn't know is that an example had been negotiated with BR to purchase but it was scrapped in error.
That's covered in this month's Railway Magazine - I'll dig it out later and quote it but yes, the engine survives.
Snap.
My first trip behind 60009 was to Carlisle...
Not on my BMW you didn't...
Nice idea, Martin but in this day and age you'd need deep pockets indeed to afford such a tour. It'd certainly be out of my reach.
I certainly don't: I try and avoid anything to do with Zuckerberg and all the other so-called "Tech Bro's" and the one and only time I read...
@big.stu Now there's a restoration I'm looking forward to... be good to see something with a relationship to the line on a goods. Next to the...
Just thinking - is the arrival of 60007/44871 on the evening of the 16th anything to do with the two "Christmas White Rose" services that day?
Seriously?! :Woot:
That last photo of 60163 and 34081 in the shed, both wearing their "January 1948" liveries... great!.
Looked good, Stu - hope you feel better soon. I was playing with much smaller wagons over the weekend, to wit my numerous LNER "Hornby-Dublo"...
I just received my latest copy of "Icon", the magazine of the Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society. It mentions on its front page that the group...
Indeed: look at all the anti-railway sentiment where East West Rail's eastern section is concerned. Similar noises were made by residents adjacent...
Oh Lord, that takes me back to 'O' Level music - we studied Peter Grimes. I seem to recall it was also one of Decca's earliest stereo recordings.
What a fascinating story (for me, anyway) :)
@James Hewett - any news on the retrospective planning application?
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