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Mick45305 liked jsm8b's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
Me too !. I wish the light we had a few minutes before the train arrived had lasted. [ATTACH]
Jun 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Mick45305 liked 45698Mars's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
Sadly, I was elsewhere than Cumbria/North Yorkshire today, but I did manage to grab a couple of shots of the private charter at Helsby this evening as it was returning to Chester....
Jun 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM -
Mick45305 liked Shep Woolley's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
[ATTACH] LNER Peppercorn A2 class No. 60532 'Blue Peter' works a private chater 1Z33 through Greenholme towards Shap summit and on to Penrith [ATTACH] No. 60532 'Blue Peter' working the return LSL private charter from Langwathby towards...
Jun 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Mick45305 liked Bodorganboy's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
[MEDIA] 60532 at Forton on a Private Charter
Jun 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM -
Mick45305 liked iancawthorne's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
Cowperthwaite, near Lowgill with today's private charter, [img] Blue Peter at Cowperthwaite
Jun 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM -
Mick45305 liked Johnb's post in the thread 76079.
To follow on from This is the pair shortly after leaving Ardlui heading home. The water in the background is the top end of Loch Lomond for those who don’t know the area [ATTACH]
Jun 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Mick45305 liked ficksberglion's post in the thread 76079.
76079 running as former Ft William loco 76001 makes a very rare appearance on 23rd May 2004 with a private charter to Mallaig. [ATTACH]
Jun 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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Mick45305 liked 2857Harry's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
https://live.rail-record.co.uk/train/?c=%2081162&d=09/06/2026
Jun 8, 2026 at 12:27 PM -
Mick45305 liked torgormaig's post in the thread 76079.
Funny the details that some people notice and others don't. For me the give away that this isnt the real 76001 isnt the cab but the Southern lamp brackets on the smokebox door. I believe that this is because 76079 had its last overhaul down south...
Jun 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM -
Mick45305 liked henrywinskill's post in the thread 76079.
Any excuse to post a pic of 76001 on the moor.[ATTACH]
Jun 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Mick45305 liked torgormaig's post in the thread 76079.
Nice picture there John. I was working there over that weekend and was the afternoon guard when the loco worked back to Mallaig that day, having turned during the lunch layover at F ort William. Here is the train standing in Lochailort station...
Jun 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Mick45305 liked jsm8b's post in the thread 76079.
76079 went first to Fort William in 2004 for a private charter over the late May Bank Holiday and then ran a public train the day after. As John says it was then at Fort William in 2008 during the photo charter. On both visits it masqueraded as...
Jun 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM -
Mick45305 liked Johnb's post in the thread 76079.
76079 did go up to the WHL in 2008, renumbered as Fort William’s 76001 it took part in the photo charters. It wasn’t a lot of use on the Jacobite as it was restricted to hauling six coaches on the Mallaig Road [ATTACH]
Jun 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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Mick45305 liked D1004's post in the thread 76079.
Thanks v much for the info. My notes say that I had 63395 from Pickering to Grosmont and 76079 from Grosmont to Whitby on 22 April 23 so that sounds like it may well have been it’s v last trip. And I attach a pic at Whitby taken on that day....
Jun 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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Mick45305 liked Big Al's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
That post is so open and helpful. And on the 'other' side of the debate I think that enthusiasts/travellers also need to recognise that creative and dynamic pricing is sensible. It's what happens on the big railway all the time.
Jun 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
