Strathclyder
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Basically what it says on the tin: what were the most unusual/noteworthy diesel loco combinations that ran on the mainline in the BR era?
I'll kick things off with this Class 26/56 combo - both in Railfreight two-tone grey with Coal sector markings to boot - at Inveresk, just south of Musselburgh with a southbound MGR in June 1991; the 26 would come off the train at Grantshouse. From scot-rail.co.uk (uploaded by KeithSanders). Not sure if this was a regular occurrence or not, certainly a head-turner at any rate (to say nothing of what a McRat/Grid combo would've sounded like)!
I'll turn the floor over to the rest of you now. This should be a interesting one.
I'll kick things off with this Class 26/56 combo - both in Railfreight two-tone grey with Coal sector markings to boot - at Inveresk, just south of Musselburgh with a southbound MGR in June 1991; the 26 would come off the train at Grantshouse. From scot-rail.co.uk (uploaded by KeithSanders). Not sure if this was a regular occurrence or not, certainly a head-turner at any rate (to say nothing of what a McRat/Grid combo would've sounded like)!
I'll turn the floor over to the rest of you now. This should be a interesting one.
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