We have had a bit of a treat this weekend with the Western out on Saturday and now the Hoovers out today. This weekend it has been the football playoff finals which were being held at the Millenium stadium in Cardiff. Today West Ham were playing Preston and two fottball specials were laid on for the West Ham fans departing from Stratford.
The first of the specials was top and tail class 67s which were 67030 and 67022 respectively, however the real intrest was the pair of 50s on the second train. Running bang on time the pair thrashed past me at Grove with what I presume to be a West Ham scarf attached to the front 50 although it was flapping about abit.
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You can view a video of the 50s on the West Ham footex HERE (5.4Mb)
Its been a while since my last update although I did visit the Mid Hants Diesel Gala last week and I will be putting some photos up soon. Today however I will treat you to a shot of the Western D1015. Champion was booked to work Past Times ‘English Riveria Express’ from Paddington to the Paignton and Dartmouth railway.
The weather was overcast in the morning but as its a Western I decided to go out anyway and settled on Denchworth. It is the first time I had been out here since the new bridge was finished and it is still good for photography in either direction and it is probably better as there is now a small footpath either side so your not on the road. The wizzo was running about 15 mins late by the time it got to Denchworth though I think it was looped for an HST at Steventon loop and yes it sounded great as it passed me!
