Daily Archives: May 22, 2018

Video – 153365 Old Hill, 21/05/18

After a mad rush to the station to see the 88 which ran early the previous day, I had to take it easy to see 66726 and 47712 returning to Crewe – so ambled out of the house before their booked departure time from Kidderminster. Unfortunately they didn’t run! I had been told they were on the exchange siding with 88010 on Sunday, but the working was obviously cancelled. All I filmed was 153365, which was a very unusual sight – don’t think I’ve ever seen a 153 unit run this way on its own. It was showing as 5T10 Tyseley – Snow Hill.
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Video 88010 Old Hill, 20/05/18

I know I posted a couple of photos a couple of days ago, but here is a link to the video. I don’t know if 88s will ever work a Berkeley flask run so this might be a rare clip of an 88 round this way. The working was 0Z79 Kidderminster – Crewe, following an appearance at the SVR Diesel Gala.
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“On This Day” (years ago) May 22nd. 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2017

47851 at Birmingham New St in 2004, 48773 at Bewdley in 2005, 165025 at Bewdley in 2007, 87020-4, 87029-5, 87033-7 and 47727 at Stafford in 2009, 7812 and KC at Arley in 2010, 44871 at Arley in 2011, 66763 and D182 at Kidderminster in 2016 and 73965, 73107 and 66771 at Old Hill in 2017.
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