Image 69001, 14.30 Tonbridge West Yard-Longport (0Z69, 14E), site of Roade station
69001, 14.30 Tonbridge West Yard-Longport (0Z69, 14E), site of Roade station
69001, 14.30 Tonbridge West Yard-Longport (0Z69, 14E), site of Roade station Looking very smart 69001 'Mayflower' (former 56031) heads north past Roade as the 14.30 Tonbridge Yard to Longport 0Z69 light engine move. This was the third attempt that GBRF made to run this particular working and the second time I managed to get out and see it, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/C385192706/x45-my-first-class-69-25-07-21 The pressure was on GBRf now as 69001 was to work, along with 69002, their own epic four-day 'Now, it's personal' charter the following day on its final leg from Bescot to Paddington via the Midland and then the Cotswold route. This did happen but not without problems as 69002 was shut down with a failed fuel pump at Honeybourne leaving 69001 to do all the work eventually bringing the weary passengers into London forty-nine minutes late. Keywords: 69001 14.30 Tonbridge West Yard-Longport 0Z69 site of Roade station Mayflower
69001, 14.30 Tonbridge West Yard-Longport (0Z69, 14E), site of Roade station Looking very smart 69001 'Mayflower' (former 56031) heads north past Roade as the 14.30 Tonbridge Yard to Longport 0Z69 light engine move. This was the third attempt that GBRF made to run this particular working and the second time I managed to get out and see it, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/C385192706/x45-my-first-class-69-25-07-21 The pressure was on GBRf now as 69001 was to work, along with 69002, their own epic four-day 'Now, it's personal' charter the following day on its final leg from Bescot to Paddington via the Midland and then the Cotswold route. This did happen but not without problems as 69002 was shut down with a failed fuel pump at Honeybourne leaving 69001 to do all the work eventually bringing the weary passengers into London forty-nine minutes late. Keywords: 69001 14.30 Tonbridge West Yard-Longport 0Z69 site of Roade station Mayflower


Looking very smart 69001 'Mayflower' (former 56031) heads north past Roade as the 14.30 Tonbridge Yard to Longport 0Z69 light engine move. This was the third attempt that GBRF made to run this particular working and the second time I managed to get out and see it, see.... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/C385192706/x45-my-first-class-69-25-07-21 The pressure was on GBRf now as 69001 was to work, along with 69002, their own epic four-day 'Now, it's personal' charter the following day on its final leg from Bescot to Paddington via the Midland and then the Cotswold route. This did happen but not without problems as 69002 was shut down with a failed fuel pump at Honeybourne leaving 69001 to do all the work eventually bringing the weary passengers into London forty-nine minutes late.