The last-ever 4O90, with 56303 (also Class 20s with flasks)

[thehoff1982]

who's garden shed was that at the start?

[rugby45110]

Thanks Downgrand1967 for filming my last mainline drive of 56303, it will always remind me of the happy days spent thrashing the living daylights out of these splendid beasts. Shame you missed the horn but i was running a tad early!

[DownGrand1967]

Many thanks for your comments. I had intended to take some long telephoto video footage of the trains approach, but you beat me to it !

Hope that there's other work available now that the Fastline liners have finished.

[mukkaspec]

Full load, Full bore .

And a appreciative driver .

[DownGrand1967]

I didn't realise at the time, but this was the last working for 4O90, so a kind of resigned wave from the driver... I only just arrived in time, and missed the train horn !

[jammiebeasts]

Blimey, a full load on the Grid! Whats going on. You managed to salvage a good part of the 20 vid then?

[DownGrand1967]

Thanks. I think that because the train has a dangerous goods classification, two loco's are always used in case of failure of one of them. Can also be 2 x 37s (as last week) or a 20+37 combo.

Each flask weighs "only" around 50 tonnes...

[Keegz2k7]

great video! 5*

curious,why do they always use 2 class 20's,why not 1?are the flasks that heavy?