Weardale Bound
Locomotive Services' Class 47, 47593 "Galloway Princess" powers away from a signal check Moore Lane with an interesting and colourful ECS move (5Z77) from Crewe Diesel to the Weardale Railway at Bishop Auckland.
The consist was as follows: 10212 (Mk3a RFM ex-Pretendolino WB64 set) + 10229 (Mk3a RFM ex-GA) + 10689 + 10699 + 10531 + 6702 + [out of shot] 9804 (ex-Caledonian Sleeper Mk3/Mk2s) + 9711 (ex-Anglia Mk2 DBSO) + S 6311 (Mk1 Generator Car).
The Mk3a RFMs, 10699 and ex-sleeper Mk2s have been acquired by Eastern Rail Services (ERS) who are based at the Weardale Railway. 10689 and 10531 were moving to Weardale for onward road transport to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Wensleydale Railways respectively. The DBSO belongs to Crewe Diesel Preservation Group who are planning (with the assistance of Locomotive Services) to refurbish a push-pull set for use with their Class 47 (47 712).
The Generator Car belongs to Locomotive Services Limited (LSL) and went on with 47593 from Weardale to Tyne Yard for overnight stabling ahead of an HST Mk3 stock move back to Crewe Diesel the following day.
Weardale Bound
Locomotive Services' Class 47, 47593 "Galloway Princess" powers away from a signal check Moore Lane with an interesting and colourful ECS move (5Z77) from Crewe Diesel to the Weardale Railway at Bishop Auckland.
The consist was as follows: 10212 (Mk3a RFM ex-Pretendolino WB64 set) + 10229 (Mk3a RFM ex-GA) + 10689 + 10699 + 10531 + 6702 + [out of shot] 9804 (ex-Caledonian Sleeper Mk3/Mk2s) + 9711 (ex-Anglia Mk2 DBSO) + S 6311 (Mk1 Generator Car).
The Mk3a RFMs, 10699 and ex-sleeper Mk2s have been acquired by Eastern Rail Services (ERS) who are based at the Weardale Railway. 10689 and 10531 were moving to Weardale for onward road transport to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Wensleydale Railways respectively. The DBSO belongs to Crewe Diesel Preservation Group who are planning (with the assistance of Locomotive Services) to refurbish a push-pull set for use with their Class 47 (47 712).
The Generator Car belongs to Locomotive Services Limited (LSL) and went on with 47593 from Weardale to Tyne Yard for overnight stabling ahead of an HST Mk3 stock move back to Crewe Diesel the following day.