Un-furloughed
Having been sat at Wembley for several weeks - initially heating the ex-LNER Mk4 stock for Grand Central staff training and then "furloughed" in the WFMS warm-store pool during the Covid-19 pandemic - 90037 "Spirit of Dagenham" was finally able to stretch its legs on the WCML.
Hurtling through Hartford at 110 mph, the EWS-liveried DB Cargo Skoda was taking HT04 (ex-BN19) to Alstom Widnes for refurbishment into GC01.
Also hitching a ride on the rear was Grand Central-liveried 90026, which had been used to taxi the driver and tech rider south to Wembley in the morning, and was then going to Widnes for testing with the refurbished stock there.
Full consist: 90037-12211-12434-12310-10318-11319-82201-90026
Un-furloughed
Having been sat at Wembley for several weeks - initially heating the ex-LNER Mk4 stock for Grand Central staff training and then "furloughed" in the WFMS warm-store pool during the Covid-19 pandemic - 90037 "Spirit of Dagenham" was finally able to stretch its legs on the WCML.
Hurtling through Hartford at 110 mph, the EWS-liveried DB Cargo Skoda was taking HT04 (ex-BN19) to Alstom Widnes for refurbishment into GC01.
Also hitching a ride on the rear was Grand Central-liveried 90026, which had been used to taxi the driver and tech rider south to Wembley in the morning, and was then going to Widnes for testing with the refurbished stock there.
Full consist: 90037-12211-12434-12310-10318-11319-82201-90026