300 Subscriber Special - Avanti West Coast's 805001 & 805003 on test at Crewe & Stafford

Описание: Like most of my subscriber specials, it has taken me a few weeks to get round to uploading this and figuring out what exactly should form such a video. My previous videos of these units being dragged to Oxley and then on test between Oxley and Glasgow have been a major contributor to the channel reaching 300 subscribers, and so with the 805s both back out for more testing recently, I captured two of their movements, a week apart.

Firstly we see 805001 operating 5Q90 (Oxley to Glasgow Central) at Crewe on the evening of 26/04/2023. Note that the unit is running on electric power.
A week later on the morning of 03/05/2023, we see both 805001 and 805003 operating 5Q30 (Oxley to Glasgow Central), however due to a fault, the train was cancelled at Crewe and returned to Oxley just after midday. Note the units were operating on diesel power on this occasion.

It wouldn't be a subscriber special without a huge thank you to everyone who supports this channel, less than 6 months after passing 200 subscribers and we have gained a further 100. I still have a lot of videos planned for the future, including a number of train sim journeys, releasing 'archive' footage collected over the past 3 years, and a new upcoming 'farewell' series for some certain diesel units that will sadly be leaving the WCML soon...