| Re: Bristol Temple Meads unusual activity Posted by Mark A at 17:22, 26th June 2026 |     |
The class 47... one of the types of loco that, for the brief time that that station, the line and the locos coexisted, passed through Nottingham Victoria on long distance express duties.
Mark
| Bristol Temple Meads unusual activity Posted by JohnM at 13:26, 26th June 2026 | |
After going through the Temple Meads barriers on the way home yesterday ( https://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=32162.msg376479#msg376479 ) I could see what looked like heritage coaches on the platform opposite, but couldn't see what was pulling them due to a non-heritage service blocking that end of the view on the platform I was standing on. So I moved down the platform, hoping to perhaps see a nice steam engine. But instead:
Not being an expert in this sort of thing I was a bit underwhelmed. But apparently I shouldn't have been:
This particular movement attracted significant attention from rail enthusiasts because it was operated by Locomotive Services Limited (LSL) using highly unusual traction for the region: a pair of vintage Class 20 locomotives (20118 and 20132) leading the train, with Class 47 (47712) attached to the rear. The stock was being returned following a charter railtour to Shrewsbury the previous day.
(I only saw the class 47 when the train pulled out.) So now I know 
