GBRf Staffex charter

[trainnut]

Does anybody know what is hauling the GBRf Staffex charter from Crewe to Scarbrough and return today?

 

[Mag_seven]

47727/47749

 

[trainnut]

47727/47749

Thanks will pop along to see it pass by me later.

 

[Mag_seven]

Thanks will pop along to see it pass by me later.

It might just be 727 - initial reports suggested 727 t&t with 749 but I don't think that's the case.

 

[trainnut]

I was expecting it to be T&T to. Didn't think Scarbrough had run round facility anymore?

 

[matt]

I was expecting it to be T&T to. Didn't think Scarbrough had run round facility anymore?

It does. Railtours reverse out of the station to the sidings to run round.

 

[trainnut]

It does. Railtours reverse out of the station to the sidings to run round.

Àh right, that makes sense, I'm remembering how it used to be with shunter to move stock when was regular loco hauled service.

 

[trainnut]

Was just 47727

 

[gtis]

Hi where was the video taken
I went to Doncaster to see it
Neil

 

[trainnut]

Hi where was the video taken
I went to Doncaster to see it
Neil

Conisbrough. Could hear it well before came through

 

[gtis]

Thought it looked like conisbrough
It came on the low line through Mexborough and not Swinton
So I went to Doncaster to see it
As I was stopping there a couple of minutes

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

It does. Railtours reverse out of the station to the sidings to run round.

Does it still have a working turntable too?

 

[matt]

Does it still have a working turntable too?

Yes. The Scarborough Spa Express loco uses it every week