Route 66 Railtour
Terry Waldron
Terry Waldron
66779 heads a 12 coach train, reporting number 1Z66 on 26 August 2017. Starting from Peterborough at 0704, via Finsbury park, Clapham Junction, Salisbury to Warminster 1230 (for the Salisbury Plain village of Imber) and then onto Bath and Bristol Temple Meads. The village of Imber, on the Salisbury Plain firing ranges is open for a limited time each year (this village was evacuated in 1943 and villagers have only been allowed to visit for limited periods since then - the church remains intact but almost all the other buildings have been demolished), today many old Routemaster buses along with a few of the new London Transport buses took passengers from Warminster Station to Imber and through many of the roads on Salisbury Plain that are normally only open to Military vehicles. You will see from the photos that the first 3 coaches and the loco were not on the platform, the same is true for the last 3 coaches. This must be the longest train to ever stop at Warminster.
Regards Terry Waldron.
The additional information concerning the route and history very interesting - Thank you very much, Terry,
Regards Terry Waldron.
The additional information concerning the route and history very interesting - Thank you very much, Terry,
The Route 66 Railtour headed by 66779 runs into Warminster on the 26th August 2017 Copyright Terry Waldron. Note one of the fleet of red buses waiting in the forecourt.
Warminster Route 66 Railtour headed by 66779 stands at Warminster platform. The train extended well beyond the platform at both ends. 26th August 2017 Copyright Terry Waldron
158 957 calls at Warminster before the railtour. 26th August 2017 Copyright Terry Waldron
Taunton
Ron Kosys
Ron Kosys
Seen just to the west of Taunton a colourful Virgin HST on a summer Saturday working. Copyright Ron Kosys
Truro Footbridge
Roger Winnen
Roger Winnen
The footbridge, so often the grandstand for photographs at Truro, really deserves a photograph of its own right. Here is such a photograph snapped from an unusual location by Roger.
The long bridge spanning the tracks of Truro Station from the Top Deck of the 87 service 13.25 Newquay to Truro 24th Aug 2017 Copyright Roger Winnen
Southampton Terminus
Mike Morant
Mike Morant
Our only view of a train at Southampton Terminus very kindly supplied by Mike Morant.
The Solent Rail Tour 20/3/66. BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 no. 75070 at Southampton Terminus. [Mike Morant collection]
Chard Junction
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
Copyright John Cornelius