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• Ben

  10 May 2003, 12:07:29

  This loco was a dedicated departmental shunter for propelling the Severn Tunnel Emergency Train.

• Bill

  22 May 2003, 17:33:27

  I know the emergency train consisted of a MK1 BG and a lomac conversion,but were there any other coaches/trucks involved?

• Simon Bendall

  23 May 2003, 02:16:55

  The original train had TDB977526 (ex Mark 1 BSK), two lowmacs, a TTA water tanker and a BR 12t van. This was subsequently changed to its current formation of 977526, 975497, 975615, two lowmacs and a TUA water tanker. Can look up numbers of the wagons if requested and point you in direction of some pics.

• Bill

  23 May 2003, 17:52:43

  Simon

  Thank you, numbers and pics would be nice. This would make a nice model, a change from the normal rake of coaches or trucks.

• Simon Bendall

  25 May 2003, 10:18:17

  Follow these links for pics of current train:

  TDB977526

  http://www.departmentals.com/photo.php?photo=977526

  KDB904150

  http://web.ukonline.co.uk/wagons/901-1000/kdb904150.jpg

  ADB975615

  http://www.departmentals.com/photo.php?photo=975615

  PR70083

  http://web.ukonline.co.uk/wagons/901-1000/pr70083.jpg

  TDB905093

  http://web.ukonline.co.uk/wagons/901-1000/tdb905093.jpg

  ADB975497

  http://www.departmentals.com/photo.php?photo=975497

  Train loco on this day was 09015. I'll have to have a look at my notes for the earlier formation.

• Bill

  25 May 2003, 12:57:52

  Thankyou very much for this info

• Olly

  23 November 2007, 13:03:56

  Simon (or anyone else who knows),

  What was the number of the Br 12t van used in the original formation, as mentioned above. Any pic to go with it? (I have one, but its a little far away).

  Olly

• Simon Bendall

  25 November 2007, 11:21:31

  Van was TDB786001. Rest of the vehicles were TDB977526, lowmacs TDB904708 and TDB905093 and tanker TDB999098.

  I've got one pic of the van but its farely useless!

  Simon

• Matt Ryder

  2 August 2011, 02:24:56

  Now stored at Toton

• Terence Smith

  26 September 2011, 11:29:07

  I've been away from the Railway world for some time, and was wondering what sequence of numbers are being used, since the 977 series has been exhausted. Any ideas.

  Thanks Deltic

• Ben Williams

  27 September 2011, 06:03:22

  there are still some 977 numbers to be allocated but 971xxx has also started. See links on sightings page.

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