May 2018
No activity on the lineside until the early May Bank Holiday weekend which saw another blockade on the GWML and diversions via the Chiltern line. A few shots from the Saturday included here. Another Branch Line Society outing on 12th May has its own dedicated gallery, and I was fortunate enough to join Mick Barstow and one of his former work colleagues on a visit to the Wherry Lines in East Anglia for more Class 37 action!
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60103, Saunderton Lee, 1Z72, 31st May 2018
LNER A3 No. 60103 "Flying Scotsman" made another rare outing on the Chiltern Line on Thursday 31st May 2018 at the head of "The Cathedrals Express", 1Z72, 12:23 from Paddington via High Wycombe, Bicester Village, Oxford and Reading to London Victoria. Running a couple of minutes early as it approaches the summit of Saunderton Bank at Saunderton Lee Lane, the engine is drifting, presumably running on yellow signals prior to crossing over to the up main line at Princes Risborough where it was scheduled to stop. WCRC 47245 was on the rear of the train at 13:26½. Digital Image No. IGMP36933.
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