RD24748vs. 37403 departing from Guildford.
RD24748vs. On Saturday, 11th February, 2023 the Branch Line Society ran a railtour from Derby to South West London called the ‘Wolf Hall Thunderer’. It was top ‘n’ tailed by Class 50 Co-Co diesel-electric 50008 ‘Thunderer’ and Class 37 Co-Co diesel-electric 37403 ‘Isle of Mull’ and the train started of by following the Midland main line to London St. Pancras.
From here it headed round to the south west of London where it visited a number of branch and secondary lines, some of them twice. I saw it at Guildford in Surrey which is one of the places visited twice, so I saw it twice - with time for lunch between the two visits.
This shot is from the first visit when it came from Wimbledon via Epsom, Leatherhead and Effingham Junction with the Class 50 leading. The train reversed at Guildford and set off back up the main line to Woking on its way to Surbiton and Hampton Court with, as can seen in this shot, the Class 37 in charge.
***This photo is a still shot from a video that I took that day and it can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/52686645481/in/album-7215...
or here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8S9usbGgaw
Copyright © Ron Fisher 2023.
RD24748vs. 37403 departing from Guildford.
RD24748vs. On Saturday, 11th February, 2023 the Branch Line Society ran a railtour from Derby to South West London called the ‘Wolf Hall Thunderer’. It was top ‘n’ tailed by Class 50 Co-Co diesel-electric 50008 ‘Thunderer’ and Class 37 Co-Co diesel-electric 37403 ‘Isle of Mull’ and the train started of by following the Midland main line to London St. Pancras.
From here it headed round to the south west of London where it visited a number of branch and secondary lines, some of them twice. I saw it at Guildford in Surrey which is one of the places visited twice, so I saw it twice - with time for lunch between the two visits.
This shot is from the first visit when it came from Wimbledon via Epsom, Leatherhead and Effingham Junction with the Class 50 leading. The train reversed at Guildford and set off back up the main line to Woking on its way to Surbiton and Hampton Court with, as can seen in this shot, the Class 37 in charge.
***This photo is a still shot from a video that I took that day and it can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/52686645481/in/album-7215...
or here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8S9usbGgaw
Copyright © Ron Fisher 2023.