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| Old Pictures of the Day - March 2009 |
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Picture of the Day 3 March 2009 Freightliner Class 86/6 No. 86605 pilots sister loco No. 86622 through Kelvedon on 2 March 2009. The train of empty container flats was en-route to Ilford for tyre turning. |
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Picture of the Day 4 March 2009 Former South West Trains Class 121 'Bubble' No. 960012 (977860) has now been taken out of service and will be transferred to the Swanage Railway for preservation. A move took place on 4 March with the vehicle forming the 5Z91 15.34 Salisbury Depot to Bournemouth Depot, viewed here in the west facing bay at Southampton. |
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Picture of the Day 5 March 2009 Network Rail-liveried Class 32 No. 31465 and DBSO 9703, pull into a windswept & rain lashed Shirebrook, on Tuesday, 3 March, 2009, with test train 4Q08, which worked from Derby to Kettering, and then up to Shirebrook, before returning to the test centre at Derby. |
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Picture of the Day 6 March 2009 A month after the last deluge of snow in Dorset yet another unexpected fall hit the county overnight on 5/6 March 2009. In a view which looks more like the S&C or the Scottish Highlands, this actually shows an First Great Western Class 158 heading past the delightfully named hamlet of Melbury Bubb (between Maiden Newton and Yetminster) with the 11.10 Weymouth to Gloucester service. |
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Picture of the Day 7 March 2009 Still painted in Liverpool City of Culture 2008 livery, Class 507 No. 507033 stands at Walton on 2 March 2009, working the 13.50 Ormskirk to Liverpool Central Northern Line service. |
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Picture of the Day 8 March 2009 DBS Class 66/0 No. 66152 has become the first member of its class to receive the new DB Schenker red livery. On the afternoon of Saturday 7 March 2009, the distinctive locomotive slogs through Kettering station hauling the 14.14 (6D32) Elstow to Mountsorrel empty La Farge stone train. |
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Picture of the Day 9 March 2009 Dean Forest Railway held its Spring Diesel Gala over the weekend of 7/8 February 2009. The event included the return to traffic of Class 31/4 No. 31466 repainted in EWS livery. the loco is seen hauling Class 27 No. 27066 at Whitecroft, while working the 15.47 Lydney Junction to Parkend on Sunday 8 February. |
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Picture of the Day 10 March 2009 The First Trans-Pennine Class 170/3 units inherited from South West Trains in 2007are used mainly on the Hull to Manchester route. On Monday 9 March 2009, No. 170306 crossed Saddleworth Viaduct with the 11.38 Hull to Manchester Piccadilly service. |
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Picture of the Day 12 March 2009 Freightliner Class 66/6 No. 66619 is seen entering Elford loop near Burton on 5 March 2009 with a rake of new sleeper transporting wagons used for the Network rail flows. |
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Picture of the Day 13 March 2009 CrossCountry Trains took part in the Red Nose day charity event on Friday 13 March 2009, when its 06.32 York - Plymouth and 13.21 Plymouth to Edinburgh services carried red noses, stuck on to the yellow warning end. The trains were formed with powercars 43301 and 43303. The westbound working of the 06.32 York - plymouth is seen passing Dawlish, led by No. 43301. |
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Picture of the Day 14 March 2009 On Saturday 14 March 2009, blue-liveried A4 No. 60007 powered train 1Z67 from Kidderminster to Lincoln the 'Severn Valley Ltd' formed of 11 coaches. The train is seen passing Blakedown on the outward trip. |
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Picture of the Day 15 March 2009 Due to ongoing problems with the Class 139 Parry People Mover No. 139002 encountered following its recent test runs (see Picture of the Day 12 February 2009), the unit will not now start work on the Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town services until at least September 2009. The branch will revert to Class 153 operation until then, with a seven-day service operating. On the first day of operation (Sunday 15 March 2009), the conductor operates the points at Stourbridge Junction as No. 153375 gains access to the branch with the 09.28 ECS from Tyseley. The unit will then form the 10.08 shuttle to Stourbridge Town. Other than the experimental service using the prototype Parry People Mover in 2006, this was the very first Sunday service on the branch since 1915! . |
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Picture of the Day 16 March 2009 DRS-owned Class 66/4 No. 66414 James the Engine powers train 4Z43 from Daventry to Grangemouth the "Tesco Express" on 14 March 2009. The train was diverted via Kilnhurst, where this view was taken, due to engineering work. |
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Picture of the Day 17 March 2009 Owned by Hanson Traction Ltd, Class 56 No. 56311 is currently on hire to Colas Rail. On 16 March 2009 it was used to haul part of a high-output ballast train as service 6Z56 from Westerleigh to Hinksey yard in Oxford. The train is seen departing from Westerleigh. |
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Picture of the Day 18 March 2009 DBS Royal Class 67 No. 67005 was deployed on a freight move on 18 March 2009, when it was captured passing Cheddington hauling train 6Z18a Wednesdays only as required trip freight from Bletchley to Wembley, formed of just four RMC PCA wagons. |
