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Over this week, the Shotts line is closed for engineering works, meaning that the freight and the Fife Circle ECS workings that usually runs on that line is diverted via Wishaw, Carstairs and the Cobbinshaw line towards Edinburgh. Also on this day, I visited Dalmeny to catch some of the Scotrail HST sets out on Driver Training moves.
An extremely busy 30 minutes at Carstairs today threw up a couple of interesting workings, mainly the Network Rail PLPR train and a DRS driver training run featuring top and tail 68's and a set of Mark 3 'Pretendilinos'
Colas liveried 67023 top and tailed with 67027 pass through Carstairs with 1Q18 Derby RTC-Edinburgh Network Rail PLPR test train 27.3.18
380106 waits at Carstairs with 1K81 Edinburgh Waverley - Ayr via Glasgow Central 27.3.18
68022 top and tailed with 68027 and 4x 'Pretendilino' Mark 3's approach platform 1 at Carstairs with 5Z68 Crewe C.S. - Carstairs driver training run 27.3.18
390011 passes through Carstairs with 1M13 Glasgow Central - London Euston 27.3.18
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88001 approaches Carstairs with 4S43 Daventry - Mossend Containers 27.3.18
68027 top and tailed with 68022 and 4x 'Pretendilino' Mark 3's prepare to depart from platform 1 at Carstairs with 5Z69 Carstairs - Crewe C.S. driver training run 27.3.18
60076 passes through Hartwood with 6B34 Viewpark - Oxwellmains Cement 27.3.18
On Friday, I caught the northbound working involving the pair of 2 tone green 47's heading to Kingussie, today I caught the southbound working at Carstairs and at Float Viaduct.
British Railways 2 toned Green liveried 47805 (D1935) and 47501 (D1944) are held at the signal on Platform 2 at Carstairs with 1Z56 Kingussie - Crewe railtour
British Railways 2 toned Green liveried 47805 (D1935) and 47501 (D1944) cross over the River Clyde south of Carstairs with 1Z56 Kingussie - Crewe railtour
In the middle of a snow shower, 60021 approaches Camelon with 6S36 Dalston - Grangemouth tanks
170396 pauses at Camelon with 2P38 Dunblane - Edinburgh Waverley
66302 passes through Camelon with 4A13 Grangemouth - Aberdeen containers
156434 pauses at Camelon with 2J66 Glasgow Queen Street - Falkirk Grahamston
Larbert
170456 approaches Larbert with 2P86 Dunblane - Edinburgh Waverley
170427 prepares to depart Larbert with 2N51 Glasgow Queen Street - Dunblane
37099 top and tailed with 37421 pass through Larbert with 1Q77 Mossend - Inverness Network Rail test train