Virgin Trains: All Images

43067 leads an unidentified Virgin Cross Country service south at Homedown LC, Ashchurch during February 2001.

86206 'City of Stoke on Trent' heads south through the Scottish borders approaching Crawford with an unidentified working on 16/08/2001.

47854 'Womens Royal Voluntary Service' powers past Castle Hill, Crawford as it passes through the Scottish Borders whilst working 1S49 1031 Birmingham International-Edinburgh Waverley vice an AC electric locomotive on 16/08/2001.

220017 sweeps past Castle Hill, Crawford with an unidentified working on 16/08/2001.

47849 'Bangor Cathedral' drags 86261 whilst working 1G33 1540 London Euston-Wolverhampton at Nuneaton Abbey Junction on 19/08/2001.

47785 'Fiona Castle' drags 1A65 1649 Wolverhampton-London Euston into Nuneaton on 19/08/2001, 87007 'City of Manchester' & 87005 'City of London' are dead on the rear.

47737+47784 approach Nuneaton Abbey Jnct whilst working a diverted 1G35 1640 London Euston-Wolverhampton on 19/08/2001.

47847 is pictured south of Bishops Itchington, Warwickshire whilst working 1O38 0910 Edinburgh Waverley-Bournemouth on 29/12/2001.

47854 'Women's Royal Voluntary Service' is pictured climbing Hatton bank on 31/12/2001 with 1M20 0932 Reading-Manchester Piccadilly. The train was diverted via Solihull to avoid congestion around Coventry due to the OHLE being down between Coventry & Rugby.

47747 'Graham Farish' opens up as it emerges from the cutting at Hatton whilst working the diverted 1V59 0914 Manchester Piccadilly-London Paddington on 31/12/2001. The train was diverted via Solihull to avoid congestion in the Coventry area as the OHLE was down between Coventry & Rugby.

43196 'The Newspaper Society, Founded 1836' & 43078 climb Hatton bank whilst working 1E32 0905 Poole-Newcastle on 31/12/2001. The train was diverted via Solihull to avoid congestion in the Coventry area as the OHLE was down between Coventry & Rugby.

47817 'The Institution of Mechanical Engineers' climbs Hatton bank with the diverted 1M56 0719 Penzance-Manchester Piccadilly on 31/12/2001. The train was diverted away from its usual Bristol to Birmingham via Cheltenham route as a result of engineering work and instead ran from Bristol to Birmingham via Didcot & Oxford.

43155 'City of Aberdeen' and 43193 'Plymouth, City of Discovery' form a diverted Virgin Cross Country service up Hatton bank on 31/12/2001.

47828 'Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster-Bewdley-Bridgnorth' drops down Hatton bank whilst in charge of 1V50 0840 Glasgow Central-Penzance on 31/12/2001. The train was diverted from Birmingham-Bristol via Oxford due to engineering work between Birmingham and Cheltenham Spa.

43158 'Dartmoor, The Pony Express' and 43071 form a diverted service climbing Hatton bank on 31/12/2001.

43079/43091 race past Kingsbury Sdgs whilst forming 1V46 0740 York-Swansea on 19/03/2002.

47843 'Vulcan' powers past Pirton Level Crossing, Worcestershire on 26/03/2002 with 1V50 0840 Glasgow Central-Penzance. The loco failed at Bristol Temple Meads and required the assistance of 47292 forward to Penzance.

82114 propelled by 87035 heads a London Euston bound service at Cathiron on 01/05/2002.

86424 on hire to Virgin West Coast works a northbound service from London Euston at Cathiron on 01/05/2002.

47790 'Saint David/Dewi Sant' turns on the power as it drags 86259 and 1G33 1510 London Euston-Wolverhampton up the bank at Nuneaton Abbey Street on 29/06/2002

86260 'Driver Wallace Oakes GC' works a diverted London Euston-Wolverhampton service at Cathiron on 13/07/2002. The train would be dragged by a diesel locomotive from Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street.

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86233 'Alstom Heritage' stands at Nuneaton after arriving with 1V84 1003 Glasgow Central-Penzance on 18/08/2002. The loco is awaiting detaching in order that 47840+47847 can be attached to the other end of the train and work forward to Penzance.

47733 'Eastern Star' drags 90013 'The Law Society' forming 1G19 0835 London Euston-Wolverhampton at a frosty Whitacre Junction on 05/01/2003.

43162/43078 pass Whitacre Junction with the 1012 Manchester Piccadilly-Oxford diverted via Nuneaton due to engineering works on 05/01/2003.