We don’t get many rail tours round the Dark Side on a weekday, so this was one not to miss. Checking the times, I noticed it was booked into Rowley loop, and as it was running ahead of a stopping train through Old Hill there was the opportunity to catch the “stopper” to Langley Green to see it again. Everything went to plan, I did see it at Langley, although a DMU was at the station as the special approached.

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Langley makes a change from the usual Old Hill shot

A train I rarely see, as the time it runs can be unpredictable (if I’m waiting for it!) but as I had just got off a train at Old Hill and knew it was ready to leave Handsworth, hanging around a few minutes seemed an easy option.

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66727 on 6Z30 Handsworth to Newport docks

The weather was awful & the loco I wanted to see, 46201, did not run, so just a couple of Class 66s and DMUs.

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66101 in the new DBS livery