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Interested to know which Class 455s made up 5Y51 this afternoon. Thanks in advance.

Fully agree. Does the route vary each year.

Growing up in the Dark Peak I'll give Chapel-en-le-Frith a mention. Still with its original buildings on the up side, semaphores in each direction and on a 1:58 gradient it has fine views of the area, including towards Kinder Scout. Also it has the blue pack remembering Driver John Axon who died...

I was wondering about that working as well. Are 60s better suited due to their higher Tractive Effort or is their another reason.

The summit is definitely not far in from the Eastern Portal. I believe it is also the deepest tunnel in the country.

Yeah def Taw Valley. Spotted it heading south near Banbury.

Once again a huge thanks. Looks like a weekend in N.Yorkshire.

Thanks for posting such a helpful overview of the diagrams. Are Saturdays going forward to December likely to be similar for 68 useage? And do they work a Sundays?

Yet still quicker than the current service involving either a change or reversal in Sheffield.

Nice one. Are Everton FC paying or contributing for the improvements as a planning condition?

great thanks.

Was wondering which 701 was dragged today by 69008 on 5Q47 from Marchwood to Wimbledon Park. Thanks in advance.

Piloting was used as far as Peak Forest Station, often a 4F, up until the mid/late 1950s when banking became normal practice. The excellent book by Paul Harrison and Peter Midwinter - An Illustrated History of the ICI Hopper Wagon, has a couple of photos showing piloting. 8Fs took 16 loaded...

Presumably WCRC provide the crew for the Jacobite.