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Cumbrian Hoovers railtour 14/4/18

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:46 pm
by EGNH1909
This was a railtour that routed Birmingham-Settle Carlisle line-Carlisle-Cumbrian coast route-Birmingham on 14/4-hauled by two Class 50 diesels 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance. Saw them early morning and late afternoon as they passed through Lancashire and Cumbria.
(The locos were known affectionately as 'Hoovers' because of the sound of the centrifugal air filters originally fitted!).

Crossing the viaduct at Whalley in the Ribble Valley, early morning.
Image006 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Image008 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Crossing the viaduct at Arnside on the Cumbrian coast, late afternoon.
Image014 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Image020 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Hope they are of interest to anyone who remembers these in their heyday.
Best Wishes
Pete

Re: Cumbrian Hoovers railtour 14/4/18

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:07 pm
by jonf45
Great shots, spent many years doing Hoovers around Exeter and the West country up to London :)

Re: Cumbrian Hoovers railtour 14/4/18

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:50 pm
by andygolfer
very nice Peter, there is one clear advantage for your locations over East Anglia where I photograph the occasional locos - no overhead cantenaries, no matter where you stand they get in the way!

thanks for posting them

andy

Re: Cumbrian Hoovers railtour 14/4/18

Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 12:17 am
by james143611
Brilliant! Love the first and third shots. Looks like the Cargo-D rake (if they are still around?) Either case nice to see a matching livery set of coaches rather than the usual mishmash of liveries!

Re: Cumbrian Hoovers railtour 14/4/18

Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 8:20 am
by Nighthawke
Proper diesel locos! I do like the third one - rail and water is a great mix photographically.

Re: Cumbrian Hoovers railtour 14/4/18

Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 3:57 pm
by FlyingColours
Great shots :)

Here's my video of them at Wigan and later Bamfurlong on their return in the evening.
https://youtu.be/RR1EdKcycVw

The Cargo D stock went to DRS, the stock that was used in this tour was the Rivera stuff which has finally been painted into Blue & Grey after spending far too long in faded ex-Virgin livery... now if we can convince them to paint a rake in Intercity ;)

Phil
FlyingColours

Re: Cumbrian Hoovers railtour 14/4/18

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 12:25 am
by james143611
Oh right! Wondered why I haven't heard of that Cargo D set for a while.

It makes all the difference! Especially in your video, with some imagination it looks like a video from the BR era. Nice spirited departure from Wigan too :thumbs:

Re: Cumbrian Hoovers railtour 14/4/18

Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 9:03 am
by FlyingColours
Yeah Cargo-D went bust I think around 2013-2014 which was a shame, the positive was that at least DRS took on the stock so it's getting daily mainline use :)

I know what you mean about imagination, if only we could convince Rivera to paint that Genny in Blue & Grey or a full set in Intercity and we'd be laughing :D

Phil
FlyingColours