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Double headed Brits!

Discussie in 'Steam Traction' gestart door 22A, 10 jul 2010.

  1. 22A

    22A Well-Known Member

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    According to http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs11.htm 70000 & 70013 are double heading Bristol to Penzance next April 23rd.
    Did Brits ever double head a train when working on British Railways?
     
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  2. Dan Hamblin

    Dan Hamblin Part of the furniture

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    Yes, although probably not down the GWML to Cornwall.

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    Dan
     
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  3. gwr4090

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    I travelled behind 70024+70025 on a diverted Sunday South Wales-Paddington train via Gloucester and Stroud when the Severn Tunnel was closed. The pilot engine 70024 worked from Cardiff as far as Swindon, and would probably have returned piloting a westbound service with a Castle or Britannia. Two Britannias was apparently not all that unusual on these heavy Sunday trains via Sapperton, although other combinations of Hall, Castle and Britannia were more common.
     
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    Yes, some tests with fitted freight mineral wagons were carried out in the mid-1950s, I think on the Midland main line and the locos concerned were 70043/44, Someone will be able to quote chapter and verse you may be sure of that.
     
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