by DB Colin | Apr 22, 2018 | General, Railway
Thursday 19th April was the first of two days that the new Hitachi 802001 and 802002 were linked together to do some test runs from the Stoke Gifford depot to Penzance and back. These are the new trains that will replace the 40 year old HST’s in the GWR fleet....
by DB Colin | Apr 11, 2018 | General, Railway
Tuesday evening produced an autoballaster train topped and tailed by Freightliner locos 66587 and 66590 en route from Westbury to drop its load at various points on the Newquay branch from Par. The empty train was due back through Dawlish mid morning but due to it...
by DB Colin | Apr 9, 2018 | General, Railway
Down to three coaches today from the usual four. Power car 43016 leading with 43187 (The Welsh Dragon motif) on the rear. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
by DB Colin | Mar 21, 2018 | General, Railway
Late on Tuesday evening there were two Network Rail works trains. The earlier one was a ballast train from Westbury to Exeter St Thomas via Plymouth, presumably dropping ballast off in various places en route. To allow the passage of a local train and a Cross Country...
by DB Colin | Mar 20, 2018 | General, Railway
Another look at yesterday’s first test run photographed by Nick Campbell at Teignmouth station. The title picture shows the Legends vinyl depicting the evolution of GWR motive power. Starting at the rear with steam is a King class followed by a Hall. Then Diesel...
