Class 87 on the GWML

[randyrippley]

One of the most remarkable train jouneys I've had was behind an 87.........BR had laid on a northbound special to cater for returnees from a Buck House garden party, first stop Preston and the ticket guys at Euston were packing as many Lancashire-bound people on it as they could. It was timetabled to depart two minutes before the scheduled service (around 17:05) and went like a bat out of hell - the driver was obviously told to get out of the way and not hold anything else up. I've forgotten the exact details but we got to Preston something like 20 minutes early, and then Preston-Lancaster in around 13 minutes start to stop. As far as I can remember we didn't get a single signal check on the whole journey - the impression was that BR were trying to squeeze two trains into the path of one

 

[6Gman]

That’s amazing 6G.
I wonder what he’d have thought if told that the same machine would pass through Reading under its own power over 40 years later?

Knowing how much he enjoyed the job he'd probably have volunteered to work it!



" 'Course I sign Didcot ..."

 

[Cowley]

Knowing how much he enjoyed the job he'd probably have volunteered to work it!



" 'Course I sign Didcot ..."

 

[driver_m]

Knowing how much he enjoyed the job he'd probably have volunteered to work it!



" 'Course I sign Didcot ..."

..yeah so do I...honest!!

 

[6Gman]

Guard Agate at Liverpool South was legendary.

Reported to have reached Devon on one occasion.

 

[Pete_uk]

A proper electric loco on the Great Western. How times change

 

[Tw99]

I'm sorry I missed seeing this. I'd seen the entry in RTT but just assumed it was another of the many class 80x training runs that have been going on!

 

[Harbornite]

Managed to get a shot of it at Padderz.

 

[Mag_seven]

Managed to get a shot of it at Padderz.

What might have been if the GWML had been electrified in 1974!

 

[tomsy47]

Managed to get a shot of it at Padderz.

Cracking pic

 

[Ash Bridge]

Cracking pic

Excellent shot Harbonite, and a still somewhat surreal vision!