Last 4-REP Scrapped?

https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/cathedral-express-23rd-may.18582/
Entries #13 & #14 relate to 60009's exploits referred to above.

 

Saw them come in on the SW mainline and later after I moved back to Dorset. Most sensible idea BR had was the REP/TC Cl 33 idea which should have been extended to other electric/diesel routes. Example that comes to mind is splitting ECML sets for Glasgow and Aberdeen portions at Waverley rather than running diesel under the wires all the way south to/from Kings X.

Agree lively at Micheldever, regulars knew when to avoid a coffee spill.

Heard of the 8 REP runs also. Same horsepower as a Deltic?




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Put it this way, even with a single 4tc up front the units were very fast out of the stops i can still remember looking at the speedo through the corridoor cab door on one day trip to Swanage, in the early days , when they only had a mile of track between basingstoke and Southampton to see it hard against the screw, it was a rather lively run, we were late leaving Woking, so the driver was going for it we arrived at Bournemouth right time, the 33 came on, got as far as the next station and died i never did get to Swanage