The stock had been used for the Cambrian Mountaineer on the previous day and this ecs working was 5Z38 from Bristol to Carnforth.
I had been waiting by the footbridge steps, ready to cross to the other side, as a Stourbridge bound train was due – but the DMU was through in plenty of time.
One of the photos is included here:-
A shorter visit today, as I wanted to see 37676 working the empty stock from Bristol to Carnforth during the afternoon.
Locos were probably working the same trains as yesterday. From down by the river, we saw D8188 on GW stock, next was 7812 on the LMS set. At the station 4566 appeared on a maroon set, then 42968 ran in tender first – no photo of that, so can’t remember the stock.
Couldn’t resist a visit to Wolverhampton, as 3 tours were due through in just over an hour.
The first was supposed to have been the Cambrian Mountaineer, hauled by D444 (50044) but a train failure in the Wellington area meant it was re-routed via Crewe, and reached here nearly 2 hours late. Also, the 50 was at the rear, the train hauled by 37676.
The Welsh Dragon, t&t by 47851 & 47798 departed about 10 minutes early, and was the first of the specials to be seen on the night.
Next was the “Scot over Shap”, arriving behind 86259 about 20 late.
It was a bit too dark for “moving” trains when the 37 & 50 departed, but I’ll see how the photos look later. A half hour wait for a connecting train at Smethwick is the last thing you need & I was glad to get home.
The ecs just passed through Old Hill at 15.38 running about 10 minutes early.