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Picture of the Day 19 March 2009 Recently train 6B33 the Theale to Margam, Murco tanks has transferred to Class 66 operation, following the reduction in the number of operational CLass 60s. On 17 March 2009 No. 66158 is seen passing Shrivenham (near Swindon) powering the service. |
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Picture of the Day 20 March 2009 GB Railfreight Class 66/7 No. 66707 Sir Sam Fay passes Little Langford between Salisbury and Warminster with a late running 5V60, a 10.20 Eastleigh to Bishops Lydeard ECS positioning move in rediness for the forthcoming steam gala on the West Somerset Railway. |
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Picture of the Day 21 March 2009 On 20 March 2009, a loco transit move operated from Barrow Hill to Long Marston, formed of HNRC Class 20s Nos.20901/905 hauling Class 37s Nos. 37412, 37672 and 37029, plus three wagons as brake force. The train operated as 6Z37 and is seen passing Ryden Farm just north of Evesham. |
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Picture of the Day 22 March 2009 Following railtour duties on Saturday 21 March 2009, No. 46115 Scots Guardsman powered the 'Queen of Scots' Pullman stock empty from Ely to Carnforth on Sunday 22 March 2009. The train s seen passing Doncaster. |
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Picture of the Day 23 March 2009 Class 47s Nos. 47843 and 47853 lead four coaches with No.47769 on the rear past Charfield on 19 March 2009, forming train 5Z72 from Crewe to Eastleigh Works. |
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Picture of the Day 24 March 2009 On 23 March 2009, the first revenue earning train operated into the new Telford Railfreight Terminal. Formed of containers which had previously worked up to Warrington from Marchwood and Bicester the previous Friday, The train on 23 March, was powered by DBS/Army Class 60 No. 60040, operating as train 6G51and formed of 14 containers for the MOD depot. The train then returned conveying three different containers as 6F52 back to Warrington Arpley. The train is seen passing Wellington. |
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Picture of the Day 25 March 2009 East Midlands Trains 'twinned' with A1 steam loco 60163 Tornado in a special ceremony at Sheffield station on 24 March 2009, when the Tornado name was unveiled on car No. 60163 of Class 222 set No. 222003. To mark the historic occasion the A1 was brought to Sheffield station and posed alongside its modern traction partner. Although technically the steam loco is more modern than the Bombardier Class 222!. No. 60163 is seen at Sheffield Midland station. |
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Picture of the Day 26 March 2009 DBS Class 66/0 No. 66037 is illustrated working a new DBS Steel flow. Running Mondays Only, the train 6Z96 operates from Margam to Wembley and is seen passing Lower Basildon between Didcot and Reading on Monday 23 March 2009. |
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Picture of the Day 27 March 2009 27 March 2009 was officially the final day of Class 180 operation on First Great Western, with the final sets going off lease. On the final day of operation sets Nos. 180104 and 180105 were in traffic, both working together on Oxford - Paddington services in the morning peak. Set 104 later worked the 11.22 Pddington to Great Malvern and 14.34 return, before working to Worcester during the evening peak. The third of the FGW sets No. 180102 is seen at Evesham on 20 March 2009 forming the 15.26 departure to London Paddington. |
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Picture of the Day 28 March 2009 Booked to be double-headed, Pathfinder Tours' 'The Cwm and Go' railtour ended as just one Class 37, with the unavailability of 37406. On a dull 28 March 2009, No. 37401 hauls the 12 coach train at speed past Northway, south of Worcester, en-route from Nottingham to Margam. |
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Picture of the Day 29 March 2009 The Class 139 Parry People Mover No. 139002 was granted its passenger licence on Thursday 26 March 2009, and started operating passenger services on the Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town branch on Sunday 29 March 2009. On the inaugural day, the vehicle is photographed leaving Stourbridge Junction with the 10.10 departure. This was the very first revenue earning service to be operated by a production Parry People Mover vehicle. On the right, Class 153 No. 153371 stands in Stourbridge Yard. The unit had just arrived from Tyseley and was used as back-up before taking over passenger services on the branch from 11.30. |
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Picture of the Day 30 March 2009 Dramatic of what! This was the un-edited view captured by photographer Richard Stiles of two London Midland operated, Silverlink-liveried Class 321s Nos. 321405 and 321425 at Headstone Lane heading for London Euston during the evening of 28 March 2009. The final 'glint' of sun illuminating the colourful livery before a storm broke. |
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Picture of the Day 31 March 2009 On Monday 30 March 2009, the final DBS-operated Quidhampton tanks operated as train 6Y27 the 10.12 Quidhampton to Eastleigh East Yard. Power was provided by Class 66 No. 66193 and the train is seen approaching Millbrook carrying a special headboard and painted on 'Last Quid' name on the front. |
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