Virgin AC locos at speed, Cheddington 5 June 2003

Virgin class 86, 87 and 90 locos (with a little help from EWS), doing what they did so well. Stay to the end for blue 86233 heading north. Any ideas what the metallic noise on both shots of 86228 might have been?
Locos featured: 86212 86228 86229 86233 86249 86259 86260 87004 87005 87006 87007 87009 87010 87011 87012 87021 87022 87023 87024 87029 90002 90005 90008 90011 90014 90018 90031.

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[ads1066]

A Brilliant Video which i watch quite often, The class 87's are very much missed (especially my favorite-87009 City of Birmingham) and one wonders if any 87's will ever return home after their stint in Bulgaria? and i am pretty sure the 87's were capable of faster speeds than 110mph, top marks for this video :)))

[wellowvids]

@ads1066 Thanks for your comments. I'm sure the 87s were only limited by the linespeed. I doubt that they will come back from Bulgaria unless repatriated by enthusiasts! ;o((

[BigDaveR3]

pure quality 5*

[wellowvids]

@BigDaveR3

Thanks!

[eddggy]

Hi there

just to clear up the mystery of the mettalic sound its the front coupling not secured properly and swinging against the loco frame. if you look carefully you can see it moving jn the video. nice video

[wellowvids]

Thanks - well spotted!

[jfs0996]

Those were the good old days!! Now it's the rubbish 390s.

[90005NXEA]

I'm lucky! The Class 90s and carriages now run between Norwich and London (near where I live). I hope they don't get replaced by boring EMUs!

[redandwhite7899]

Wish it was like that now instead of the awful pendos

[MrMikeJkay]

was it me or did most of the rake of Mk2 coaches had a Mk3 buffet car in them??

[hstadam94]

@86501freightliner I know, i grey up with them and when i heard they were being transported to Bulgaria i was like NOOOOGGHHHH!

[86501freightliner]

@hstadam94 It was a very bad mistake getting rid of them.

[No1RailwayEnthusiast]

This is special, brings back many memories along with the HST's on the WCML :D Thanks for this!

[ApacheBravo]

Great video, some really nice trains there :)

[tpe18509]

Hi, great video! were the 86's pulling mk2's with the mk3 dvt?

[Caledonian86224]

Nice video. I think the southbound 86 at 1:04 ish is 86229 (86249 was never painted VT red). Good shot of 87024 overhauling the unit!

[soundseeker63]

Ahh yes. I remember these trains well. I used to spend summer afternoons at Wolverton station and MK central watching them roar by. Traffic on the WCML is pretty boring now by comparison. Only really pendos and desiros. If your lucky you still see the odd 90, 92 or pair of 86s on freights, but usually its just a 66.

Why they like to run so many diesel locos on a fully wired line I really don't get. Surely it must be a lot less economical?

[Allyb1305]

excellent vid, great sound!