Mainline Steam At Speed January-May 2016

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We feature the best of Mainline steam at speed between January & May.

We start by seeing the best of Ian Riley's black 5 44871 1st at Manchester Victoria while returning home to The East Lancashire Railway after working The Tin Bath tour with 45699 Galatea the previous day.

A few months later we see 44871 heading for Crewe on the 5Z45 Bury ELR-Crewe were at Crewe would join the empty stock that would form the GB9 tour unfortunately 44871 failed at Stafford with a broken radius rod.

Happily thanks to the quick fix by Riley & Sons the loco was up an running again to work day 3 of The GB9 from Bristol to Grange Over Sands as seen here at Warrington Bank Quay.

Jubilee 45690 Leander also made an appearance here we see her working the final day of The GB9 at Gargrave not long after the water stop at Hellifield. Later in the day she returned home to Carnforth WCRC through Lancaster after being relieved off the tour at Doncaster.

Her sister 45699 Galatea only made 1 appearance during this period in February as she worked The Pendle Dalesman from Carnforth to Carlisle and back outward via Shap and return via the Cumbrian Coast.

Here we see her through Oxenholme Lake District & Penrith on the outward run and on the return run as the sun set going over Arnside viaduct.

46100 Royal Scot made her return to the mainline for the 1st time since 1962.

Here we see her through Wigan North Western as she heads home for Crewe H.S after working The Cumbrian Coast Express earlier in the day.

A month later we catch up with the scot again as she heads through Stafford once again on her journey home to Crewe from Bristol after a working the 1st 2 days of The GB9 and being the only steam loco to appear at Bristol's St Phillips Marsh open day.

A week later we finally have the chance to see her on a railtour as she work Pathfinder Tours The Ynys Mons Express from Crewe to Holyhead and back seeing her through Abergele & Pensarn and Valley just outside Holyhead.

The Duchess also made an appearance during this period on March 19th worked The Midday Scot from Manchester Victoria to Edinburgh.

This was the 1st time she had been operated under DB Cargo's license as during this time West Coast Railways was prohibited from running on the national network at the time.

The next day the loco returned south to Crewe Heritage Centre were loco would be on display during the Easter holidays.

April saw 46233 work The Cumbrian Mountain Express here we see her working the return leg via shap. This was originally planned to go over The Settle & Carlisle however due to a landslip between Carlisle & Appleby it was rerouted back via Shap.

60103 Flying Scotsman made he historic return to the mainline on a successful loaded test run from Carnforth to Hellifield, Blackburn, Preston circle.

Later in the month and after a repaint the A3 made its 1st run on the ECML on its official Inaugural run from London Kings Cross to York.

After display in the museum Flying Scotsman was back on tour by working The Cathdrals Express from York to Newcastle and back.

A week later we catch up with Scotsman as the A3 through Northallerton working day 4 of The Flying Scotsman to Scotland were we end this video.

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