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Freightliners 66589 & 66520 waiting for a slot to Felixstowe. 321318 hanging around in the sidings and, way in the distance, the 9:58 heading to Peterborough.
"On May 26, 1934, the Zephyr broke all long-distance, non-stop World's Records for railroad trains when it ran 1015 miles from Denver, Colo. to Chicago in 785 minutes to signalize the reopenging of A Century of Progress Exposition...Its average speed on the spectacular dawn-to-dusk flight was 77.6 miles an hour...its top speed 112.5 miles an hour."
Class31 601 worked the 4pm service to Duffield, then the Shunter Wigan2 took 3 carriages to Duffield in the evening.. Great fun
The 'spare' class 50 engine which was fitted in 50018 'Resolution' for its last days of British Rail service. The engine when coupled with its attendant generator set (3 in total) weighs around 33 tonnes. The generator sets have been removed from this engine. This is the B bank view of the power unit.