With a friendly toot on the peculiarly sounding horn from the driver of DVT 82139, it leads an LSL relief service train through Bletchley station. Smartly painted in its InterCity Swallow livery the DVT is leading the 07.00 Manchester Piccadilly to Euston 1Z93 powered by 90002 at the rear evoking days past on the WCML prior to the introduction of the Pendolinos twenty years ago. Having said that of course, there was a Virgin-operated peak time limited stop Euston to Birmingham service that was hauled by a Class 87 and, towards the end of its operation in 2010, a Class 90.
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