Category Archives: Black Country

37800 hauling 319375. Langley Green, 20/11/23.

5Q80 Allerton – Newport Docks. The Class 319 was heading to the scrap yard. Fortunately 172343 on a train heading towards Birmingham cleared in plenty of time. Pity the Class 37 was just ambling along, a few minutes early & following a stopping train.

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43013 & 43277, Cradley Heath, 21/11/23.

1Q15 Derby – Swansea. Hadn’t seen 43013 since 2020, good to see it back in service.

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20142 & 20189. Cradley Heath, 23/11/23

Couldn’t make it for the Class 37 yesterday but managed to film the 20s on 0Z20 from the SVR to Butterley. They apparently moved a railvac from Butterley to Bescot later in the day, then ran light to Tyseley.

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43480, 43468, 43465 & 43484. Cradley Heath, 10/10/23.

Rail Adventure power cars, 0Z75 SVR to Tyseley Steam Trust.

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43306, 43320, 43316 & 43307. Cradley Heath, 13/11/23.

I didn’t see the Rail Adventure power cars bring these to the SVR a few weeks ago but made sure I got to see them leave. They ran as 0Q43 Kidderminster SVR – Great Yarmouth.

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43306 & 43320, also 68015. Rowley Regis, 12/11/23.

43306 & 43320 on a test run from the SVR. After running to Worcester earlier in the day they are seen here on 0Z44 Worcester TC – Tyseley sidings. The train following it was a Chiltern London train. I wasn’t sure if it would be a unit or a 68 set as RTT showed no unit/loco number, but as you will see it was 68015.

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43480, 43468. 43465, 43484. Cradley Heath, 14/10/23.

The Rail Adventure power cars were used to move old HST stock and are seen in the dark at Cradley Heath. One of the power cars is bowled by a DMU, I couldn’t read the numbers so not sure which were filmed. The workings were 5Z25 & 5Z26 stock moves from Laira to Chaddesden sidings. The Voyagers were working 1E67 Plymouth – Leeds, other was 1V66 Edinburgh to Plymouth. Numbers were 220023 on the first set and 221139+220002 on the other.

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43480, 43484, 43465 & 43468. Old Hill. 18/10/23.

Just for a change I went to Old Hill, the Rail Adventure power cars were on 6Z76 Kidderminster – Walton Old Junction sidings.

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43251 & 43277, Cradley Heath, 24/10/23.

1Q15 Derby – Swansea. A very dull morning, video wasn’t very good, but I did eventually decide to upload it

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GEA174 Daimler CVG6 at Black Country Living Museum. 25/10/23.

Spent a couple of hours at the Museum & filmed the bus in operation. I know nothing about buses but a search tells me it’s a GEA174 Daimler CVG6 with Weymann bodywork. Other vehicles seen were B900TFO, MXX340 and 6342HA – brief details with photos.

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