SRPS mk1 rake

Do they still own this?

Bits of it seem to be in the WCRC set working out of Crewe and others are in use on one of the Southall sets...

Quite impressive that on some days WCRC seem to have 6-7 different rakes in use.

Jacobite
Cambrian
SSE
Crewe (Flyer, CME etc.)
Carnforth (Fellsman)
Green Train
2nd Southall set (is this sent ECS to Bristol for Weymouth jobs?)

 

As far as I know, it's still SRPS owned and WCRC hire in the coaches as needed. I understand WCRC have also done some maintenance / repaints on the them as part of the deal, so it seems to be good for both parties.

 

A full SRPS 10 coach rake was in use yesterday on their "Forth Circle" steam special hauled by 61994 "The Great Marquess" and what a brilliant day this turned out to be. Perhaps ironically the SRPS held a raffle on yesterdays train to raise funds towards the upkeep of their mainline certified coaches, which it was pointed out are now 50 yrs old. THe raffle raised well over £1200. There was only one RKB on the train instead of their normal two because it was claimed the water boiler did not currently work on the other. LIke Tyseley the SRPS do tend to hire their vehicles out to West Coast who are of course the SRPS's train operator.

 

...except when it's DB Schenker!

 

SRPS do not use DBS

 

The Weymouth trip behind Nunney on the 15th was a mixture of the Green Train and the set they use for the other Weymouth Trips. This I preume was because they required 5 standard class carriages( including Buffet).No dinning on the Bristol to Weymouth trips.I wonder if they will have enough Standard class coaches on the 29th, when the Green Train will also be in use?

 

Interesting. So, the June 12th tour from Glenrothes to Liverpool operated by DBS 67030 & 67025 was worked by WCRC crews was it? Somehow, I think not. SRPS have used a mix of TOCs for the last few years depending on the route and traction.